Freedom and information : assessing publicly available data regarding U.S. transportation infrastructure security / Eric Landree ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landree, Eric.

Series:

Technical report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--United States--Prevention--Evaluation.

Terrorism.

Terrorism risk assessment--United States.

Terrorism risk assessment.

Transportation--Effect of terrorism on--United States.

Transportation.

Transportation--Security measures--United States.

Infrastructure (Economics)--United States--Safety measures.

Infrastructure (Economics).

National security--United States--Planning.

National security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (111 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : Rand Homeland Security, 2006.

Language Note:

English

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 attacker

Contents:

Introduction

Defining terrorists' information requirements : the ModIPB framework

Summary of red team findings and validation

Conclusions and recommendations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611181246

9781281181244

1281181242

9780833042859

0833042858

OCLC:

476120081