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Cyber Threats The Emerging Fault Lines of the Nation State

Susan W. Brenner

2009

Overview

As new technologies develop, terrorist groups are developing new methods of attack by using the Internet, and by using cyberspace as a battlefield, it has become increasingly difficult to discover the identity of attackers and bring them to justice. The seemingly limitless boundaries of cyberspace has allowed virtually anyone to launch an attack from a remote and anonymous location. But once these attacks occur, it raises several important questions; who should respond, and how?; how should nation-states effectively deal with a cyber-attack?; and will the United States and other nation-states be able to survive in a world where virtual boundaries are limitless? In Cyberthreats: The Emerging Fault Lines of the Nation State Susan Brenner gives a thorough explanation of how military and law enforcement personnel respond to these attacks and why bringing cyber-terrorist to justice can be difficult and sometimes impossible.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Subject: Computer networks / Crime / Criminal Law / Cyberattacks / Individuals and Non-state Actors / Internet / Non-Governmental Actors / Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism / Terrorism and National Security Law
• ISBN: 9780195385014, 0195385012