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Reports
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CIP Report. April 2007.
- This month's issue of The CIP Report highlights “three examples of ongoing academic research directly impacting not only the field of critical infrastructure protection, but national security writ large.” In addition, this issue highlights “the recently passed 9/11 legislation, ‘Improving America's Security Act,' with details of CIP related language, as well as the recent DHS leadership appointments and resignations. Finally, this issue includes a Legal Insights column focusing on the threats to the Commercial Facilities sector, specifically shopping malls, and an invitation to a symposium on Internet Governance and Internet Security, to be held on May 17, 2007 at the Swiss Embassy.”
Source: Critical Infrastructure Protection Program, George Mason University School of Law (All by Source | Source Website).
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Critical Infrastructure Protection :
Domestic Legislation :
National Security
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2.
Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries. January 2007.
- "Personal data security breaches are being reported with increasing regularity. Within the last few years, numerous examples of data such as Social Security numbers, bank account, credit card, driver's license numbers, and medical and student records have been compromised. A major reason for the increased awareness of these security breaches is a California law that requires notice of security breaches to the affected individuals. This law, implemented in July 2003, was the first of its kind in the nation."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33199.
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Financial and Economic Aspects of Terrorism :
Information Security/Technology :
Security for Business and Private Citizens
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3.
Report of the Future of Terrorism Task Force. January 2007.
- This report was formed with three primary purposes, which include: "[1.] Assess future threats to the United States over the next five years; [2.] Strategically fine-tune departmental structures and processes to meet those threats; and [3.] Recommend how to better engage and prepare the American public for present and future challenges". Globalization and advances in technology are stressed as new ways enemies can do damage to the United States from great and varying distances. It also stresses that the way we understand, our paradigm, is changing, and that continual learning will be one of the tools necessary to evolve if we are to combat the growing dangers of terrorism.
Source: Department of Homeland Security, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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National Security :
National Strategies
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Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues. January 2007.
- "This report examines possible terrorists' objectives and computer vulnerabilities that might lead to an attempted cyberattack against the critical infrastructure of the U.S. homeland, and also discusses the emerging computer and other technical skills of terrorists and extremists. Policy issues include exploring ways to improve technology for cybersecurity, or whether U.S. counterterrorism efforts should be linked more closely to international efforts to prevent cybercrime."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33123.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection :
Information Security/Technology
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Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues. January 2007.
- "This report examines possible terrorists' objectives and computer vulnerabilities that might lead to an attempted cyberattack against the critical infrastructure of the U.S. homeland, and also discusses the emerging computer and other technical skills of terrorists and extremists. Policy issues include exploring ways to improve technology for cybersecurity, or whether U.S. counterterrorism efforts should be linked more closely to international efforts to prevent cybercrime."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33123.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues. January 2007.
- "This report examines possible terrorists' objectives and computer vulnerabilities that might lead to an attempted cyberattack against the critical infrastructure of the U.S. homeland, and also discusses the emerging computer and other technical skills of terrorists and extremists. Policy issues include exploring ways to improve technology for cybersecurity, or whether U.S. counterterrorism efforts should be linked more closely to international efforts to prevent cybercrime."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33123.
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Information Security/Technology
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Vulnerability of Concentrated Critical Infrastructure: Background and Policy Options. January 2007.
- "This report discusses in more detail the evolution of a national critical infrastructure policy and the institutional structures established to implement it. The report highlights five issues of Congressional concern: identifying critical assets; assessing vulnerabilities and risks; allocating resources; information sharing; and, regulation."
Report Number: RL30153.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection :
Homeland Security
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al-Qaeda: The Many Faces of an Islamist Extremist Threat. June 2006.
- This is a report by the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence discussing al-Qaeda, the strategic threat, the growing insurgency in Iraq, homegrown terrorism, Sunni extremist groups in the United States, and exploitation of the Internet.
Source: Congress, United States (All by Source). Report Number: 109-615.
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Al Qaeda
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Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues. October 2005.
- This report discusses "possible terrorists' objectives and computer vulnerabilities that might lead to an attempted cyberattack against the critical infrastructure of the U.S. homeland, and also discusses the emerging computer and other technical skills of terrorists and extremists."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33123.
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Cyber Operations and Cyber Terrorism. August 2005.
- This report discusses "cyber terrorism, and addresses the history of the phenomena, how terrorist organizations recruit, the motivations behind use of the tactic, characteristics of cyber terrorism, and the types of attacks against networks. Finally, the handbook addresses specific threats to military forces."
Source: U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: DCSINT Handbook No. 1.02.
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Force Protection
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Critical Infrastructure Protection: Department of Homeland Security Faces Challenges in Fulfilling Cybersecurity Responsibilities. May 2005.
- This report discusses "(1) DHS's roles and responsibilities for cyber critical infrastructure protection, (2) the status and adequacy of DHS's efforts to fulfill these responsibilities, and (3) the challenges DHS faces in fulfilling its cybersecurity responsibilities."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-05-434.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Information Security: Emerging Cybersecurity Issues Threaten Federal Information Systems. May 2005.
- "This report describes the threats of emerging cybersecurity issues such as spam (unsolicited commercial e-mail), phishing (fraudulent messages to obtain personal or sensitive data), and spyware (software that monitors user activity without user knowledge or consent). Specifically, the report discusses (1) the potential risks to federal information systems from emerging cybersecurity threats such as spam, phishing, and spyware; (2) the 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies' reported perceptions of these risks and their actions and plans to mitigate them; (3) government and private-sector efforts to address these emerging cybersecurity threats on a national level, including actions to increase consumer awareness; and (4) governmentwide challenges to protecting federal information systems from these threats."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-05-231. Large File: 1+ Mb.
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Information Security/Technology
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13.
Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress. April 2005.
- This Congressional Research Service (CRS) report discusses "background information for three types of attacks against computers (cyberattack, physical attack, and electromagnetic attack), and discusses related vulnerabilities for each type of attack. The report also describes the possible effects of a coordinated cyberattack, or computer network attack (CNA), against U.S. infrastructure computers, along with possible technical capabilities of international terrorists."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL32114.
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Information Security/Technology
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14.
Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Crime, Terrorism and the Age of Technology. April 2005.
- This hearing discusses "sections 209 that deals with stored electronic communications; 217 that addresses computer trespassers; and 220 that updates the service of search warrants for electronic communications."
Source: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House (All by Source). Report Number: 109-18. Large File: 4.4+ Mb.
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Information Security/Technology :
Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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Creating a National Framework for Cybersecurity: An Analysis of Issues and Options. February 2005.
- This Congressional Research Service (CRS) report discusses: What is Cybersecurity?; Where are the major weaknesses in cybersecurity?; What are the major means of leverage?; and What roles should government and the private sector play?
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL32777.
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Information Security/Technology
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Cyber Security: A Crisis of Prioritization. February 2005.
- This report discusses the need for the federal government to "fundamentally improve its approach to cyber security by supporting the discovery and development of cyber security technologies that underpin sound security products and good security practices."
Source: National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NCO/NITRD) (All by Source | Source Website).
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Cybersecurity for the Homeland. December 2004.
- This report discusses the activities and findings of the Chairman and Ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research & Development of the Select Committee on Homeland Security. This report addresses the following areas: case for action, role of the Department of Homeland Security, subcommittee oversight, and cybersecurity roadmap for the future.
Source: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research & Development, Select Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House (All by Source).
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Homeland Security
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Hearing on Law Enforcement Treaties. June 2004.
- This hearing discusses "testimony on a series of law enforcement treaties."
Source: Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: S. Hrg. 108-721.
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Border Security :
Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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19.
Law Enforcement Tools and Technologies for Investigating Cyber Attacks: A National Research and Development Agenda. June 2004.
- This document by the Institute for Security Technology Studies discusses "the top band of critical problem areas encountered during cyber attack investigations that may be addressed through research and development."
Source: Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College (All by Source | Source Website).
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Cyberterrorism: How Real is the Threat? May 2004.
- This Special Report from the United States Institute of Peace, "examines the reality of the cyberterrorism threat, present and future. It begins by outlining why cyberterrorism angst has gripped so many people, defines what qualifies as 'cyberterrorism' and what does not, and charts cyberterrorism's appeal for terrorists. The report then looks at the evidence both for and against Western society's vulnerability to cyberattacks, drawing on a variety of recent studies and publications to illustrate the kinds of fears that have been expressed and to assess whether we need to be so concerned. The conclusion looks to the future and argues that we must remain alert to real dangers while not becoming victims of overblown fears."
Source: United States Institute of Peace (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: 119.
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