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Information Insecurity: A Survival Guide to the Uncharted Territories of Cyber-threats And Cyber-security (Ict Task Force Series) [Paperback]

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This book attempts to create greater awareness about the growing dangers of cyber-hooliganism, cyber-crime, cyber-terrorism and cyber-war, inherent in the new opportunities for good and evil that have been opened up in Information Technology.

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Paperback: 166 pages
Publisher: United Nations (July 31, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9211045304
ISBN-13: 978-9211045307
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,406,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#18 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence > Cybernetics

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There are many reasons why this book should be read by all, but the current and impending natures of cyber-threats are the most important ones. Read the first page

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information insecurity, managing information security, digital forensics, security players, masquerade attack, security auditors, information security management, ethical hackers, malicious code, malicious software, security incident, critical infrastructures

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World Wide Web, Code Red, United Nations, United States, Law of Cyber-Space, Chief Information Officer, Information The Solution, International Organisations, Criminal Code, Def Con, Internet Engineering Task Force, Netscape Navigator, Web Bug, World War

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Final report by Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Activities of the Nugan Hand Group on page 116, and page 119
The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers by Tom Standage in Back Matter
Cyber Terrorism and Information Warfare (Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control, Second Series.Volumes 5-8.) by Yonah Alexander in Back Matter
Trojan Horse by Emily Little on page 48
European Union (Aspects of Britain) by HMSO Books on page 82

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4.0 out of 5 stars educates a general audience, September 10, 2005

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This review is from: Information Insecurity: A Survival Guide to the Uncharted Territories of Cyber-threats And Cyber-security (Ict Task Force Series) (Paperback)

This guide is written for a general, non-technical audience. It attempts to educate the reader in the common types of malware and cyber attacks that are now seen globally. The scope of the threats vary. Some are the equivalent of graffiti on billboards. Breakins to computers just for the heck of it. Hooliganism, as the book calls it.

But there are more serious attacks. Phishing-style, for example. Where financial fraud is being tried on an unwary user. No adequate technical answer is given to this by the book.

Further along the scale of severity is cyber terrorism, or even cyber war. These are disguished by the former being done by groups unaffiliated with any government. While the latter is, or might be, performed by one government on another. Thus far, few real and damaging examples of cyber terrorism have surfaced. Nuisance value events that might be construed as cyber terrorism have occasionally surfaced in recent years. But nothing more dire.

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