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

Main Author: Dunn Cavelty, Myriam
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, England : Routledge, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The information age and cyber-threats : shifting meanings and interpretations
  • 2. Politics and threat construction : theoretical underpinnings
  • 3. The hostile intelligence threat, data security, and encryption set the stage
  • 4. Asymmetric vulnerabilities and the double-edged sword of information warfare : developments in the military domain
  • 5. Critical infrastructures and homeland security
  • 6. Securing the information age : failed securitisation or a new logic of security?
  • 7. Cyber-threats and security in the information age : issues and implications.