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gencysystems,airports,communicationandcommandsystemsusedbypolice,
firefightersandmilitarysectors,etc.Inallofthesesystemstherehassoftware
andhardwarebeenusedforquiteawhileanditcanbealsousedasaspaceto
conductacrime,toperformaterroristactorcreateabattlefieldforwar.The
legaldifferencesbetweenthedifferentattacksaredescribedinthefurtherepart
ofthearticle.
Globalizationprocesses
Therehasalwaysbeenabigdiscussionuponthephenomenonofglobalization.
Itcandescribedasagrowingscaleofinteractionbetweenpeopleenabledbythe
increaseoftheinternationalexchangeofinformation,financialmeans,human
resources,ideasandculturalheritage.Globalizationisprimarilyassociatedwith
economyandwiththatrespectisseenasatransnationaleconomicintegration
processthatcannotbeanalyzedfullywithouttakingunderconsiderationitssocial,
culturalandsecurityaspects.Asglobalizationincludesexchangeofgoods,servi-
ces,technology,data,financial,productionandhumanresources,thenecessity
toprovidesecurityforitisparticularlyimportant.
Asglobalizationisarapidlyevolvingmultidimensionalphenomenonofwide
rangewhichincludeschangestoinformationtechnologiesthathaveimplications
overvastmajorityofothertechnologies,securityaspectshavetobetakencare
ofespeciallywhilethinkingofcriticalinfrastructure.
Therearenumerousopinionsonthehistoricaloriginsofglobalizationpro-
cesses.Thetwomainideasare-eitherstudytheglobalizationasaphenomenon
asoldastradingbetweendifferentgroupsofpeoplelivingintheplaceslocated
farfromoneanother(somillenniumsold)orrecognizetheoriginsofglobaliza-
tioninthemoderntimes.
Inparticular,assomeresearchersfavorplacingtheoriginsofglobalization
inmorerecenttimes,otherslookforitsbeginningwiththeEuropeans“discov-
ering”othercontinentsandconquesttheNewWorld1,otherscholarsarguethat
globalizationhasstartedaslongagoasinthethirdmillenniumBC.2Stillitis
worthtorememberthatthelarge-scaleglobalizationthatwecanobservenow
beganinthe2nddecadeofXIXcentury.3Withtheintroductionofnewmode
1
A.G.Frank,ReOrient:GlobaleconomyintheAsianage,Berkeley:UniversityofCalifornia
Press,1998,p.45.
2
B.K.Gills,W.R.Thompson(eds),GlobalizationandGlobalHistory,London:Routledge,2006,
p.127
3
H.K.O’Rourke,J.G.Williamson,From=fulltext„Whendidglobalisationbegin?”European
ReviewofEconomicHistory,1April2002,p24.
