“Hunker makes a compelling argument to show that ‘a strong hand is needed’ to ensure that the Internet is made more secure as it continues to meet the expanding needs of business, research institutions, government and consumers. A new central global authority could put into place effective regulations to ensure that ISPs, software designers and users themselves are held responsible for abuses and threats to security in the online community.”
— Winnipeg Free Press
“Until public policy steps in to shape Internet security, the World Wide Web could basically go up in flames at any moment….We have to act now. Hunker offers us his suggestions for a new ‘social contract,’ in which cyber security is regarded as a public good, much as health is.”
— Globe and Mail
INTRODUCTION
Your City, My City, No Man’s Land
ONE
Washington, We Have a Problem
TWO
Into the Underworld
THREE
Modes of Attack
FOUR
The Costs and Impacts of Cyber Crime
FIVE
Cyber War and Cyber Terrorism
SIX
It’s Policy Failure, Folks
SEVEN
Better Software and Better Users
EIGHT
New Frameworks
NINE
The Ultimate Promise: A New Internet
EPILOGUE
Creeping Failure is Not Inevitable
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX