TY - JOUR
T1 - Dimensions of cyber-attacks
T2 - Cultural, social, economic, and political
AU - Gandhi, Robin
AU - Sharma, Anup
AU - Mahoney, William
AU - Sousan, William
AU - Zhu, Qiuming
AU - Laplante, Phillip
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Essential systems providing water, electricity, healthcare, finance, food, and transportation are now increasingly software dependent, distributed, and interconnected. The detrimental consequences of this growing dependence become apparent during times of political conflict, social instability, and other traumatic events. The Internet has made information exchange easier and more efficient, but it has also created a new space in which criminals and terrorists can operate almost undetected.
AB - Essential systems providing water, electricity, healthcare, finance, food, and transportation are now increasingly software dependent, distributed, and interconnected. The detrimental consequences of this growing dependence become apparent during times of political conflict, social instability, and other traumatic events. The Internet has made information exchange easier and more efficient, but it has also created a new space in which criminals and terrorists can operate almost undetected.
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U2 - 10.1109/MTS.2011.940293
DO - 10.1109/MTS.2011.940293
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79952640822
SN - 0278-0097
VL - 30
SP - 28
EP - 38
JO - IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
JF - IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
IS - 1
M1 - 5725605
ER -
