„Invisible” Threats to the Railway Infrastructure — an Attempted Analysis

• Authors: Częścik, Robert , Siemianowski, Tomasz

Abstracts

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One effect of rapid technological progress in the field of processing and storage of information is crime committed withthe use of modern information and communication technologies. Some time ago a completely new area known as cyberspaceappeared within the rapidly evolving sphere of computing. Mankind with its knowledge or ignorance, together with motivation,is the primary source of threats in the era of the information society. Nowadays, in order to commit an offence one does notneed to leave one’s place of residence, it is enough to have a computer, a particular idea and access to the Internet. Knowledgeof masking and hiding on the Web greatly increases the chances of success and confounds the instruments of law enforcementand justice. Law and order, when disrupted by various types of crime, generate in society a sense of fear, injustice and lack of statecontrol. The article discusses the real threat of cyber‑terrorismand ways to use modern tools against state security, and in particularin relation to the safety of railway infrastructure. The authors are of the opinion that the primary element of staying safein cyberspace is the education of institutions responsible for the operation of the Web and ICT systems. Equally important maybe the adoption of permanent rules of law enforcement cooperation with private sector entities, such as internet service providers(ISPs) and administrators of sites, domains and websites relevant to the management of accounts, resources, and permissions.The article also notes that police actions may not be sufficient to effectively combat computer crime related to the threat to criticalinfrastructure systems if the entire society is not also involved in this fight.

Keywords

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critical infrastructure; cybercrime; cyber-attack; information community

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Policji w Szczytnie
• Journal: Internal Security
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 6(1)
• Pages: 71-84

Contributors

author

Częścik, Robert

author

Siemianowski, Tomasz

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/20805268.1122411