Terrorism in Cyberspace: The Next Generation

In a follow up to his previous book (“Terror on the Internet”), Gabriel Weimann's newest work describes a growing and untamed cyberspace environment that is providing a natural and effective base of operations for the next generation of online terrorist. Are efforts to thwart those online efforts keeping pace with the level of threat? That’s the focus of this edition of Wilson Center NOW.

In a follow up to his previous book (Terror on the Internet), Gabriel Weimann’s newest work describes a growing and untamed cyberspace environment that is providing a natural and effective base of operations for the next generation of online terrorist. Are efforts to thwart those online efforts keeping pace with the level of threat? That’s the focus of this edition of Wilson Center NOW.

For more on the new book, Terrorism in Cyberspace: The Next Generation, visit Woodrow Wilson Center Press.

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