International Conference: Current Security Challenges for the Western Balkan Region Addressed by Means of Joint Responsibility and Cooperation CYBERSECURIT/INSECURITY IN KOSOVO We need to keep reminding ourselves that all of this technology development is relatively new. It began in the 1970s and 1980s and suddenlyies blossomed in the 1990s, along with the simultaneous advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web. 101 Thus, cyber-related issues are also new and emerging threats even in developed countries. While in developed countries cybersecurity has been a hot topic for discussion and considered as high priority in their national security strategies, the same received little or no attention in Kosovo. This is probably because the security over cyber space is just emerging as a concern in the country. Regardless, the truth is that Kosovo is no exclusion to immunity against cyber risks as well and it is time that we start giving it some priority for the sake of our own safety. Terrorism and Internet Although to this date, no single incident of Another reason why Internet is used for cyberterrorism has been evidenced, according terrorism purposes is because this method to eld experts, chances that attacks of this proves to be more cost-effective than traditional nature might occur in the future are quite high. terrorism. It is much cheaper and easier for a Few even argue that cyberterrorism attacks terrorist to obtain computers, telephones or use have probably happened but were kept internet to plan and launch an attack than “condential due to the security threat to important infrastructures that would evolve from details becoming publicly known”. 102 73 traditional weapons such as explosives or other combat devices. Additionally, internet also reduces time in operational communications while same time increasing the amount of One of the cyber related dangers that falls information sharing among geographically under this category is the use of Internet by various extremist groups as a way to propagate disbursed terrorist groups. The reality is that today, one platform connects many of them. 105 terrorism, recruit and train jihadists, spread While many local experts do not see Kosovo propaganda, raise funds and launder money, being vulnerable to cyberterrorism mainly communicate and conspire, collect intelligence because it is not an attractive target for such on targets, encourage, project and launch cyber-attacks. 103 For example, it is assumed groups as they are looking to cause a wide­scale effect(Kosovo is too small in size) although not publicly recognized that online probabilities that various terrorist groups use radicalization has played a major role with Kosovo computer systems as a source to recent trend of Kosovo citizen's joining terrorist launch terrorist attacks against other countries groups to ght against the current regime in(most probably western ones) are high. This is Syria. It has also been reported that many of the probably true considering that Kosovo is still in ISIS members have used their own websites its development phase in this specic area. The and social media to persuade Muslim understanding is that it lacks the compulsory population from the Balkan regions to join them and ght against what they call indels. 104 skills and capacities to prevent, detect and even counter cyber-terrorism acts. 101 Miller, R.(2012). Cyber risk: Critical infrastructure. Retrieved from: http://www.umuc.edu 102 Brunst,P.(n.d). Terrorism and the Internet: new threats posed by cyberterrorism and terrorist use of the Internet. Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. Ch2. P. 51-78.Retrieve from: www.springer.com/.../9780387892900. 103 United Nations Ofce on Drugs and Crimes(2012). The use of Internet for terrorist purposes.p, 1-141. Retrieved from: www.unodc.org 104 Scott, A.& Christie-Miller, A.(2014). Exclusive: ISIS starts recruiting in Istanbul's vulnerable suburbs. Newsweek. Retrieved from: http://www.newsweek.com/2014/09/19/exclusive-how-istanbul-became-recruiting-ground-islamic-state-269247.html 105 Che, E.(2007). Securing a network society cyber-terrorism, international cooperation and transitional surveillance. Research Institute for European and American Studies.p.1-31. Retrieved from: http://www.rieas.gr