Cyber Terrorism-An International Phenomena and An Eminent Threat

This paper goes into the conception of terrorism, who the terrorists are and tries to establish a grasp of why they conduct the activities they do. Understanding the attacker will allow recognize the type of attack they may plan and the aftereffect they are likely to try and accomplish. It looks at the main encouragement of Terrorist groups and considers their use of the Internet for various forms of a terrorist Campaign such as implantation/advertising and recruitment. It will acknowledge the various channels that have been used and how the Internet has provided a new liberty for terrorists to conduct their campaigns and how it has been adapted by them for their purposes. It examines the probable threat of a cyber-attack by terrorist organizations and how they can use the Internet and Cyber Space to their liberty and attack a target with similar results to a conventional physical attack. The paper will briefly examine some of the possible defenses against this form of terrorism.