Cyber Terrorism threat, its implications
Cyber Terrorism threat, its implications
Dr Sudershan Kumar
The dawn of the new millennium inherits great advancements in the Information Technology sector but simultaneously has also resulted into the propping up of many naive challenges concerning Cyber Terrorism threats specifically encompassing the safety and security constraints of critical infrastructures created by various nations around the globe. Besides, the menace has been further compounded and augmented by the world wide prevalent several state and non state actors who have further exploited the cyberspace in spreading extremism, fundamentalism and fanaticism around the globe. Therefore on the pretext of this, the pertinent question which arises is that what is Cyber Terrorism? And secondly how it can facilitate crippling of the economy of any country thus creating conditions for any legitimate government to succumb and agree to the terms and conditions at the cost of national security and Sovereignty of states.The Cyber Terrorism is a complex issue and broadly classified into two categories.