Information Security News: Does cyber-terrorism exist?

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http://www.crn.com.au/Feature/4652,does-cyberterrorism-exist.aspx

By Negar Salek
CRN Magazine
24 June 2008

Global security experts gathered in Malaysia last month to help ramp up 
the world’s defenses against cyber-terrorism

Dubbed by organisers as ‘the largest ministerial-level gathering ever 
organised about cyber-terrorism’, the World Cyber Security Summit 
(WCSS), was recenlty held in Malaysia. Hosted by the International 
Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT), government 
representatives from all over the globe including Australia joined 
private sector and prominent security experts. The summit was chaired by 
Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi with 
international speakers such as Professor Howard Schmidt, former White 
House security advisor and former chief security officer at Microsoft 
and eBay.

They were joined by a multitude of security experts including Mikko 
Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure; Dr Paul Twomey, president 
and chief executive officer of ICANN; Dr Vinton G. Cerf, ‘Father of the 
Internet’ and chief Internet evangelist at Google and Eugene Kaspersky, 
founder and chief executive officer of Kaspersky Lab.

Australia was well-represented with officials from the 
Attorney-General’s office and other government bodies attending the 
three-day summit.

According to IMPACT, the goal was to chart the future course for IMPACT 
as a global multilateral platform using ministerial roundtables, plenary 
sessions and information-sharing sessions about the latest 
cyber-security threats, trends and issues, such as, ‘Global Denial of 
Service’.

According to Kaspersky, IMPACT is a unique initiative, aimed primarily 
at consolidating efforts against cyber-terrorism.

“Like all forms of terrorism, cyber-terrorism does not recognise borders 
or laws, the threat of cyber-terrorism is real,” said Kaspersky.

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