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Author Giacomello, Giampiero

Title Security in Cyberspace : Targeting Nations, Infrastructures, Individuals
Published London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (262 pages)
Contents FC; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword Carlo Schaerf; Epigraph; List of Contributors; Introduction: Security in Cyberspace Giampiero Giacomello; Part 1 The Nation; 1 The 'State(s)' of Cybersecurity Rossella Mattioli; 2 Reducing Uncertainties in Cyberspace through Confidence and Capacity-Building Measures Patryk Pawlak; 3 WikiLeaks and State Control of Information in the Cyber Age Judith Reppy; 4 Leaks: Secure Communications and Achieving Nuclear Zero Bruce D. Larkin
5 Establishing Norms of Behaviour in Cyberspace: The Chinese Viewpoint Chunmei KangPart 2 The Infrastructure and The Individual; 6 Einstein on the Breach: Surveillance Technology, Cybersecurity and Organizational Change Andreas Kuehn and Milton Mueller; 7 Artificial or 'Legitimate' Barriers to Internet Governance? Francesco Giacomini and Laura Cordani; 8 Public-Private Partnerships: A 'Soft' Approach to Cybersecurity? Views from the European Union Maria Grazia Porcedda; 9 Being Publicly Private: Extreme Nationalist User Practices on Social Networks Andra Siibak; Index
Summary Today, the Internet has become a source of information that no country or company can forgo. It is not only used to communicate or entertain, but most importantly to operate utilities and public services such as banking or air traffic. As the reliance on computer networks across societies and economies keeps growing, so do security risks in cyberspace - referred to as ""cybersecurity."" Cybersecurity means protecting information and control systems from those who seek to compromise them. It also involves actors, both malicious or protective, policies and their societal consequences. This colle
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Subject Computer networks -- Security measures.
Internet -- Security measures -- Political aspects
Telecommunication policy.
National security.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Computer networks -- Security measures
National security
Telecommunication policy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781623565701
1623565707