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Paper
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Cyber
Terrorism
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Author(s)
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Swanand
Dattaram Shinde (India), Software Engineer, Quick Heal
Technologies.
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Time
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Reserve
Paper.
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This paper
will discuss one of the most sensitive subject of
today’s cyber world i.e. Cyber Terrorism. Terms like
terrorism, terrorists and terrorist’s attacks are not
new to us now. Entire world has got heavily affected by
the threat of terrorism. The paper aims to clear many
things related to terrorism with respect to the Cyber
World. The paper continues to give brief idea about the
motives behind terrorism, terrorist’s attack etc. with
the help of suitable real world example or a case study.
This will help to understand dangers due to the threat
of terrorism.
Nowadays Cyber World has become a convenient and
effective medium to commit crime. Cyber crimes like
software piracy, email fraud, spamming, spoofing,
phishing, malware attacks etc. are helping real world
criminals to make gains from it. The paper will brief
about the relationship between Real World Crimes, Cyber
World Crimes, Real World Terrorism and Cyber Terrorism.
This will be helpful to understand the terminology
“Cyber Terrorism” and the factors contributing to its
existence.
The paper will try to answer following questions:
1. Why Cyber?
2. Who can be called as Cyber Terrorists?
3. How can Cyber Attacks be used in Terrorism?
Along with the answers for above questions the paper
also provides information related to the levels, types
of Cyber Attacks, and the strategies used. Moreover, the
paper discusses the targets of Cyber Attacks. It also
explains how Cyber World can be used to support other
terrorist activities.
As security experts, we have to understand what Cyber
Terrorism means to us? The paper will explain about
every individual’s social responsibility to fight
against Cyber Terrorism. It will also discuss about our
stand as security experts and as a part of society. The
paper will explain more about the roles and
responsibility of AV Vendors, Security Experts and
related Government Organizations. The paper will also
discuss about the steps to be taken against Cyber
Terrorism.
The paper will invite all Security Experts, Government
Organizations, AV Vendors, and Security Implementers to
form an efficient emergency response mechanism for it
and try to improve coordination among them.
The paper will close with recommendations of technical
and legal effective measures. |
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