Cyber Security Challenges in Developing Nations and Terrorism

Terrorist attacks in cyberspace are a category of cybercrime and a criminal misuse of information technologies. The term “cyberterrorism” is often used to describe this phenomenon.The most common objective of cyber terrorism is to damage or destroy a specific target which may be an organization industry sector economy or to just make an impact on particular targets.Cyberwarfare differs from cyberterrorism as it is an organized effort by a nation state to conduct operations in cyberspace against foreign nations. Included in this category is the Internet's use for intelligence gathering purposes.Cybersecurity is important because it protects all categories of data from theft and damage. This includes sensitive data personally identifiable information (PII) protected health information (PHI) personal information intellectual property data and governmental and industry information systems.