Infrastructure of Terrorism

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Managing risk. 3. Cyber terrorism. 4. Terrorism in Europe. 5. Critical infrastructure: control systems and the terrorist threat. 6. Targeting energy infrastructure: examining the terrorist threat. 7. The international terrorist situation. 8. Suicide terrorism: a global threat. 9. Risk management tools in countering the terrorist threat. 10. Interrelationships in engineering and terrorism. 11. Pipeline sabotage is terrorist\'s weapon of choice. 12. Facing the changing nature of modern terrorism. 13. The evolution and influence of al Qaida. 14. The evolution of transnational extremist Muslims terrorist groups in South-east Asia. 15. An enduring campaign. 16. Critical infrastructure threats and terrorism. Bibliography. Index.
 
Terrorism is a great threat to the unity, integrity and economic development of a country. But with fanning its base across the world has really becomes the great cause of concern for the people living on the earth. Arms, ammunitions and techniques being used by the terrorists are really innovative and of very improved quality. The potential for catastrophic terrorist attacks that affect critical infrastructure is on incessant growth. The consequences of an attack on the industrial control systems of critical infrastructure could vary widely. It is commonly assumed that a successful cyber attack would cause few if any, causalities, but might result in loss of vital infrastructures services.

There is a deliberate effort on the part of author to cover detail about infrastructure of terrorism across the world in the real sense of the term. (jacket)