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Cyber-security and threat politics : US efforts to secure the information age / Myriam Dunn Cavelty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunn Cavelty, Myriam.
- Series:
- CSS studies in security and international relations.
- CSS studies in security and international relations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer security--United States.
- Computer security.
- Computer security--Government policy--United States.
- Threats--Government policy--United States.
- Threats.
- Computer networks--Security measures--United States.
- Computer networks.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the political process behind the construction of cyber-threats as one of the quintessential security threats of modern times in the US.Myriam Dunn Cavelty posits that cyber-threats are definable by their unsubstantiated nature. Despite this, they have been propelled to the forefront of the political agenda. Using an innovative theoretical approach, this book examines how, under what conditions, by whom, for what reasons, and with what impact cyber-threats have been moved on to the political agenda. In particular, it analyses how governments have used threat frames,
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The information age and cyber-threats: Shifting meanings and interpretations; 2 Politics and threat construction: Theoretical underpinnings; 3 The hostile intelligence threat, data security, and encryption set the stage; 4 Asymmetric vulnerabilities and the double-edged sword of information warfare: Developments in the military domain; 5 Critical infrastructures and homeland security; 6 Securing the information age: Failed securitisation or a new logic of security?
- 7 Cyber-threats and security in the information age: Issues and implicationsBibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-08670-9
- 1-281-06390-8
- 9786611063900
- 0-203-93741-4
- 9780203937419
- OCLC:
- 213384458
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