Data breach on the critical information infrastructures: lessons from the Wikileaks

• Main Authors: Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha, Zulhuda, Sonny, Jarot, Sigit Puspito Wigati
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2012
• Subjects: K Law (General); T58.5 Information technology; T58.6 Management information systems
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/27231/1/Scopus_Copy.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/27231/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6246173
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The recent massive critical data leaks by Wikileaks suggest how fragile national security is from the perspective of information system and network sustainability. This incident raises some causes of concern. Firstly, critical infrastructure such as military and diplomatic systems is not spared from...