Terrorism Online
This book investigates the intersection of terrorism, digital technologies and cyberspace.
The evolving field of cyberterrorism research is dominated by single-perspective, technological, political or sociological texts. In contrast, Terrorism Online uses a multi-disciplinary framework to provide a broader introduction to debates and developments that have largely been conducted in isolation. Drawing together key academics from a range of disciplinary fields, including Computer Science, Engineering, Social Psychology, International Relations, Law and Politics, the volume focuses on three broad themes: (1) how and why do terrorists engage with the Internet, digital technologies and cyberspace? (2) what threat do these various activities pose, and to whom? (3) how might these activities be prevented, deterred or addressed? Exploring these themes, the book engages with a range of contemporary case studies and different forms of terrorism: from lone actor terrorists and protest activities associated with hacktivist groups to state-based terrorism. Through the books engagement with questions of law, politics, technology and beyond, the volume offers a holistic approach to cyberterrorism which provides a unique and invaluable contribution to this subject matter.
This book will be of great interest to students of cyber security, Security Studies, terrorism and International Relations.
Lee Jarvis is Senior Lecturer in International Security at the University of East Anglia. He is author of Times of Terror: Discourse, Temporality and the War on Terror (2009), co-author of Terrorism: A Critical Introduction (2011), and co-editor of Cyberterrorism: Understanding, Assessment, and Response (2014) and Counter-Radicalisation: Critical Perspectives (2015).
Stuart Macdonald is an Associate Professor at the College of Law, Swansea University and is co-editor of Cyberterrorism: Understanding, Assessment, and Response (2014).
Thomas M. Chen is Professor in Cyber Security at City University, London. He is a co-editor of Cyberterrorism: Understanding, Assessment, and Response (2014); Broadband Mobile Multimedia: Techniques and Applications (2008); and Mathematical Foundations for Signal Processing, Communications, and Networking (2011).
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Terrorism Online
Politics, law and technology
Edited by Lee Jarvis, Stuart Macdonald and Thomas M. Chen
Terrorism Online
Politics, law and technology
Edited by Lee Jarvis, Stuart Macdonald and Thomas M. Chen
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Terrorism online : politics, law and technology / edited by Lee Jarvis,
Stuart Macdonald and Thomas M. Chen.
pages cm. (Routledge studies in conflict, security and technology)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Cyberterrorism. 2. Terrorism. 3. Computer crimesPolitical
aspects. I. Jarvis, Lee, 1979 II. Macdonald, Stuart, 1946
III. Chen, Thomas M.
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Contents
LEE JARVIS, STUART MACDONALD AND THOMAS M. CHEN |
STUART MACDONALD AND DAVID MAIR |
PAUL GILL AND EMILY CORNER |
NAL TATAR AND M. MINHAC ELIK |
TURKI AL-GARNI AND THOMAS M. CHEN |
LORRAINE BOWMAN-GRIEVE |
PATRICK BISHOP |
SERGEI BOEKE AND QUIRINE EIJKMAN |
EVA NAGYFEJEO |
IRENE COUZIGOU |
Turki M. Al-Garni is a manager and lecturer in the information technology sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He earned a bachelors degree in Computer Science with merit from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2000), where his final project was on decision support systems. He received his MSc in Communication Systems with distinction from Swansea University, UK, in 2012. His MSc thesis was on cyberterrorism. Mr Al-Garni is a Cisco (CCNA & CCNP) certified professional. He has published two papers about cyberwarfare and cyberattacks in Saudi military magazines (in Arabic). In 2015 he will be enrolled in the PhD programme at City University London.
Patrick Bishop is a graduate of the University of Wales, Swansea (LLB: 2001; PhD: 2006) and a senior lecturer in the College of Law, Swansea University. Dr Bishop has varied research interests within the broad field of environmental law but his main focus is regulatory enforcement, with a particular emphasis on the application of deterrence theory to environmental crime. Dr Bishops publications reflect his diverse interests and he is the co-editor of Environmental Law and Policy in Wales (2013, University of Wales Press). In terms of teaching interests, Dr Bishop is responsible for the delivery of modules on e-commerce law and cybercrime.
Sergei Boeke joined the Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism at Leiden University, Campus the Hague (The Netherlands) in February 2013. He started his career in the Royal Netherlands Navy, and as part of his officer training he studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, specialising in international and criminal law. He served as a supply officer on different ships in the Navy, and was deployed with the marines to southern Iraq in 20034. After a short posting as Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for International Relations Clingendael, he joined the diplomatic service and worked for the Department of Political Affairs in The Hague. Moving back to the Ministry of Defence in 2008, he became the deputy head of a team of analysts in support of the Dutch mission in Afghanistan. In 2011 he completed a nine-month training programme for civil servants at the Ecole Nationale dAdministration (ENA) in Strasbourg, France. His current research areas include terrorism in the Sahel and cyber security: specifically cyber-governance.