Key Findings and Recommendations
An integral element of homeland security is minimizing the opportunities for adversaries to acquire essential information for undertaking attacks on critical U.S. sites. Publicly available geospatial data and information are a potentially valuable type of information that attackers could exploit to...
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Published in | Mapping the Risks p. 121 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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RAND Corporation
02.04.2004
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Edition | 1 |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | An integral element of homeland security is minimizing the opportunities for adversaries to acquire essential information for undertaking attacks on critical U.S. sites. Publicly available geospatial data and information are a potentially valuable type of information that attackers could exploit to help identify critical U.S. facilities and then carry out their attack plans. Thus, denying adversaries access to any type of “sensitive” geospatial information is important to enhancing U.S. homeland security. Placing access restrictions on this kind of data and information, however, should be based on a reasonable expectation of improving U.S. homeland security given that such restrictions are likely |
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ISBN: | 9780833035479 0833035479 |