Lethal mutation versus messianic singularity: A new multidimensional perspective on the reciprocal function of digital information technologies as offensive and defensive weapon systems

6th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security 2007, ECIW 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 99-108

  Hyacinthe, Berg ^a   Debbabi, Mourad ^b   Boukhtouta, Abdeslem ^c   Hayat, Zia ^d   Anglade, Yves ^e  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

^e FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer network security; Computers as weapons; Lethal mutation; Nano air vehicles; Network centric operations; Terrorism; Unconventional warfare

Indexed keywords

AIR VEHICLE; DEFENSIVE WEAPON SYSTEMS; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; LETHAL MUTATIONS; NETWORK CENTRIC OPERATIONS; NETWORK SECURITY SOLUTIONS; PARAMILITARY FORCES; PRIORITIZATION PROCESS; RECIPROCAL FUNCTIONS; RISK EXPOSURE; TERRORIST GROUPS; THREAT ASSESSMENT; WEAPON SYSTEM;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; MIDDLEWARE; NETWORK SECURITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERRORISM;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84873857007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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