Dimensions of cyber-attacks: Cultural, social, economic, and political

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-38

  Gandhi, Robin ^a   Sharma, Anup ^a   Mahoney, William ^a   Sousan, William ^a   Zhu, Qiuming ^a   Laplante, Phillip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYBER-ATTACKS; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; TRAUMATIC EVENTS;

HEALTH CARE;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 79952640822     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2011.940293     Document Type: Article

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