Presentation of a Conceptual Model for Assessing the Threats of Cyber Terrorism

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1 Doctoral Degree in Strategic Management of Cyberspace Security- (Corresponding Author)

2 Faculty member of Shahed University

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Abstract
Cyber terrorism is one of the threats to the cyber space that has faced many countries in recent years, including the Islamic Republic of Iran. In this article, after studying the backgrounds related to terrorism and cyber terrorism, its position among other cyber threats, features of cyber terrorism, ontology, actors, its components, cyber terrorism strategies, types of attacks of cyber terrorism are described and the researcher's definition of cyber terrorism is stated. In the field of cyber terrorism, the methods of assessing the threat of cyber terrorism are discussed and a conceptual model is presented while extracting the relevant components and factors from the research literature, then, by using snowball method, experts of strategic areas of cyberspace, 31 people were gathered and with their Opinions through interview and questionnaire, also using SPSS, SMART PLS software, the proposed conceptual model was tested and final model were Drawn

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National Security
Volume 9, Issue 33 - Serial Number 33
December 2019
Pages 389-424

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  • Receive Date: 02 June 2018
  • Revise Date: 16 February 2020
  • Accept Date: 06 September 2018

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