Affecting trust

Terrorism, internet and offensive information warfare

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4087006
AutoresLorenzo Valeri (King's College London), Michael Knight (0000-0001-6685-4269), Michael Knights (King's College London)
Año2000
Volumen12
Número1
Páginas15-36
Fecha de publicación2000-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546550008427547
OpenAlexW2007130490
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas27

The national security consequences of the potential use of the Internet by terrorist organizations have attracted the interest of many academics and government and intelligence officials. The goal of this article is to provide a new explanatory angle concerning the possible targets of terrorists’ offensive information warfare (OIW) operations. It argues that these organizations may prove more valuable and effective to undermine on‐line activities of leading electronic commerce sites than to target elements of the critical national information infrastructure. These offensive actions, in fact, would directly impact one of the explanatory elements for the Internet's success: users’ perception of its trustworthiness. Before tackling its arguments, the article provides a definition of offensive information warfare. Then, it investigates how terrorist organizations would formulate their operational style concerning offensive information warfare. The stage is then set to define the central argument of the article by drawing from studies carried out in the areas of information security, international management and electronic commerce. The article concludes with a set of policy recommendations to counter these potential threats and thus make the Internet a safer communication instrument for economic, commercial and social development

Business · Computer security · Cyberwarfare · Economics · Information Warfare · Internet privacy · Management · Offensive · Political science · Public relations · Terrorism · The Internet · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Information and Cyber Security · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence