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Cyber Terrorism: Issues in Its Interpretation and Enforcement

Manap, Nazura and Tehrani, Pardis (2012) Cyber Terrorism: Issues in Its Interpretation and Enforcement. International Journal of Information and Electronics Engineering, 2 (3). pp. 409-413. ISSN 20103719

Item Type: Article

Abstract

Cyber terrorism is a term which represents an act
of terrorising using cyberspace as a medium. This phrase is
controversial as there is no exact meaning of it. Generally, it is
known as “The premeditated use of disruptive activities, or the
threat thereof, against computers and/or networks, with the
intention to cause harm or further social, ideological, religious,
political or similar objectives”. The obvious dissimilarity
between cyber terrorism and ordinary terrorism is its
transborderless nature. Despite of that specific characteristic,
the common challenge faced by both types of terrorism is the
lack of definition on what terrorism is. What more to offer
specific description on cyber terrorism, as it involves technical
discrepancies and ambiguous legal interpretation. With the
uncertainty nature of cyber crimes and its transborderless
characteristic, the concerted effort from various related
organisations are needed to solve problems brought about by
this crime. Thus, this paper is aimed at: to explore the existing
definitions of cyber terrorism and; to look at the current
action taken by the relevant organisation in combating this
issue.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Cyber, terrorism, interpretation, international effort.
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Depositing User: Pardis M Tehrani

Identifiers

Item ID: 15546
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.7763/IJIEE.2012.V2.126
ISSN: 20103719
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/15546
Official URL: http://www.ijiee.org/show-31-107-1.html

Users with ORCIDS

ORCID for Pardis Tehrani: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9698-8698

Catalogue record

Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2023 11:03
Last Modified: 02 May 2023 10:56

Contributors

Author: Pardis Tehrani ORCID iD
Author: Nazura Manap

University Divisions

Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism > School of Law
Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism
Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism > Sunderland Law School

Subjects

Law > Law

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