Cyberterrorism: Understanding, Assessment, and Response

This is the first book to present a multidisciplinary approach to cyberterrorism. It traces the threat posed by cyberterrorism today, with chapters discussing possible technological vulnerabilities, potential motivations to engage in cyberterrorism, and the challenges of distinguishing this from other cyber threats. The book also addresses the range of potential responses to this threat by exploring policy and legislative frameworks as well as a diversity of techniques for deterring or countering terrorism in cyber environments. The case studies throughout the book are global in scope and include the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

With contributions from distinguished experts with backgrounds including international relations, law, engineering, computer science, public policy and politics, Cyberterrorism: Understanding, Assessment and Response offers a cutting edge analysis of contemporary debate on, and issues surrounding, cyberterrorism. This global scope and diversity of perspectives ensure it is of great interest to academics, students, practitioners, policymakers and other stakeholders with an interest in cyber security.

About the Editors

Thomas M. Chen is Professor in Cyber Security at City University, London, and an expert in computer and network security. His previous research projects have explored Internet security, intrusion detection, attack modelling, malicious software and cybercrime, with support from various US agencies and companies. He is coeditor of Broadband Mobile Multimedia: Techniques and Applications (2008) and Mathematical Foundations for Signal Processing, Communications, and Networking (2011), co-author of ATM Switching Systems (1995) and has published papers in a number of IEEE journals including IEEE Computer, IEEE Security and Privacy, IEEE Internet Computing and IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

Lee Jarvis is a Senior Lecturer in International Security at the University of East Anglia. His books include Times of Terror: Discourse, Temporality and the War on Terror (Palgrave 2009) and Terrorism: A Critical Introduction (Palgrave 2011, with Richard Jackson, Jeroen Gunning and Marie Breen Smyth). He has published his research in a range of international journals including Security Dialogue, Political Studies, International Relations, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Terrorism and Political Violence, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and Critical Studies on Terrorism. His most recent funded research project (with Michael Lister) was the ESRC-sponsored 'Anti-terrorism, Citizenship and Security in the UK'.

Stuart Macdonald is Associate Professor at the College of Law, Swansea University. He has written a number of articles on counter-terrorism laws and policy which have been published in leading international journals, including Criminal Law & Philosophy, Sydney Law Review and the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. He has held visiting scholarships at Columbia University Law School, New York, and the Institute of Criminology at the University of Sydney. His recent project on security and liberty was funded by the British Academy.