Dear All,
On the 12th Dec. 2008 Creative Cuppa held a very successful 2nd coffee meet-up in the Café of the David Wilson Library. Many thanks to Amit, Hao, Jay Jay, Rami, Sarah, and Tony for their attendance and lively participation. This time we briefly reviewed the case of the “Mumbai Attacks” and discussed why and how terrorists made use of new communication technologies, such as the Internet, in their extreme actions, as well as how governments should response to this new trend.
Although it was difficult to reach agreement on the role of the state in controlling the Internet and other new communication technologies, there was a beneficial exchange of ideas about the definition of “Cyber-terrorism”. The fact is that the world has already seen a rising trend, whereby terrorists or social extremists increasingly make use of new media technologies, like Google maps and mobile technology, to efficiently organize and carry out terror attacks. But the question is whereby this will become an excuse for governments to place restrictions on people's use of the Internet?
“Cyber-terrorism” is a rather loose definition in that it might mislead people into ascribing the online activities of terrorism as the fault of the new media technologies. This technological determinism point of view may lead us to overlook the human factor. In fact, as we have all realised, the stories of “Cyber-terrorism” become far more complicated once we bring the discussion back into their real contexts. Though it’s true that so-called “cyber-weapons” have been increasingly used by terrorists, it is still the decision of human beings that makes such things happen. Therefore, if we only put our focus on the use of technology, it seems unhelpful in terms of finding the real solution of the problem, and this is really the big issue concerning all of us today.
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Next time we will be focusing on the topic of "online journalism". Thanks for all your attention. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Best wishes,
Jin Shang
Sunday, 14 December 2008
Monday, 8 December 2008
Creative Cuppa 2nd Coffee Meetup
For the 2nd Coffee Meetup, Amit Chandraker, will be giving a presentation entitled “Counter Cyberterrorism: National Security for the "Post-Mumbai Attacks" in the second coffee meet-up of Creative Cuppa on Friday, 12 December 2008, at 12:00 o’clock in the Café, David Wilson Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.
This presentation aims to review and rethink the situation of India’s national safety and security for the “Post-Mumbai Attacks” period, when the fast developing nation is under huge threat of the new challenges of terrorism with accomplice of the new media technologies.
Counter Cyberterrorism: National Security for the‘Post-Mumbai Attacks’Period
(Speaker: Amit Chandraker)
Terrorists move in cyber space. They Google to find maps, identifying exact locations and addresses of attack targets. This is exactly how terrorist attacks in Mumbai were planned. While Internet is global, there is no international legal response to cyberspace threats or crimes. A number of countries have national laws for these crimes, but they do not extend to other countries and are not harmonized with them.
So far, terrorists have used explosives, kidnappings and hijackings, but they will eventually turn to cyber-terrorism and use cyberspace technology, which will threaten pipelines, power plants, transportation and communication systems, and other hard assets based on cyberspace technology.
Cyber-terrorism is new weapon in the arsenal of global terrorists; this new method of committing acts of terrorism through cyber space (the mix between the internet & computers) which we now know as cyber-terrorism (the mix between the international and local terrorism with internet, telecom and computers, or electronic devices). Most people have no idea how much of their lives and well being is dependent upon the proper operation of networks which control the nation’s infrastructure, communications systems, financial systems and security. The biggest example we can take for this destructive activity is above mentioned places Mumbai and US. This both the places faces the negative result of new age technology. Terrorist had taken over the control on internet and belongings to that.
This presentation aims to review and rethink the situation of India’s national safety and security for the “Post-Mumbai Attacks” period, when the fast developing nation is under huge threat of the new challenges of terrorism with accomplice of the new media technologies.
Counter Cyberterrorism: National Security for the‘Post-Mumbai Attacks’Period
(Speaker: Amit Chandraker)
Terrorists move in cyber space. They Google to find maps, identifying exact locations and addresses of attack targets. This is exactly how terrorist attacks in Mumbai were planned. While Internet is global, there is no international legal response to cyberspace threats or crimes. A number of countries have national laws for these crimes, but they do not extend to other countries and are not harmonized with them.
So far, terrorists have used explosives, kidnappings and hijackings, but they will eventually turn to cyber-terrorism and use cyberspace technology, which will threaten pipelines, power plants, transportation and communication systems, and other hard assets based on cyberspace technology.
Cyber-terrorism is new weapon in the arsenal of global terrorists; this new method of committing acts of terrorism through cyber space (the mix between the internet & computers) which we now know as cyber-terrorism (the mix between the international and local terrorism with internet, telecom and computers, or electronic devices). Most people have no idea how much of their lives and well being is dependent upon the proper operation of networks which control the nation’s infrastructure, communications systems, financial systems and security. The biggest example we can take for this destructive activity is above mentioned places Mumbai and US. This both the places faces the negative result of new age technology. Terrorist had taken over the control on internet and belongings to that.
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