The use of information and communication technologies in terrorism

Abstract EN

With the spread of globalization in societies and the continued flow of fighters to the organization “ISIS” and Al-Qaeda and its associated groups, Security Council Resolution 2322 (2016) binded states to criminalize the use of ICT, especially the Internet in facilitating terrorist acts and inciting the commission or the recruitment of criminal acts.

The objective of this paper is to analyse and review the effectiveness of the current national response to cyber terrorism, this paper concluded that despite the criminalization in compliance with the Security Council resolution, cyberterrorism must be subject to a special law.