Cyberterrorism

1
Cyberterrorism
2
Critical Infrastructure

• Vulnerability

3
Cyberspace The New Realm of Warfare
4
1. Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Attack
5
2. Potential Attacks
6
Threats in Cyberspace

• Hacktivism
• Cybercrime
• Cyberespionage
• Cyberwar
• Cyberterrorism

7
Cyberterrorism Definition

• Political agenda
• Use of computers and cyberspace to disrupt or
  destroy (may or may not lead to deaths)
• Civilians as targets
• Publicity
• Traditional Terrorism definition
• 2. Use of violence

8
Al-Qaeda

• Younis Tsouli
• Irhabi 007

9
Two Questions

• Can anyone do significant damage with a cyber
  attacks?
• Cyber 9/11?

10

• 2. What does a terrorist group achieve with a
  cyberattack that they cant with a conventional
  attack?

11
The Nature of the InternetStrength and
Weaknesses

• Resiliency
• Redundancy
• Wireless
• Vulnerabilities and flaws can be corrected

• Vulnerabilities
• Flaws
• Espionage
• Reliance on private sector

12
Cybersecurity

• 1998 PDD-63 Critical Infrastructure protection
  (For more, see PDD-63 addendums here)
• 2003 US National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
• 2003 HSPD-7 Critical Infrastructure
  Identification, Prioritization, and Protection

13
2008 Comprehensive National Cybersecurity
Initiative (CNCI)

• Identify attacks
• Public-Private partnerships
• Information sharing
• Exercises
• Vulnerability assessments
• Coordination
• Counterintelligence

14
US Cyberspace Policy Review, 2009

• National Security Adviser
• Deputy Natl Security Adviser
• Special Assistant for
• Cybersecurity

National Security Council
Homeland Security Council
National Security Staff
NSC Principals Committee
NSC Deputies Committee
Information and Communications Interdepartmental
Policy Committee
15
Other US Policy Documents

• US National Strategy for the Physical Protection
  of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets,
  2/2003
• US National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, 2003
• US Department of Homeland Security National
  Infrastructure Protection Plan, 2006
• Cyberterror, White Paper 1999, Center for the
  Study of Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
  (excellent US government-sponsored research on
  the issue)

16
Exercises

• Cyberstorm I 2006 http//www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/asse
  ts/prep_cyberstormreport_sep06.pdf
• Cyber Storm II 2008 http//www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/as
  sets/csc_ncsd_cyber_stormII_final09.pdf
• Cyber Storm III September 2010