Cyber-security and threat politics : US efforts to secure the information age /

This book explores the political process behind the construction of cyber-threats as one of the quintessential security threats of modern times in the US. Myriam Dunn Cavelty posits that cyber-threats are definable by their unsubstantiated nature. Despite this, they have been propelled to the forefr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunn Cavelty, Myriam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Colección:CSS studies in security and international relations.
Temas:
Computer security > United States.
Computer security > Government policy > United States.
Threats > Government policy > United States.
Computer networks > Security measures > United States.
National security > United States.
Sécurité informatique > États-Unis.
Sécurité informatique > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Menaces > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Réseaux d'ordinateurs > Sécurité > Mesures > États-Unis.
COMPUTERS > Internet > Security.
COMPUTERS > Networking > Security.
COMPUTERS > Security > General.
Computer networks > Security measures
Computer security
Computer security > Government policy
National security
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The information age and cyber-threats : shifting meanings and interpretations
  • Politics and threat construction : theoretical underpinnings
  • The hostile intelligence threat, data security, and encryption set the stage
  • Asymmetric vulnerabilities and the double-edged sword of information warfare : developments in the military domain
  • Critical infrastructures and homeland security
  • Securing the information age : failed securitisation or a new logic of security?
  • Cyber-threats and security in the information age : issues and implications.

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