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Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses: U.S - Russian Workshop Proceedings (2004)

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Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses - U.S.-Russian Workshop Proceedings

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Front Matter (R1-R14)
URBAN TERRORISM Analysis of the Threats and Consequences of Terrorist Acts in Urban Settings: Outline of a Protection System (1-14)
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)
Lessons Learned from the Nord-Ost Terrorist Attack in Moscow from the Standpoint of Russian Security and Law Enforcement Agencies (26-34)
Preventing Catastrophic Consequences of Bioterrorism in an Urban Setting (35-38)
Toxic Chemicals and Explosive Materials: Terrorism-Related Issues for the Research Community, Chemical Industry, and Government (39-46)
The Role of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Combating Terrorism in Urban Conditions (47-57)
The Three R’s: Lessons Learned from September 11, 2001 (58-68)
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)
CYBERTERRORISM A Perspective on Cybersecurity Research in the United States (75-84)
Analysis of the Threat of Cyberattacks to Major Transportation Control Systems in Russia (85-92)
Cyberattacks as an Amplifier in Terrorist Strategy (93-96)
Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism (97-103)
Protecting Bank Networks from Acts of Computer Terrorism (104-111)
Computer Security Training for Professional Specialists and Other Personnel Associated with Preventing and Responding to Computer Attacks (112-120)
Information Assurance Education in the United States (121-124)
Technical Protection of Electronic Documents in Computer Systems (125-135)
Certain Aspects Regarding the Development of Conditions Favorable to Cyberterrorism and the Main Areas of Cooperation in the Struggle Against It (136-142)
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)
Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism—A Report of the U.S. National Academies (149-159)
International Aspects of Creating a State System for Countering Illegal Circulation of Radioactive Materials in the Russian Federation (160-163)
Medical Aspects of Combating Acts of Bioterrorism (164-167)
Roots of Terrorism (168-175)
The Department of Homeland Security: Background and Challenges (176-184)
A Agendas for the Workshops on Urban and Cyberterrorism and the Meeting of the RAS and NRC Committees, March 2003 (185-193)
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)
C Comprehensive Training of Specialists to Counter Information Security Threats (196-205)
D Excerpts from “Bioterrorism: A National and Global Threat” (206-213)
E Biological Terrorism (214-221)
F Top-Priority Problems for Scientific Research on the Information Security of the Russian Federation (222-228)
G Proposal for a Chem-Bio Attack Response Center (CBARC) for Chicago, Illinois, U.S., 2003 (229-240)