The Myth of Cyberterrorism
Student Name: Alp Gölcüklü Sec: ENG 101-66 Date: 03-11-2013
Assessed Homework Task 7
WHILE-READING: Read the text entitled “The Myth of Cyber Terrorism” by Joshua Green and fill in the table below with the arguments for and against the idea that cyber terrorism is a real threat or not.
PARAGRAPHS
1. MAIN IDEAS
What are the arguments given in the text that support that cyber-terrorism IS a threat to the society? What are the arguments given in the text showing that cyber-terrorism is NOT a threat to the society?
SUPPORTİNG DETAİLS
What are the examples given?
3
Having cyberterrorism threat in Washington
Private companies have hostly deployed security constultants and software designed to protect public and private messages
4
Incesting on cyberatacs, Allocate 4.5 bil $ for security
Bush created the office for security, It can be more dangerous than Perl Harber
10
New softwares has to be safe and they have to be submitted to the National Security, Easy to hack new wireless networks
PDA's, Blackberrys, even infrared copiers and faxes has to be isolated from net
7
Problems in economy
With using viruses, worm has costed to the USA $15 bil
2
Mind hackers targeted government computers
Content and Organisation
Read the paragraph below taken from the text “Myth of Cyberterrorism” and analyse the content and organisation.
“The main reason for this controversy is that cyber-threats have not materialized as a national security threat, even granted that there have been some few incidents with at least some potential for grave consequences. Interestingly enough, both hypers and de-hypers tend to agree on this point. But while the first group assumes that vicious attacks that wreak havoc and paralyze whole nations are imminent, more cautious researchers often point to the practical difficulties of a serious cyberattack (Ingles-le Nobel,
Assessed Homework Task 7
WHILE-READING: Read the text entitled “The Myth of Cyber Terrorism” by Joshua Green and fill in the table below with the arguments for and against the idea that cyber terrorism is a real threat or not.
PARAGRAPHS
1. MAIN IDEAS
What are the arguments given in the text that support that cyber-terrorism IS a threat to the society? What are the arguments given in the text showing that cyber-terrorism is NOT a threat to the society?
SUPPORTİNG DETAİLS
What are the examples given?
3
Having cyberterrorism threat in Washington
Private companies have hostly deployed security constultants and software designed to protect public and private messages
4
Incesting on cyberatacs, Allocate 4.5 bil $ for security
Bush created the office for security, It can be more dangerous than Perl Harber
10
New softwares has to be safe and they have to be submitted to the National Security, Easy to hack new wireless networks
PDA's, Blackberrys, even infrared copiers and faxes has to be isolated from net
7
Problems in economy
With using viruses, worm has costed to the USA $15 bil
2
Mind hackers targeted government computers
Content and Organisation
Read the paragraph below taken from the text “Myth of Cyberterrorism” and analyse the content and organisation.
“The main reason for this controversy is that cyber-threats have not materialized as a national security threat, even granted that there have been some few incidents with at least some potential for grave consequences. Interestingly enough, both hypers and de-hypers tend to agree on this point. But while the first group assumes that vicious attacks that wreak havoc and paralyze whole nations are imminent, more cautious researchers often point to the practical difficulties of a serious cyberattack (Ingles-le Nobel,