عنوان

Terror's tangled web: Assessing the Islamic State's cyber recruiting strategies in Western countries

Number

TL48740

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Terror's tangled web: Assessing the Islamic State's cyber recruiting strategies in Western countries

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Randal G. Reding

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Gonnella, Cynthia

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Utica College

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

80

Text of Note

Committee members: Cooper, Harry

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-71039-6

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.S.

Discipline of degree

Cybersecurity

Body granting the degree

Utica College

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

In just over two years, the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) established itself as a global threat unlike any Islamic extremist group that preceded it. ISIS has adopted unprecedented tactics in order to establish, maintain, and develop its ideologies and to create an Islamic Caliphate or, nation state, controlled and ruled under the ancient Sharia Law. ISIS' rise to global prominence centers on their use of cyber recruiting tactics to attract Muslims and Muslim sympathizers in Western countries. Attracting over 4,500 Westerners from 25 countries, ISIS has established a continuous flow of foreign fighter support in Syria and Iraq. ISIS has also focused on gaining the attention and devotion of lone wolf actors located in Western countries to carry out homegrown attacks. The combined support from Western foreign fighters both in the Middle East and in Western countries has created a significant challenge for Western governments. Although federal government programs have had varying levels of success at countering ISIS' cyber recruiting methods, a more holistic, counter messaging approach encompassing all levels of society is needed. Combining the capabilities of federal, state, private industry, and local communities would create a stronger, more cohesive counter messaging campaign. A unified counter messaging campaign coupled with effective law enforcement online monitoring, alternative intervention and rehabilitation programs, and increased intelligence and information sharing could effectively reduce ISIS' cyber recruiting efforts both at home and abroad.

Economics; Islamic Studies; Criminology; Web Studies; Computer science

Subject Term

Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Applied sciences;Counterterrorism;Cybersecurity;Gonnella, Cynthia, Professor;Islamic State;Open source intelligence

Woods, Miriam J.

Gonnella, Cynthia

Subdivision

Cybersecurity

Utica College

Call Number

1791981453; 10107639

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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