Terrorism : reducing vulnerabilities and improving responses : U.S.-Russian workshop proceedings / Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation Policy and Global Affairs, in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences ; National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States.

Contributor:

Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--United States--Prevention--Congresses.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Russia (Federation)--Prevention--Congresses.

Cyberterrorism--United States--Prevention--Congresses.

Cyberterrorism.

Cyberterrorism--Russia (Federation)--Prevention--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is devoted primarily to papers prepared by American and Russian specialists on cyber terrorism and urban terrorism. It also includes papers on biological and radiological terrorism from the American and Russian perspectives. Of particular interest are the discussions of the hostage situation at Dubrovko in Moscow, the damge inflicted in New York during the attacks on 9/11, and Russian priorities in addressing cyber terrorism.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Contents

URBAN TERRORISM

Analysis of the Threats and Consequences of Terrorist Acts in Urban Settings: Outline of a Protection System

Vladimir Z. Dvorkin

Urban Security and September 11, 2001, in New York City: Projection of Threats onto a City as a Target and Measures to Avert Them or Minimize Their Impact

George Bugliarello

Lessons Learned from the Nord-Ost Terrorist Attack in Moscow from the Standpoint of Russian Security and Law Enforcement Agencies

Yevgeny A. Kolesnikov

Preventing Catastrophic Consequences of Bioterrorism in an Urban Setting

Vladimir G. Ivkov and Yevgeny A. Permyakov

Toxic Chemicals and Explosive Materials: Terrorism-Related Issues for the Research Community, Chemical Industry, and Government

Alexander MacLachlan

The Role of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Combating Terrorism in Urban Conditions

Sergey A. Starostin

The Three R's: Lessons Learned from September 11, 2001

Robert Prieto

The Role of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations and Executive Branch Agencies of the City of Moscow in Dealing with Emergency Situations Arising from Acts of Terrorism

Aleksandr M. Yeliseev

CYBERTERRORISM

A Perspective on Cybersecurity Research in the United States

Wm. A. Wulf and Anita K. Jones

Analysis of the Threat of Cyberattacks to Major Transportation Control Systems in Russia

Mikhail B. Ignatyev

Cyberattacks as an Amplifier in Terrorist Strategy

Lewis M. Branscomb

Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism

Mikhail P. Sychev

Protecting Bank Networks from Acts of Computer Terrorism

Boris I. Skorodumov

Computer Security Training for Professional Specialists and Other Personnel Associated with Preventing and Responding to Computer Attacks

Anatoly A. Malyuk, Nikolai S. Pogozhin, and Aleksey I. Tolstoy.

Information Assurance Education in the United States

Anita K. Jones

Technical Protection of Electronic Documents in Computer Systems

Valery A. Konyavsky

Certain Aspects Regarding the Development of Conditions Favorable to Cyberterrorism and the Main Areas of Cooperation in the Struggle Against It

Igor A. Sokolov and Vladimir I. Budzko

PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE NRC AND RAS COMMITTEES

Problems of Combating Terrorism and Possible Areas for Russian-American Scientific Cooperation to Resolve Them

Valentin A. Sobolev

Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism- A Report of the U.S. National Academies

International Aspects of Creating a State System for Countering the Illegal Circulation of Radioactive Materials in the Russian Federation

Vladimir M. Kutsenko

Medical Aspects of Combating Acts of Bioterrorism

Gennady G. Onishchenko

Roots of Terrorism

Robert McC. Adams

The Department of Homeland Security: Background and Challenges

Raphael Perl

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A-Agendas

APPENDIX B

Annex 2 To the Agreement of Cooperation in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Between the Russian Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academies

Russian-American Cooperation in Counterterrorism

APPENDIX C

Comprehensive Training of Specialists to Counter Information Security Threats

Nikolai V. Medvedev

APPENDIX D

Excerpts from "Bioterrorism: A National and Global Threat"

APPENDIX E

Biological Terrorism

Russ Zajtchuk and David Franz

APPENDIX F

Top-Priority Problems for Scientific Research on the Information Security of the Russian Federation

APPENDIX G

Proposal for a Chem-Bio Attack Response Center (CBARC) for Chicago, Illinois, U.S., 2003

Russ Zajtchuk, M.D., and Joe Petrovic.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612083990

9780309166232

0309166233

9781282083998

1282083996

9780309525909

030952590X

OCLC:

60779292