Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism

Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE QC

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Preface
The 
Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism Investigators’ Handbook
is an authoritative 
and accessible collection of chapters which provides security practitioners with a 
trusted reference and resource to guide them through the complexities and opera-
tional challenges of effectively investigating cyber crime and cyber terrorism (CC/
CT). Enriched with case studies, explanations of key challenges and strategic re-
sponses, this unique volume shall support the increasing role and responsibility of 
all Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to tackle online criminal activity and prepare 
for cyber-based attacks.
This book is divided into three interrelated parts:
Part one consists of eight chapters. They address the fundamental aspects of cy-
ber crime and cyber terrorism (CC/CT) from a practitioner's perspective. This section 
also addresses the notion of cyberspace for LEAs and considers the definition of CC 
and CT from multi-jurisdictional representation. It also provides an overview of the 
investigative considerations for tackling CC and CT, addressing the key investigation 
processes, principals and workflows needed for understanding of CC/CT.
Part two consists of five chapters and explores some of the key case studies related 
to CC/CT. The case studies help to provide the reader with a broad knowledge of the 
previous instances of CC/CT and cyber attacks. Lessons learnt from existing cases 
provide practitioners and LEAs with the knowledge and understanding of the diversity 
across the subject area. The chapters focus on how the internet is being used for cyber 
crime and terrorist activity and is essential reading for all cyber investigators. Two 
chapters provide classification tools focusing upon human centric taxonomy for cyber 
crime motives and the classification system from a technological perspective.