Cyber-terrorism

Terrorism

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Terrorism

Chap 5,

Q1.

Cyber-terrorism is are acts of violence orchestrated and planned by using the internet that often leads to deaths, massive casualties, terror, and is often executed to achieve political gain. As such, it is quite a prudent decision to plan on how to counter cyber-terrorism as people are always unaware of when such attacks can be launched. People and institutions can counter cyber-terrorism through the passive and active defense. Passive defense aims to harden the target. It entails the application of several technologies and products such as intrusion detection, firewalls, cryptography, among others. It also helps in creating procedures that aid in protecting the information technology assets that belong or rather operated by institutions or an individual. Active defense aims to impose a hefty penalty on the terrorist. The procedures may involve counter-attacks, prosecution, identity exposure, among others

Q2

Terrorist attacks are orchestrated by political, religious, and socioeconomic aspects. As such, suicide attacks and other terrorist attacks are executed as a way to show displeasure with various societal or life aspects. For examples, the United States and other western countries are accustomed syndicating certain prominent individuals in the least developed nations such as Iraq, Afghanistan, to mention a few, to achieve their political agenda. As a result, the vast majority of the people cannot benefit, and they form alternative options to let their voice heard or kick out those powerful forces. One of the ways they execute is by suicide attacks. As such, those attacks can reduce if nations of the world would stop inferring with matters of other nations, communities, among other things.

It is worth noting that women executing terrorist attacks perform the same duties as their male counterparts. Terror groups are shifting into handing women to lead attacks as society is accustomed to being lenient on women. The vast majority of the people would attest that they cast women as people who they work is only nurturing and doing some simple chores and cannot be involved in criminal activities. The notion and stereotype are changing now as women continue to get involved in violent acts. Also, their violent acts receive much attention from the media, thus becoming a force multiplier.

Chap 6,

Q1

The strategies applied by almost all the separatist groups are somewhat similar to those of terrorist groups; thus, most would term them as terrorist movements. In my opinion, it is somewhat unfair to regard them as so since they are not imbued with any nihilism ideologies; instead, they have pure absolute goals that are achievable. Such movements eventually lead to the opposing group to accommodating each other to achieve harmony, which is not the terrorism case.

Q2

The difference between is that one is an ethnic terror group (ETA). At the same time, the other (LTTE) is a religious terror group that aims to achieve certain ideologies, religious or economic gains. The two are pretty much the same as they are subject to harming, but ethnic terror groups are more nationalistic as compared to religious terrorists.

References

White, J. R. (2016). Terrorism and homeland security. Cengage Learning.