№40: Cyberterrorism: The Threat That Never Was
№40: Cyberterrorism: The Threat That Never Was

Author(s): Andrzej Kozłowski, Kacper Rękawek, Marcin Terlikowski
Subject(s): Governance, Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Cyberterrorism; security threats; internet; cyberthreats; cyber attack;
Summary/Abstract: If the seriousness of a given “emerging security threat” is measured by the number of recent analyses devoted to it or the proliferation of experts studying it, then cyberthreats must now surpass the dangers of offline terrorism and energy security. While all issues “cyber” attract a high level of policymaker attention, another threat seems to have been forgotten and marginalised: cyberterrorism. To an extent, the evolution of cyberterrorism mirrors that of “regular” terrorism, which erupted as the “weapon of the weak,” and after a state-sponsored phase seems to be returning to its sub-state or even “lone wolf” roots. Cyberthreats, on the other hand, originally of a sub-state nature, are now mostly in the domain of state entities that have not yet made the decision to launch state-sponsored cyberterrorism.

• Details
• Contents