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Trends in Security Information
The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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Hacktivism
Hacktivism is the utilization of a computer system to perform hacks on various actors in order to achieve social or political change or objectives. Individuals who use hacktivism as a method, also known as hacktivists, target individuals, governments and organisations. Hacktivism can be seen as a form of online political activism. There are multiple types of hacktivists, such as cyberterrorists, civic hackers and patriotic hackers. These types of hacktivists urge for a direct change of action, differing from digital activism, which focuses more on influencing action. This pursuit of direct action has the potential to impact individuals, governments and organisations on a large scale.
Cyberterrorists focus mostly on spreading viruses, malware and ransomware, carry out DDoS attacks, setting up botnets and vandalizing websites. Civic hackers focus on building digital systems that can have a positive effect on the overall community. Patriotic hackers target foreign or enemy nation states and their citizens by performing various hacks or try to digitally protect their home country.
Related keywords: digital activism, social movement, connective action, social change, social action, clicktivism, metavoicing, assertion, digital petition, botivism, e-funding, political consumerism, data activism
Hacktivism is the utilization of a computer system to perform hacks on various actors in order to achieve social or political change or objectives. Individuals who use hacktivism as a method, also known as hacktivists, target individuals, governments and organisations. Hacktivism can be seen as a form of online political activism. There are multiple types of hacktivists, such as cyberterrorists, civic hackers and patriotic hackers. These types of hacktivists urge for a direct change of action, differing from digital activism, which focuses more on influencing action. This pursuit of direct action has the potential to impact individuals, governments and organisations on a large scale.
Cyberterrorists focus mostly on spreading viruses, malware and ransomware, carry out DDoS attacks, setting up botnets and vandalizing websites. Civic hackers focus on building digital systems that can have a positive effect on the overall community. Patriotic hackers target foreign or enemy nation states and their citizens by performing various hacks or try to digitally protect their home country.
Related keywords: digital activism, social movement, connective action, social change, social action, clicktivism, metavoicing, assertion, digital petition, botivism, e-funding, political consumerism, data activism
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