If your product is information, such as a database of court cases maintained by your individual federal court or legal information firm, that information is your asset, or at least one of them. These questions and others are addressed in Chapter 18, probably the most thought-provoking of all the chapters in Tangled Web . While reading this chapter you will undoubtedly feel the urge to bring out a pad of paper and start a checklist of questions that need to be answered regarding the security and vulnerability of your organization's network. Chapter 18 will help you head in the right direction. Tangled Web ends with interesting content added to its appendix, the most important of which is copies of laws of the United States and International Treaties related to computer crime.
Tangled Web is thought-provoking to say the least.
The fact that cybercrime occurs is mind-boggling, especially to those that might be technologically challenged. Corporate America and government agencies, especially federal courts, should provide a copy of this book to its entire management team. Prevention of cybercrime will require that management not be mind-boggled, whether they are assisting their staff in flipping burgers or processing court orders and pleadings. After freeing itself from the control of a European cracker making political demands, a small Colorado ISP is back online after an 11-day absence from the Internet. Eagle Network did not cave into the cracker's demands, but had a difficult time regaining control of the system.