In ten pages this paper discusses the threat of cyberterrorism in a definition and post September 11th consideration of the protection efforts of the United States' government. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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the country has calmed down - somewhat. People still tend to hesitate a moment before being asked to fly somewhere and arent balking too much at having to wait through
security screenings. Others are anxiously scanning the skies, as well as their darker-skinned neighbors, wondering when and where the next attack will come from. The focus seems to be on
car bombs and the possibility of more airline hijackings. Although ramming airplanes filled with fuel and people into buildings is a terrible
act of terrorism, there is evidence that suggests that cyberterrorism would do more to bring the United States to its knees than any other kind of "physical" terrorism such as
car bombs or suicide airplane pilots. As of now, in fact, businesses and the government, even though they are on high alert, are woefully unprepared to deal with the eventuality
of cyberterrorism. Furthermore, most people believe that cyberterrorism couldnt effect them, because they dont own computers and dont surf the Internet. However,
technology impacts us all today, with almost everything being interconnected and inter-networked with everything else. Any skilled computer terrorist could easily make its way into a computer that controls the
electrical grid of a major city and knock it out, causing power disruptions and paralyzing a city. That same "hacker" could break through a military firewall and activate a nuclear
missile and send it winging toward a hostile country, with horrific results. The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept
of cyberterrorism, which is relatively new, how it differs from the lesser forms of Internet irritations such as viruses and hacking and what our government needs to do - and