Cyberthreats The Emerging Fault Lines of the Nation State

Author: Susan W. Brenner
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
ISBN: 9780195385014
Published In: March 2009
Format: Hardback , 320 pages
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
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Discusses, at length, the damaging effects of previous international and domestic attacks through the use of computers and their responses
This well-organized book uses extensive cross-references and an accessible writing style, avoiding the cluttering legal jargon of most other cyber-crime titles, to fully translate the arcane laws surrounding cyber threats
Answers the question of who is responsible for neutralizing cyber-attacks and provides a fully developed theory as to how the military should effectively respond and prevent future attacks

As new technologies develop, terrorist groups are developing new methods of attack by using the Internet, and by using cyberspace as a battlefield, it has become increasingly difficult to discover the identity of attackers and bring them to justice. The seemingly limitless boundaries of cyberspace has allowed virtually anyone to launch an attack from a remote and anonymous location. But once these attacks occur, it raises several important questions; who should respond, and how?; how should nation-states effectively deal with a cyber-attack?; and will the United States and other nation-states be able to survive in a world where virtual boundaries are limitless?

In Cyberthreats: The Emerging Fault Lines of the Nation State Susan Brenner gives a thorough explanation of how military and law enforcement personnel respond to these attacks and why bringing cyber-terrorist to justice can be difficult and sometimes impossible.

Readership: Students and scholars interested in the military efforts against cyber crime, intelligence analysts (civilian and military), and policymakers

INTRODUCTION
ORDER & DISORDER: CRIME, WAR AND TERRORISM
CYBERTHREATS: NEW ISSUES, NEW CHALLENGES
ATTRIBUTION: ATTACKS
ATTRIBUTION: ATTACKERS
RESPONSE: WHERE WE ARE
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Susan Brenner is the NCR Distinguished Professor of Law and Technology at the University of Dayton School of Law. A renowned cybercrime scholar, Professor Brenner has been invited to speak internationally and domestically at meetings including the First International Conference on Legal, Security, and Privacy Issues in Hamburg, and the American Bar Association's National Cybercrime Conference. She also chairs the Security Incident Working Group for the ABA's Privacy and Computer Crime Committee. Susan Brenner is the author of Law in the Era of 'Smart' Technology (OUP, 2007).