Cyber Terrorism and ways to face it | ||
| journal of kerbala university | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2016, Pages 57-72 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Abstract | ||
| All forms of terrorism represent a threat to national and international security , because of its devastating effects on the citizens' security and stability, and the economic capabilities and political prestige of the State in the regional and international environment . Adding to the risk of terrorist activity, the tremendous development in mass communications and the Internet revolution that has transformed the world into a small village, and made the information available to terrorists to use in the implementation of their terrorist activities, to be created this new type of terrorism called cyber terrorism. This research aims to identify the nature of the cyber terrorism, and investigate the causes and manifestations, and then identify ways to face it. The research has come to the conclusion that cyber terrorism is an illegal activity using the International Network of Information applications, issued by states, groups or individuals to harm the physical and moral structures of a society or its institutions to achieve political goals. This make information as a weapon of this type of terrorism, which is getting more dangerous and deadly greater progress in the informational field, especially in the most advanced countries in the technical field. On the face of it, the states must take what could be a means to counter this electronic threat through a series of actions at the states level and the international community, and in terms of legislation, technical and legal preparations. God bless | ||
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