Pattern of global cyber war and crime: A conceptual framework
The flourishing synergy arising between organized crimes and the Internet has increased the insecurity of the digital world. How hackers frame their actions? What factors encourage and energize their behavior? These are very important but highly underresearched questions. We draw upon literatures on psychology, economics, international relation and warfare to propose a framework that addresses these questions. We found that countries across the world differ in terms of regulative, normative and cognitive legitimacy to different types of web attacks. Cyber wars and crimes are also functions of the stocks of hacking skills relative to the availability of economic opportunities. An attacking unit's selection criteria for the target network include symbolic significance and criticalness, degree of digitization of values and weakness in defense mechanisms. Managerial and policy implications are discussed and directions for future research are suggested.
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2005
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Authors: | Kshetri, Nir |
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Journal of International Management. - Elsevier, ISSN 1075-4253. - Vol. 11.2005, 4, p. 541-562
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Information and communications technologies Cyber war Hacking Mafia Nationalism |
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