Strategies and Plans
Technology Links
- See Technology section on War on Terrorism page
- See also Information Ops Center
- See also Technology section on Biological warfare page
- Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA), Dept of Homeland Security
- Technology Acceleration for National Security (TANS) Network
- Seven founding members (with CIC serving as leader) are
- Using 21st Century Technology to Defend the Homeland (local copy), a White House announcement including mention of
- National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC)
- Cyberspace Warning Intelligence Network
- Priority Wireless Access for First Responders
- National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center at the Department of Energy
- Secure "GovNet" Feasibility Study
- Advanced Encryption Standard
- Cybercorps Scholarships for Service encourages college students to become high tech computer security professionals within government
- DoD Biometrics Fusion Center
- The Changing Face of the Department of Defense's Chemical Biological Defense Program (local copy), 2002 briefing by the Deputy Assistant to SecDef for Chemical and Biological Defense
- National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development
- National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Terrorism Technologies (local copy)
- U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) "is the nation’s laboratory for advanced military automotive technology." - including research into vehicles for homeland security
- Carnivore Diagnostic Tool (local copy), testimony of Donald M. Kerr, Assistant Director, Laboratory Division, FBI, before the United States Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary, September 6, 2000 (NOTE: In Jan 2005, U.S. media outlets reported that the Jan 2005 FBI report to Congress showed little or no use of Carnivore and instead reflected a turning to commercially produced software.)
- DCS-1000, Carnivore Diagnostic Tool, "The Carnivore device provides the FBI with a "surgical" ability to intercept and collect the communications which are the subject of the lawful order while ignoring those communications which they are not authorized to intercept. This type of tool is necessary to meet the stringent requirements of the federal wiretapping statutes." (from an FBI press release)
- Independent Technical Review of the Carnivore System (local copy), Final Report, done for DoJ
- Final Report on the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception system), 11 July 2001 report of European Parliament, local copy
- European efforts at telecommunication intercepts, including uses of the internet
- Knowledge Aided Retrieval iN Activity Context (KARNAC), by Applied Systems Intelligence - sifts thru online data - "Upon completion of the development of this technology, organizations using KARNAC will have an increased criminal analysis capability in numerous operations by proactively automating the analysis process so that criminal information normally unnoticed will be automatically detected." (from a company white paper)
- Investigative Techniques: Federal Agency Views on the Potential Application of "Brain Fingerprinting, GAO report GAO-02-22 October 31, 2001
- Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) "is the U.S. national forum that identifies, prioritizes, and coordinates interagency and international research and development (R&D;) requirements for combating terrorism. Through the Department of Defense's Combating Terrorism Technology Support Program and funding provided by other agencies, the TSWG rapidly develops technologies and equipment to meet the high-priority needs of the combating terrorism community, and addresses joint international operational requirements through cooperative R&D; with major allies."
- Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization (OLETC) is "a program of the National Institute of Justice's Office of Science and Technology .... Our mission is to develop and deploy an active, broad based national program to assist in the commercialization of innovative technology for use by the law enforcement and corrections community"
- National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Critical Incident Technology page, from DoJ (check under topic menu)
- Center for Civil Force Protection (CCFP), from Sandia Labs "will provide physical security counterterrorism assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies, other organizations within State and local governments and private industry"
- National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC), "The National Institute of Justice, Office of Science and Technology (OS&T;) provides Federal, State, and local law enforcement, corrections, and other public safety agencies access to the best technologies available and helps them develop capabilities essential to improving efficiency and effectiveness." ... "OS&T; has utilized resources from the NLECTC system, its research and development activities, and the Federal surplus property programs to provide technology assistance and equipment to aid in the search, rescue, recovery, and investigation operations." E-mail newsletter available
- Institute for Security Technology Studies (ISTS), Dartmouth College, funded by the U.S. Justice Department's National Institute of Justice, "The Institute and its core program on cyber-security and information infrastructure protection research serve as a principal national center for counter-terrorism technology research, development and assessment."
- Technology to Fight Crime, at Dept of Justice site -- very good, don't miss
- handheld and vehicle mounted detectors which can scan thru clothing
- nonlethal weapons for response in mixed good guy - bad guy situations
- detection devices for drugs and weapons of mass destruction
- bomb-detecting and drug-sniffing devices, Sandia Labs
- SECURE 1000 Concealed Weapon Detection System, by Rapiscan - "The level of radiation used by the SECURE 1000 is about the same as 5 minutes exposure to natural background radiation, or 20 seconds on a commercial airline flight."
- Reducing the Threat of Biological Weapons, bio agent detection research at Lawrence Livermore Labs
- Biological Sensors page, PNNL
- Update on Chemical Warfare Agent Detection Vehicle, 27 Mar 2001, State Dept.
- Biometrics
- biometrics: automated methods of authenticating or verifying an individual based upon a physical or behavioral characteristic. [definition from INFOSEC-99]
- DoD Biometrics Fusion Center
- Biometrics Catalog provides information about biometric technologies, which can be used in advanced security applications
- NIST Advanced Technology Program (ATP), including Biometrics and Security Systems and Applications, contact page at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Includes technologies for E-commerce Security, Iris Texture and Retina Pattern Recognition , Face Recognition, Finger Print Recognition, DNA Diagnostics and Matching, Identification, Authentication, Smart Badges, Smart Cards, Smart Wallet, Speaker Recognition, Hand and Finger Geometry, Palm and Vein Patterns, Knuckle Contour, Dynamic Handwritten Signature, Keystroke Dynamics, Information Access
- Identix Inc., with face recognition, fingerprint, and other biometric identification products
- Biological Detection and Warning
- Surveillance Resources, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, using internet-based reporting systems -- includes
- Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses Surveillance System -- A secure internet-based surveillance system for reporting and tracking information related to unexplained deaths and critical illnesses is being piloted in four Emerging Infection Program sites.
- United States Influenza Sentinel Physicians Surveillance Network -- A secure internet-based surveillance system for influenza surveillance.
- Rapid Syndrome Validation Project (RSVP), internet based system coordinating info from a variety of physicians/locations, keyed to particular symptoms (flu-like, fever with skin findings or altered mental states, acute bloody diarrhea, hepatitis, adult respiratory distress syndrome) which represent the majority of symptoms for bioterrorism, emerging diseases, and epidemics
- A Review of federal Bioterrorism Preparedness Programs from a Public Health Perspective - 10 Oct 2001 hearings before Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- A Review of Federal Bioterrorism Preparedness Programs: Building an Early Warning Public Health Surveillance System - 1 Nov 2001 hearings before Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Quintiles Describes National Early Warning System for Bioterrorism in Testimony Today (Nov 1, 2001) at Congressional Hearing -- "Detection of possible bioterror events could be speeded by hours or days through an electronic disease surveillance system using existing medical and pharmaceutical claims data...."
- Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) system "is a prototype public health surveillance system .... being developed by the Laboratory for Computational Epidemiology within the Center for Biomedical Informatics of the University of Pittsburgh .... collects emergency room registration data, microbiology culture results, reports of radiographs, and laboratory orders"
- "Sentinel" program in New York City -- tracks lab results and nonprescription drug sales in NYC
National Labs Products
- Center for Civil Force Protection (CCFP), from Sandia Labs "will provide physical security counterterrorism assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies, other organizations within State and local governments and private industry"
- Critical Infrastructure Surety at Sandia National Laboratories "Sandia is, first and foremost, a systems engineering laboratory whose primary mission is guaranteeing the surety of the nuclear weapons stockpile. Additionally, it has a mission to improve the surety of the nation's energy infrastructure."
- National Security Programs, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab, includes detection systems, threat analysis, advanced tech, etc.
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