Cyber terrorism prevention and counteraction workshop review

Abstract

A NATO Advanced Training Course (ATC) on Cyber Terrorism Prevention and Counteraction, co-organized by the Computer/Law Institute (VU University Amsterdam) and the Center for E-Governance Initiatives (Kiev, Ukraine), took place in Kiev on September 27e29, 2010. The three-day ATC has become a unique opportunity for experts from four NATO member states (the Netherlands, Romania, the UK and the U.S.) to share their experiences with experts from Ukraine e a Partnership for Peace country e and to exchange with their Ukrainian colleagues ideas on the ways to clearly identify the threat posed by cyber terrorism, its political and socio-economic roots, as well as ways to diminish the associated risks, to prevent cyber attacks and, should they happen, to mitigate their consequences.