What are cyber threats? So asks a new book, Policing Cyber Hate, Cyber Threats and Cyber Terrorism. The book brings together multi-disciplinary ideas to explore the extent of cyber threats, cyber hate and cyber terrorism. To read the introduction visit the Ashgate website.
This text provides understanding of the range of activities that can be defined as cyber threats. It also shows how this activity forms in our communities and what can be done to try to prevent individuals from becoming cyber terrorists. The editors are Imran Awan and Brian Blakemore of the University of Glamorgan.
Contents: Introduction; Cyberspace, cyber crime and cyber terrorism; Cyber threats and cyber terrorism: the internet as a tool for extremism; Psychological aspects of cyber hate and cyber terrorism; Cults; Hate in a cyber age; Policing the global phenomenon of cyber terrorism and extremism; Knowledge management and cyber terrorism; Intelligence gathering and police systems; National and international cyber security strategies; Policing cyber hate, cyber threats and cyber terrorism; Index.
