Title Cyber-Security and Threat Politics : US Efforts to Secure the Information Age

Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages) Series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations CSS studies in security and international relations. 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 Summary This book explores how cyber-threats are constructed and propelled onto the political agenda, with a specific focus on the United States Notes Print version record Subject Computer security -- United States Computer security -- Government policy -- United States Threats -- Government policy -- United States Computer networks -- Security measures -- United States National security -- United States. Computer networks -- Security measures Computer security Computer security -- Government policy National security United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203937419 0203937414 1281063908 9781281063908

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