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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

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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts is president of the National Academy of Sciences.

The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. Wm. A. Wulf is president of the National Academy of Engineering.

The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine.

The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts and Dr. Wm. A. Wulf are chair and vice chair, respectively, of the National Research Council.

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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON COUNTERTERRORISM CHALLENGES FOR RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES

Siegfried S. Hecker, Senior Fellow and Former Director,

Los Alamos National Laboratory,

Chair

Wm. A. Wulf, President,

National Academy of Engineering

Robert McC. Adams, Adjunct Professor,

University of California at San Diego

John F. Ahearne, Director,

Ethics Program, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Lewis M. Branscomb, Professor Emeritus,

Public Policy and Corporate Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

George Bugliarello, President Emeritus and University Professor,

Polytechnic University

Anita K. Jones,

Lawrence R. Quarles

Professor of Engineering

and Applied Science, University of Virginia

Alexander MacLachlan, Retired Senior Vice President,

Research and Development, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

Russ Zajtchuk, President,

Chicago Hospitals International

Staff

Glenn E. Schweitzer, Program Director,

National Research Council

Kelly Robbins, Senior Program Officer,

National Research Council

A. Chelsea Sharber, Senior Program Associate,

National Research Council

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RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STANDING COMMITTEE ON COUNTERTERRORISM

Academician Yevgeny Velikhov, Director,

Kurchatov State Research Center of Atomic Energy,

Chair

RAS Corresponding Member Leonid Bolshov, Director,

Russian Academy of Sciences Nuclear Safety Institute

Academician Nikolai Laverov, Vice President,

Russian Academy of Sciences

Academician Gennady Mesyats, Vice President,

Russian Academy of Sciences

Academician Nikolai Platé, Vice President,

Russian Academy of Sciences

Academician Aleksandr Spirin, Director,

Russian Academy of Sciences Protein Institute

Academician Konstantin Frolov, Director, Russian Academy of Sciences

Institute of Machine Science

RAS Corresponding Member Valery Tishkov, Director,

Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology

Mr. Gennady Kovalenko,

Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. Renat S. Akchurin, Chief of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department,

Cardiology Research Center

Staff

Yury K. Shiyan,

Foreign Relations Department, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Preface

The first U.S.-Russian interacademy workshop on terrorism was held in Moscow in June 2001 with a focus on countering terrorist attacks that could cause catastrophic damage to civilian populations or to the economy or to both. In early 2002 the proceedings of that workshop were published in both English and Russian under the title High-Impact Terrorism Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop.

The events of September 11, 2001, greatly heightened interest within both the National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences in expanded cooperation in addressing the challenges of the growing threats of terrorism. Therefore, in December 2001, at the invitation of the National Academies, the Russian Academy of Sciences selected seven Russian specialists to travel to the United States for further discussions with National Academies counterparts and with government officials and other specialists in the United States on many aspects of high-impact terrorism. Based on the recommendations emerging from the discussions among representatives of the academies at that time, in February 2002 the academies agreed to establish parallel committees consisting primarily of academy members with extensive experience in addressing topics of direct relevance to terrorism to develop an expanded program of cooperation in counterterrorism. The charter for these committees, acting jointly, is set forth in Appendix B.

The newly appointed committees decided to meet as soon as feasible to develop a broadened agenda for cooperation. The meeting was held in March 2003 after being postponed for three months because of delays associated with the seizure of hostages by dissidents during a stage production of Nord-Ost in Moscow in October 2002. In addition to the meeting of the joint committees, two one-day workshops on urban terrorism and cyberterrorism were held in Moscow

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just before the meeting. The cochairs of the workshops summarized the workshop conclusions at the meeting. In addition, some members of the committees and a few invited specialists with important insights on terrorism threats and vulnerabilities in their respective countries made technical presentations on topics of special interest. These proceedings include articles based on technical presentations at the two workshops and on selected presentations during the meeting of the committees.

Following the meeting, the Russian Academy of Sciences arranged consultations for the American participants with various Russian government ministries involved in counterterrorism activities (identified in Appendix A). Similar visits were made directly following the Moscow workshop in June 2001. Also, the National Academies arranged for the Russian specialists who visited in December 2001 to exchange views with representatives of U.S. government departments and agencies. These proceedings, together with the proceedings of the workshop in June 2001 and the related consultations with government ministries and agencies in both countries, provide a good basis for development of an agenda for sustained cooperation that should serve the interests of government officials and counterterrorism specialists. This agenda is currently in its formative stage. Six working groups were established by the joint committees to focus on urban terrorism, radiological terrorism, bioterrorism, cyberterrorism, the roots of terrorism, and the role of the nongovernmental sector, and they will help develop this agenda.

We have not attempted to summarize the papers or the discussions in these proceedings. The presentations are sufficiently important that we decided to publish them in their entirety.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This publication was made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The statements made and views expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the positions of the Carnegie Corporation or the National Research Council, the Russian Academy of Sciences, or other organizations where the authors are employed.

In addition to a review by committee members, this volume has been reviewed in draft form by several individuals chosen for their technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in ensuring that the report is as sound as possible and meets institutional standards for quality. The review comments and original draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process.

We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of selected papers: Seymour Goodman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Moodie,

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Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute; and Raphael Perl, Congressional Research Service.

Although these reviewers have provided constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the individual papers. Responsibility for the final content of the papers rests with the individual authors.

Special thanks are extended to Kelly Robbins for her tireless translation of the Russian language papers into English and her editorial services. We also wish to thank Jan Dee Summers, Christopher Holt, and A. Chelsea Sharber for their work in editing these proceedings.

Siegfried S. Hecker

Chair, NRC Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States

Glenn Schweitzer

Director, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia

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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

 

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CYBERTERRORISM

 

 

 

 

A Perspective on Cybersecurity Research in the United States
Wm. A. Wulf and Anita K. Jones

 

77

 

 

Analysis of the Threat of Cyberattacks to Major Transportation Control Systems in Russia
Mikhail B. Ignatyev

 

85

 

 

Cyberattacks as an Amplifier in Terrorist Strategy
Lewis M. Branscomb

 

93

 

 

Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism
Mikhail P. Sychev

 

97

 

 

Protecting Bank Networks from Acts of Computer Terrorism
Boris I. Skorodumov

 

104

 

 

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

 

112

 

 

Information Assurance Education in the United States
Anita K. Jones

 

121

 

 

Technical Protection of Electronic Documents in Computer Systems
Valery A. Konyavsky

 

125

 

 

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

 

136

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

 

145

 

 

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

 

149

 

 

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

 

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