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Cyberterrorism: What is it and What Threat Does it Pose?
Stuart Macdonald 
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Lee Jarvis
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Lee Jarvis
Terrorism and Political Violence
Swansea University Author:
Stuart Macdonald
Abstract
This chapter focuses on contemporary debates surrounding cyberterrorism. It begins with an overview of conceptual controversies over the meaning and application of this term. A second section then turns to questions surrounding the threat that it poses, including those pertaining to the measurement...
| Published in: | Terrorism and Political Violence |
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| Published: |
London
Sage
2015
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| Online Access: |
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book241027#tabview=title |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17546 |
| Abstract: |
This chapter focuses on contemporary debates surrounding cyberterrorism. It begins with an overview of conceptual controversies over the meaning and application of this term. A second section then turns to questions surrounding the threat that it poses, including those pertaining to the measurement of risk. The chapter concludes by considering possible responses to this phenomenon. |
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| Keywords: |
Cyberterrorism, terrorism, risk, threat, counterterrorism, cyber |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |