There’s no doubt that terrorist organizations are making full use of the Web today to recruit, train, mobilize, publicize and raise funds, but finding and ultimately prosecuting them is no simple matter. With fleeting URLs and anonymous communications, online terrorist activities are an ever-shifting landscape. “These activities can be spotted, but it’s difficult,” Herbert Strauss, research vice president at Gartner focusing on national security, told TechNewsWorld. “It’s essentially citizens using the Web, operating in code.”
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Web of Terror, Part 2: Chasing a Moving Target
Posted by: Katherine Noyes July 13, 2007 08:30 AMThere’s no doubt that terrorist organizations are making full use of the Web today to recruit, train, mobilize, publicize and raise funds, but finding and ultimately prosecuting them is no simple matter. With fleeting URLs and anonymous communications, online terrorist activities are an ever-shifting landscape. “These activities can be spotted, but it’s difficult,” Herbert Strauss, research vice president at Gartner focusing on national security, told TechNewsWorld. “It’s essentially citizens using the Web, operating in code.”