The Transnational Dimension of Cyber Crime and Terrorism

by Goodman, Seymour E.; Sofaer, Abraham D.

• ISBN13: 9780817999827
• ISBN10: 0817999825
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press

Summary

In December 1999, more than forty members of government, industry, and academia assembled at the Hoover Institution to discuss this problem and explore possible countermeasures. The Transnational Dimension of Cyber Crime and Terrorism summarizes the conference papers and exchanges, addressing pertinent issues in chapters that include a review of the legal initiatives undertaken around the world to combat cyber crime, an exploration of the threat to civil aviation, analysis of the constitutional, legal, economic, and ethical constraints on use of technology to control cyber crime, a discussion of the ways we can achieve security objectives through international cooperation, and more. Much has been said about the threat posed by worldwide cyber crime, but little has been done to protect against it. A transnational response sufficient to meet this challenge is an immediate and compelling necessity—and this book is a critical first step in that direction.

Author Biography

Abraham D. Sofaer, who served as legal adviser to the US Department of State from 1985 to 1990, was appointed the first George P. Shultz Distinguished Scholar and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 1994. During his service as legal adviser, he was responsible for US/Iran negotiations at the Iran/US Tribunal in The Hague.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
John Raisian
Contributing Authors/Editors	xi
Website Notice	xv
List of Abbreviations	xvii
Cyber Crime and Security: The Transnational Dimension	1	(34)
Abraham D. Sofaer
Seymour E. Goodman
International Responses to Cyber Crime	35	(90)
Tonya L. Putnam
David D. Elliott
The Civil Aviation Analogy
International Cooperation to Protect Civil Aviation Against Cyber Crime and Terrorism	69	(4)
Seymour E. Goodman
Cyber Terrorism and Civil Aviation	73	(18)
H. H. Whiteman
Past as Prologue: International Aviation Security Treaties as Precedents for International Cooperation Against Cyber Terrorism and Cyber Crimes	91	(34)
Mariano-Florentino Cuellar
Current and Future Technical Capabilities	125	(58)
Stephen J. Lukasik
Civil Liberties and Security in Cyberspace	183	(38)
Ekaterina A. Drozdova
Toward an International Convention on Cyber Security	221	(46)
Abraham D. Sofaer
Draft International Convention to Enhance Protection from Cyber Crime and Terrorism	249	(18)
Abraham D. Sofaer
Gregory D. Grove
George D. Wilson
Appendix 1: December 1999 Conference Agenda	267	(4)
Appendix 2: December 1999 Conference Participants	271	(14)
Index	285