| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 92 pages) : illustrations, map. |
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data file rda |
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Technical report |
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-660-DHS.
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Technical report (Rand Corporation)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Defining terrorists' information requirements : the ModIPB framework -- Summary of red team findings and validation -- Conclusions and recommendations. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
How much data regarding U.S. anti- and counterterrorism systems, countermeasures, and defenses is publicly available and how easily could it be found by individuals seeking to harm U.S. domestic interests? The authors developed a framework to guide assessments of the availability of such information for planning attacks on the U.S. air, rail, and sea transportation infrastructure, and applied the framework in an information-gathering exercise that used several attack scenarios. Overall, the framework was useful for assessing what kind of information would be easy or hard for potential attackers to find. For each of the attack scenarios, a team of 'attackers' was unable to locate some of the information that a terrorist planner would need to gauge the likely success of a potential attack. The authors recommend that procedures for securing sensitive information be evaluated regularly and that information that can be obtained from easily accessible, off-site public information sources be included in vulnerability assessments. |
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Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention -- Evaluation.
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Transportation -- Effect of terrorism on -- United States.
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Transportation -- Security measures -- United States.
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Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States -- Safety measures.
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National security -- United States -- Planning.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Landree, Eric. Freedom and information. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Homeland Security, 2006 9780833040312 0833040316 (DLC) 2006032345 (OCoLC)72798560 |
| ISBN |
9780833042859 (electronic bk.) |
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0833042858 (electronic bk.) |
| Report No. |
RAND/TR-360-DHS |
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