Are We Prepared for the Latest Type of Terrorism - Cyberterrorism?

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c24547) has announced the addition of Cyberterrorism to their offering.

Cyberterrorism is the latest and possibly the most intriguing form of terrorism. The legal systems, not to mention the computer systems, of the world are ill-prepared for this new type of terrorism which raises unique issues. Terrorism in cyberspace brings together two significant modern fears: the fear of technology and the fear of terrorists. It is generally understood to mean unlawful attacks and threats of these against computers, networks, and the information stored therein when done to intimidate or coerce a government or its people in furtherance of political or social objectives. It can be a low-budget form of attack. The only real costs may be some computer equipment and programming time.

Unlike a real world attack, the terrorist does not need to make or transport a bomb; customs inspection is not an issue and delivery of the destructive weapon may require only a Personal Computer and a telephone line. The 22 articles republished here assess a number of the germane issues surrounding cyberterrorism - its substance, why it is attractive to terrorists, legal problems of countering it, prospects for international co-operation, means of defending against cyber attacks and the outlook for the future.

Topics covered:

- Cyberterrorism: are we under siege?
- Terror in cyberspace
- Technological facilitation of terrorism
- Information warfare: new battlefields, terrorists, propaganda and
  the Internet
- Cyberstalking and the technologies of interpersonal terrorism
- Incalculable potential for damage by cyber-terrorism
- Computer hacking and cyber terrorism: the real threats in the new
  millennium?
- White collar crime: a handmaiden of international tech terrorism
- Cyberterrorism?
- Semiotic emergent framework to address the reality of cyberterrorism
- Terrorism and cyberspace
- Al Qaeda and the Internet: the danger of 'Cyberplanning'
- The advent of netwar: analytic background
- Cyberspace - a new medium for communication, command and control
  by extremists
- Risk of terrorism to cyber-physical and organizational-societal
  infrastructures
- A mental model proposed to address sustainability and terrorism
  issues
- Globalization, informatization and intercultural communication
- The evolving dynamic of terrorism in the 1990s
- From spikes to bombs: the rise of eco-terrorism
- Dealing with the modern terrorist: the need for changes in
  strategies and tactics in the new War on Terrorism
- The effects of September 11 2001, terrorist attacks on public
  and private information infrastructures: a preliminary assessment
  of lessons learned

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