Application of big data for national security : a practitioner's guide to emerging technologies / editors, Babak Akhgar [et al.] ; contributors, Vida Abedi [et al.]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akhgar, Babak, editor.

Abedi, Vida, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--United States.

National security.

Big data.

Data protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st edition.

Other Title:

Practitioner's guide to emerging technologies

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Application of Big Data for National Security provides users with state-of-the-art concepts, methods, and technologies for Big Data analytics in the fight against terrorism and crime, including a wide range of case studies and application scenarios. This book combines expertise from an international team of experts in law enforcement, national security, and law, as well as computer sciences, criminology, linguistics, and psychology, creating a unique cross-disciplinary collection of knowledge and insights into this increasingly global issue.

Contents:

Front Cover; Application of Big Data for National Security: A Practitioner's Guide to Emerging Technologies; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; About the Editors; Foreword by Lord Carlile of Berriew; Preface by Edwin Meese III; Acknowledgments; Section 1 - INTRODUCTION TO BIG DATA; Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Big Data; WHAT IS BIG DATA?; HOW DIFFERENT IS BIG DATA?; MORE ON BIG DATA: TYPES AND SOURCES; THE FIVE V'S OF BIG DATA; BIG DATA IN THE BIG WORLD; ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES OF BIG DATA; STREAMING ANALYTICS; AN OVERVIEW OF BIG DATA SOLUTIONS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2 - DRILLING INTO THE BIG DATA GOLD MINE: DATA FUSION AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS FOR INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALSINTRODUCTION; THE AGE OF BIG DATA AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS; TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES; EXAMPLES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCE; Section 2 - CORE CONCEPTS AND APPLICATION SCENARIOS; CHAPTER 3 - HARNESSING THE POWER OF BIG DATA TO COUNTER INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM; INTRODUCTION; A NEW TERROR; CHANGING THREAT LANDSCAPE; EMBRACING BIG DATA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 - BIG DATA AND LAW ENFORCEMENT: ADVANCES, IMPLICATIONS, AND LESSONS FROM AN ACTIVE SHOOTER CASE STUDY

THE INTERSECTION OF BIG DATA AND LAW ENFORCEMENTCASE EXAMPLE AND WORKSHOP OVERVIEW; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; TWITTER AS A SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCE OF BIG DATA; SOCIAL MEDIA DATA ANALYZED FOR THE WORKSHOP; TOOLS AND CAPABILITIES PROTOTYPES DURING THE WORKSHOP; LAW ENFORCEMENT FEEDBACK FOR THE SESSIONS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 - INTERPRETATION AND INSIDER THREAT: REREADING THE ANTHRAX MAILINGS OF 2001 THROUGH A "BIG DATA" LENS; INTRODUCTION; IMPORTANCE OF THE CASE; THE ADVANCEMENT OF BIG DATA ANALYTICS AFTER 2001; RELEVANT EVIDENCE

POTENTIAL FOR STYLOMETRIC AND SENTIMENT ANALYSISPOTENTIAL FOR FURTHER PATTERN ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION; FINAL WORDS: INTERPRETATION AND INSIDER THREAT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 - CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION BY HARNESSING BIG DATA; INTRODUCTION; UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE INTO WHICH BIG DATA MUST BE APPLIED; WHAT IS MEANT BY AN OVERARCHING ARCHITECTURE?; UNDERPINNING THE SCR; STRATEGIC COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7 - MILITARY AND BIG DATA REVOLUTION; RISK OF COLLAPSE; INTO THE BIG DATA ARENA; SIMPLE TO COMPLEX USE CASES; CANONIC USE CASES

MORE ON THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THE REAL WORLD (SEE THE WORLD AS EVENTS)REAL-TIME BIG DATA SYSTEMS; IMPLEMENTING THE REAL-TIME BIG DATA SYSTEM; INSIGHT INTO DEEP DATA ANALYTICS TOOLS AND REAL-TIME BIG DATA SYSTEMS; VERY SHORT LOOP AND BATTLEFIELD BIG DATA DATACENTERS; CONCLUSIONS; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 8 - CYBERCRIME: ATTACK MOTIVATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BIG DATA AND NATIONAL SECURITY; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING CYBERCRIME AND CYBERTERRORISM; ATTACK CLASSIFICATION AND PARAMETERS; WHO PERPETRATES THESE ATTACKS?; TOOLS USED TO FACILITATE ATTACKS; MOTIVATIONS; ATTACK MOTIVATIONS TAXONOMY

DETECTING MOTIVATIONS IN OPEN-SOURCE INFORMATION

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128019733

0128019735

OCLC:

910165559