Informationskrigföring - den nya teknikens hot
The new information society has revolutionised almost the entire world. But the
new technique does not only bring good. That which was before only available on
paper may today only be available on a computer system. This makes it possible
to send data electronically. In the wrong hands that information can become a
threat against the security of an individual, a company or even a nation.
The possibility to protect oneself against attacks from the outside becomes
increasingly difficult. There are a lot of factors involved but a major factor
is the fast technical development we now see within this area. Our defence
minister, Björn von Sydow, writes in an article that it is almost impossible to
protect one self against the unexpected. Björn Andersson (SÄPO) says as well
that there are no secure systems, only more or less easy penetrable systems for
the attacker to attack.
The threat against Sweden is quite diffuse. The old threat of invasion is no
longer which can make it difficult to identify a specific threat. The word of
the governments today is terrorism.
The purpose of our paper, considering this background, is to take a look at the
possible threats against swedish information systems and to see the seriousness
of the threats these systems are facing. It mainly consists of systems for
ensuring we are provided with power and water and that finance and
communication works.
The questions that we ask ourselves are if information warfare indeed is a
threat ? Who are the attackers and what drives them to perform the actions they
perform ? Which are the targets they aim their attacks against ? Are the
techniques behind information warfare realistic and is there really a threat,
or is it all just blown out of proportions ?
To get answers to our questions we have gone through a lot of material. A lot
of it was downloaded from the Internet and has been of varying character. We
have also been given a lot of material from our government and we have read
some literature about the area of interest. We have finally done some
interviews with staff from Lunds Energi, Skanova Networks and Säkerhetspolisen.