1st Edition

Cyberthreats and the Decline of the Nation-State

By Susan W. Brenner Copyright 2014
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the extraordinary difficulties a nation-state’s law enforcement and military face in attempting to prevent cyber-attacks. In the wake of recent assaults including the denial of service attack on Estonia in 2007 and the widespread use of the Zeus Trojan Horse software, Susan W. Brenner explores how traditional categories and procedures inherent in law enforcement and military... Read more
1. Cyberchaos: Law and Disorder in Cyberspace  2. Threat Morphing in Cyberspace  3. Threats and the Evolution of Threat Control Strategies  4. Cyberspace and Eroding Threat-Control  5. Proposed –and Possible–Solutions  6. Lessons from History  7. Distributed Security  8. Medieval Cyberspace?

Biography

Susan W. Brenner is NCR Distinguished Professor of Law and Technology at the University of Dayton, USA. Professor Brenner chaired a Working Group in an American Bar Association project that developed the ITU Toolkit for Cybercrime Legislation for the United Nation's International Telecommunications Union. She is a senior principal for Global CyberRisk, LLC.