Fighting cyberterrorism with legislative bullet: are we really ready?

National governments around the world have taken legislative steps to provide for stronger measures for fear of being struck by cyber-terrorists. Malaysia is not excluded. This paper examines the nature, scope of cyberterrorism and how it threatens the critical information infrastructure and nationa...

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Main Authors: Zulhuda, Sonny, Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: International Association of IT lawyers (IAITL) 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/35425/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35425/1/Kierkegaard_book.pdf
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description National governments around the world have taken legislative steps to provide for stronger measures for fear of being struck by cyber-terrorists. Malaysia is not excluded. This paper examines the nature, scope of cyberterrorism and how it threatens the critical information infrastructure and national security. A brief survey is presented on cyberterrorism laws in the US, UK and Australia. It examines further the recent legislative attempts in Malaysia in countering threats of cyberterrorism with critical analysis and recommendation for improvement.
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spelling iium-354252018-05-21T07:40:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35425/ Fighting cyberterrorism with legislative bullet: are we really ready? Zulhuda, Sonny Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha K Law (General) National governments around the world have taken legislative steps to provide for stronger measures for fear of being struck by cyber-terrorists. Malaysia is not excluded. This paper examines the nature, scope of cyberterrorism and how it threatens the critical information infrastructure and national security. A brief survey is presented on cyberterrorism laws in the US, UK and Australia. It examines further the recent legislative attempts in Malaysia in countering threats of cyberterrorism with critical analysis and recommendation for improvement. International Association of IT lawyers (IAITL) 2013 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35425/1/Kierkegaard_book.pdf Zulhuda, Sonny and Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha (2013) Fighting cyberterrorism with legislative bullet: are we really ready? In: Law & practice: critical analysis and legal reasoning. International Association of IT lawyers (IAITL), Denmark, pp. 65-79. ISBN 9788799485437
spellingShingle K Law (General)
Zulhuda, Sonny
Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha
Fighting cyberterrorism with legislative bullet: are we really ready?
title Fighting cyberterrorism with legislative bullet: are we really ready?
title_full Fighting cyberterrorism with legislative bullet: are we really ready?
title_fullStr Fighting cyberterrorism with legislative bullet: are we really ready?
title_full_unstemmed Fighting cyberterrorism with legislative bullet: are we really ready?
title_short Fighting cyberterrorism with legislative bullet: are we really ready?
title_sort fighting cyberterrorism with legislative bullet: are we really ready?
topic K Law (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/35425/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35425/1/Kierkegaard_book.pdf