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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR COUNTERTERRORISM
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES |
| By: |
Committee on the Role of Information Technology in Responding to Terrorism, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£22.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0309087368 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780309087360 |
| Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
21 February, 2003 |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Description: |
This report presents two recommendations on what can be done in the short term to protect communications and information systems from a terrorist attack. It also provides several recommendations about what can be done over the longer term. |
| Synopsis: |
Information technology (IT) is essential to virtually all of the nationa (TM)s critical infrastructures making them vulnerable by a terrorist attack on their IT system. An attack could be on the system itself or use the IT system to launch or exacerbate another type of attack. IT can also be used as a counterterrorism tool. The report concludes that the most devastating consequences of a terrorist attack would occur if it were on or used IT as part of a broader attack. The report presents two recommendations on what can be done in the short term to protect the nationa (TM)s communications and information systems and several recommendations about what can be done over the longer term. The report also notes the importance of considering how an IT system will be deployed to maximize protection against and usefulness in responding to attacks. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
National Academies Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |