CYBER TERRORISM IN MOBILE ECOSYSTEM – A LEGAL VIEWPOINT
Today, cyberspace and mobile ecosystems have all increasingly gained centre-stage attention in our day-to-day lives. Internet has become so critical for our day-to-day lives that it is becoming increasingly difficult to perceive life without Internet. Consequently cyberspace has become now the fertile ground for various kinds of prejudicial and criminal activities, including cyber terrorism.
With increasingly nation states and other players understanding the significance of cyber terrorism, it is but natural that cyber terrorism will continue to be extremely important in the times to come. More and more terrorists are today using the mobile ecosystem along with Internet so as to not only give effect to their designs but also to ensure that the sovereign and mobile interests of sovereign nations are prejudicially impacted.
This eBook “Cyber Terrorism in Mobile Ecosystem – A Legal Viewpoint” examine the legal, policy and regulatory issues facing cyber terrorism in the mobile ecosystem. This eBook not only gives the definition of cyber terrorism, but also seeks to examine the existing legal position in different national jurisdictions pertaining to cyber terrorism.
This eBook further seeks to examine the position as to how legal jurisprudence has tried to address the complicated legal and policy related issues concerning cyber terrorism in the mobile ecosystem in the following jurisdictions:
India
Luxembourg
Sweden
Pakistan
Finland
Germany
Further, this eBook also seeks to analyze the position as to how the entire issue pertaining to cyber terrorism is also sought to be addressed by various international instruments.
This eBook is of tremendous significance to understand the legal, policy related issues concerning the emerging phenomenon of cyber terrorism. The combination of cyber terrorism and the mobile ecosystem is likely to throw up various new legal, policy and regulatory issues which will have to be appropriately addressed by the relevant nation states, as they proceed forward.
This eBook is an absolute must for all legal practitioners, law libraries, mobile companies, mobile service providers and operators, all companies offering their services in the mobile ecosystem and all users of mobiles, cell phones, smart phones, personal digital assistants and all other kinds of communication devices. This eBook is essential also for any person or legal entity, using any component or service available on or through the mobile ecosystem, mobile environment and mobile networks, who wants to understand the potential misuse of mobile ecosystem by cyber terrorists. This eBook further elaborates on the various legal challenges facing the ever important issue of cyber terrorism in the mobile ecosystem.
This eBook is authored by Pavan Duggal (http://pavanduggalassociates.com/whoweare.html), Asia’s and India’s foremost expert on Cyberlaw who has done pioneering work in the area of Mobile Law. This eBook’s Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates (http://pavanduggalassociates.com/) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law.
© Pavan Duggal, 2013
