Cyber security: Threat identification, risk and vulnerability assessment

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn 109, Issue , 2011, Pages 247-269

  Umberger, Harold ^a   Gheorghe, Adrian ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84883157791     PISSN: 18746519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0719-1_13     Document Type: Article

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