Technology is one of the strategic factors that lead Cybercriminals organizations and their supporters to make greater use of the Internet with a wide variety of purposes, including recruitment, financing, propaganda, training, incitement to commit acts of Cyberterrorism, and the gathering and dissemination of information with terrorist purposes. One thing to understand is that the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes is a phenomenon that spreads rapidly and it requires a dynamic and coordinated response from Member States.
Cyberterrorism or electronic terrorism is the use of information, communication, computer, electronic or similar technology means with the purpose of generating terror or generalized fear in a population, ruling class or government, thereby causing a violation of the free will of people. The ends can be mainly economic, political or religious.
In fact, there are organizations dedicated to analyzing the ways in which terrorists use the Internet, quantifying the threat thereon, and examining options for responding to it at the national, regional and global levels. Understanding the dangers of cyberterrorism is important, because even if you think you are not in danger because you are not a target, all of us who use the internet are prone to it. Even all professionals should be aware of potential areas of vulnerability, in order to better protect their systems and possibly help end this activity.
Despite all the cybersecurity that a company or government may have, to date there are no foolproof ways to protect a system. However, a good protection platform is more difficult to be compromised. Another of the most common methods of protection is encryption. Others promote the use of firewalls to examine all communications to a system, including e-mail messages, which may have logic bombs built into them.
As we have seen over time, cybercriminals do not rest and a clear example is the DDoS, ransomware or malware attacks that can be a small test of what could be done with a great global cyberattack that can be considered cyberterrorism, therefore which you should be aware of, and consider a good security strategy in your company, as you could be very damaged by this.
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