Cyber-security and threat politics : US efforts to secure the information age / Myriam Dunn Cavelty.

By: Dunn Cavelty, MyriamMaterial type: TextTextSeries: CSS studies in security and international relationsPublication details: London, England : Routledge, 2008Description: ix, 182 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415429818 (hbk.); 0415429811 (hbk.)Subject(s): Computer security -- United States | Computer security -- Government policy -- United States | Threats -- Government policy -- United States | Computer networks -- Security measures -- United States | National security -- United StatesDDC classification: 005.8 LOC classification: QA76.9.A25 | D87 2008
Contents:
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 implications.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-173) and index.

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 implications.

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