Cyber Terrorism: understanding and preventing acts of terror within our cyber space

Contents
2. Executive Summary
2.1 Keywords
3. Introduction
3.1 Aim and methodology
4. What is cyber terrorism?
4.1 Origins and definitions of cyber terrorism
4.2 Case studies 4.3 Areas of cyber terrorism
4.4 Potential threats
5 Present and future security measures
5.1 What is being done to prevent cyber terrorism?
5.2 Preventions, mitigations and consequence management of future attacks 6. Conclusion and suggestions moving forward
7. References

2. Executive Summary

A number of terrorist incidents over the past 20 years have resulted in a large amount of concern, research and action against acts of terrorism within our cyber space. As we continually move into a society ever more reliant on technology, the threat posed to nations from terrorists is no longer just physical but also expands to our digital world. This work aims to provide readers with an understanding as to what cyber terrorism is, its causes and the strategic approaches in place to prevent damage caused by it. Its aim is to not address exclusively the current nature of cyber crime, but to provide an overall perspective of cyber terrorism in all its facets over a larger…