The cyber threat landscape: Challenges and future research directions

Computers and Security

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 719-731

  Choo, Kim Kwang Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture of security; Cyber crime; Cyber exploitation; Policing and preventative strategy; Public private partnership; Routine Activity Theory

Indexed keywords

CYBER EXPLOITATION; CYBER-CRIMES; POLICING AND PREVENTATIVE STRATEGY; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; ROUTINE ACTIVITY THEORY;

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; BLENDING;

CRIME;

EID: 80955142795     PISSN: 01674048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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