Fighting terror in cyberspace / editors Mark Last, Abraham Kandel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Last, Mark.

Kandel, Abraham.

Series:

Series in machine perception and artificial intelligence ; v. 65.

Series in machine perception and artificial intelligence ; v. 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Computer network resources.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Cyberterrorism--Prevention.

Cyberterrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey ; London : World Scientific, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As became apparent after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, terrorist groups are increasingly using the Internet as a communication and propaganda tool where they can safely communicate with their affiliates, coordinate action plans, raise funds, and introduce new supporters to their networks. This is evident from the large number of web sites run by different terrorist organizations, though the URLs and geographical locations of these web sites are frequently moved around the globe. The wide use of the Internet by terrorists makes some people think that the risk of a major cyber-attack

Contents:

Preface; Contents; 1. Terrorism and the Internet: Use and Abuse; 2. The Radical Islam and the Cyber Jihad; 3. Using Data Mining Technology for Terrorist Detection on the Web; 4. A Content-Based Model for Web-Monitoring; 5. TDS - An Innovative Terrorist Detection System; 6. Clustering Algorithms for Variable-Length Vectors and Their Application to Detecting Terrorist Activities; 7. Analysis of Financial Intelligence and the Detection of Terror Financing; 8. Identification of Terrorist Web Sites with Cross-Lingual Classification Tools; Appendix A Useful Sources

Appendix B Terrorist Web Sites - ExamplesAppendix C About the Authors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611899219

9781281899217

1281899216

9789812703255

981270325X

OCLC:

476063503