Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses:

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Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council
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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
URBAN TERRORISM Analysis of the Threats and Consequences of Terrorist Acts in Urban Settings: Outline of a Protection System	1-14	(skim)
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	15-25	(skim)
Lessons Learned from the Nord-Ost Terrorist Attack in Moscow from the Standpoint of Russian Security and Law Enforcement Agencies	26-34	(skim)
Preventing Catastrophic Consequences of Bioterrorism in an Urban Setting	35-38	(skim)
Toxic Chemicals and Explosive Materials: Terrorism-Related Issues for the Research Community, Chemical Industry, and Government	39-46	(skim)
The Role of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Combating Terrorism in Urban Conditions	47-57	(skim)
The Three R s: Lessons Learned from September 11, 2001	58-68	(skim)
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	69-74	(skim)
CYBERTERRORISM A Perspective on Cybersecurity Research in the United States	75-84	(skim)
Analysis of the Threat of Cyberattacks to Major Transportation Control Systems in Russia	85-92	(skim)
Cyberattacks as an Amplifier in Terrorist Strategy	93-96	(skim)
Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism	97-103	(skim)
Protecting Bank Networks from Acts of Computer Terrorism	104-111	(skim)
Computer Security Training for Professional Specialists and Other Personnel Associated with Preventing and Responding to Computer Attacks	112-120	(skim)
Information Assurance Education in the United States	121-124	(skim)
Technical Protection of Electronic Documents in Computer Systems	125-135	(skim)
Certain Aspects Regarding the Development of Conditions Favorable to Cyberterrorism and the Main Areas of Cooperation in the Struggle Against It	136-142	(skim)
PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE NRC AND RAS COMMITTEES Problems of Combating Terrorism and Possible Areas for Russian-American Scientific Cooperation to Resolve Them	143-148	(skim)
Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism A Report of the U.S. National Academies	149-159	(skim)
International Aspects of Creating a State System for Countering Illegal Circulation of Radioactive Materials in the Russian Federation	160-163	(skim)
Medical Aspects of Combating Acts of Bioterrorism	164-167	(skim)
Roots of Terrorism	168-175	(skim)
The Department of Homeland Security: Background and Challenges	176-184	(skim)
A Agendas for the Workshops on Urban and Cyberterrorism and the Meeting of the RAS and NRC Committees, March 2003	185-193	(skim)
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	194-195	(skim)
C Comprehensive Training of Specialists to Counter Information Security Threats	196-205	(skim)
D Excerpts from Bioterrorism: A National and Global Threat	206-213	(skim)
E Biological Terrorism	214-221	(skim)
F Top-Priority Problems for Scientific Research on the Information Security of the Russian Federation	222-228	(skim)
G Proposal for a Chem-Bio Attack Response Center (CBARC) for Chicago, Illinois, U.S., 2003	229-240	(skim)

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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.

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