Accession Number:

ADA455418

Title:

Information Assurance: Trends in Vulnerabilities, Threats, and Technologies

Descriptive Note:

Monograph

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY

Personal Author(s):

• Gansler, Jacques S.
• Binnendijk, Hans

Report Date:

2004-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

147.0

Abstract:

One of the missions of the Center for Technology and National Security Policy at National Defense University is to study the transformation of Americas military and to explore the consequences of the information revolution. To further this mission, National Defense University, in collaboration with The Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise of the University of Marylands School of Public Affairs, brought together leaders in the fields of military and commercial technology. The purpose of the meeting was to gain insight into the risks and vulnerabilities inherent in the use of information technology on the battlefield and in military systems. This volume presents the results of that workshop. This volume examines threats and vulnerabilities in the following four areas 1 physical attacks on critical information nodes 2 electromagnetic attacks against ground, airborne, or space-based information assets 3 cyber attacks against information systems and 4 attacks and system failures made possible by the increased level of complexity inherent in the multiplicity of advanced systems. Chapters are as follows Trends in Vulnerabilities, Threats, and Technologies, by Jacques S. Gansler and William Lucyshyn Physical Vulnerabilities of Critical Information Systems, by Robert H. Anderson Physical Vulnerabilities Exposed at the National Training Center, by Colonel John D. Rosenberger Dealing with Physical Vulnerabilities, by Bruce W. MacDonald Vulnerabilities to Electromagnetic Attack of Defense Information Systems, by John M. Borky Vulnerabilities to Electromagnetic Attack of the Civil Infrastructure, by Donald C. Latham Trends in Cyber Vulnerabilities, Threats, and Countermeasures, by Michael A. Vatis Enhancing Cyber Security for the Warfighter, by Sean R. Finnegan Complexity of Network Centric Warfare, by Stanley B. Alterman and Difficulties with Network Centric Warfare, by Charles Perrow.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• *INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• *VULNERABILITY
• *COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
• *COMPUTER NETWORKS
• *CYBERTERRORISM
• *COUNTERMEASURES
• *THREATS
• MILITARY OPERATIONS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
• PREVENTION
• HOMELAND SECURITY
• INFRASTRUCTURE
• DAMAGE CONTROL
• DECENTRALIZATION
• TRANSFORMATIONS
• WORKSHOPS
• REDUNDANCY
• HARDENING
• ELECTRONIC SECURITY
• INFORMATION ASSURANCE
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• PROTECTION
• HISTORY
• COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
• CIVIL DEFENSE
• BATTLEFIELDS
• ATTACK

Subject Categories:

• Information Science
• Computer Systems
• Civil Defense
• Unconventional Warfare
• Countermeasures

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE