Open AccessE-Canada and the Emerging Cyber Attack Exigency
Author(s) -
Craig MacEachern
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
dalhousie journal of interdisciplinary management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1923-6530
DOI - 10.5931/djim.v7i2.65
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , cyber threats , the internet , cyber attack , business , critical infrastructure , scale (ratio) , computer security , cyberwarfare , internet of things , internet privacy , political science , computer science , geography , philosophy , linguistics , cartography , world wide web
This paper examines the growing concern surrounding cyber-attacks, and warns about the possible impacts of a cyber-attack upon Canadian e-government, economy, and infrastructure. This paper covers historical examples of cyber-attacks on a global scale, then focuses on Canadian e-government vulnerabilities, and suggests some ways in which Canadian government must adapt its domestic security and internet policies to confront the future inevitability of cyber-attacks.