Cyber Terrorism and Information Warfare

Cyberterrorism is the convergence of cyberspace and terrorism.
It refers to unlawful attacks and threats of attacks against computers,
networks and the information stored therein when done to
intimidate or coerce a government or its people in furtherance of
political or social objectives. Recently, terrorist groups have been
conducting more passive forms of information warfare. It is
reported that these terrorist groups are using the Internet to conduct
their operations by employing email and file encryption and
steganography, as well as conducting web defacement attacks.
Information Warfare (IW) has been around since the dawn of war.
Information warfare has been and remains a critical element in
deciding the outcome of military battles. According to Denning,
"Information warfare consists of those actions intended to protect,
exploit, corrupt, deny, or destroy information or information
resources in order to achieve a significant advantage, objective, or
victory over an adversary. This book discusses the nature and
impact of cyber terrorism with the methods that have proven to
be effective in law enforcement.