The first book to define the clear and present danger posed by a cyber-terrorist attack on the U.S. computerand network-dependent infrastructure

As part of the homeland security initiative, the White House has declared cyber-terrorism prevention a top priority bringing it into the headlines and the minds of the American public. Written by a former U.S. intelligence officer, this insightful work investigates how cyber-terrorism could occur, what the global and financial implications are, the impact this is having and will continue to have on privacy and civil liberties, and how to prepare for and prevent cyber-terrorism.

Packed with exclusive interviews with members of terrorist groups as well as key insiders involved in planning and executing the U.S. plan for the defense of cyber-space, the book features Verton's conversations with:

• Members of al-Qaeda
• Condoleezza Rice
• Tom Ridge
• Rudy Giuliani

Au sommaire

• Cyber-Terrorism+ Fact or Fiction?
• Black Ice+ Cyber-Terrorism's Hidden Dangers
• Terror on a Wire+ The Internet as Weapon
• Terror in the Air+ The Wireless Threat
• Al-Qaeda+ In Search of Bin Laden's Hackers
• Web of Terror+ What al-Qaeda Knows about the U.S.
• 9/11+ The Cyber-terrorist Attack
• Intelligence+ Stopping the Next Attack
• Dark Winter+ Technology and Early Warning
• Patriot Games+ Security, Terror, Liberty
• The War on Terror+ Mobilizing for the Future

• A Critical Infrastructures
• B PDD-63 at a Glance
• C Remarks on Cyber-Terrorism
• D The Homeland Security Challenge: Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security