Freedom and information : : assessing publicly available data regarding U.S. transportation infrastructure security / / Eric Landree ... [et al.].

• Author: Landree, Eric.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Technical report
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (111 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

How much data regarding U.S. anti- and counterterrorism systems, countermeasures, and defenses is publicly available and how easily could it be found by individuals seeking to harm U.S. domestic interests? The authors developed a framework to guide assessments of the availability of such information for planning attacks on the U.S. air, rail, and sea transportation infrastructure, and applied the framework in an information-gathering exercise that used several attack scenarios. Overall, the framework was useful for assessing what kind of information would be easy or hard for potential attacker

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Defining terrorists' information requirements : the ModIPB framework -- Summary of red team findings and validation -- Conclusions and recommendations.