| Homegrown Terrorism Inside of Democratic States |
14 Dec 2012 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Warwick S Miller; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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 | This thesis examines the London bombings in 2005 by Islamist homegrown terrorists, the Murrah building attack in 1995 by Timothy McVeigh, and the Tokyo subway attack in 1995 by the Japanese terrorist religious cult Aum Shinrikyo. The primary research question is as follows: Are there aspects of democracies that shield homegrown terrorism from detection? The recent conflict in Iraq and the current conflict in Afghanistan have given rise to a ... |
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| United States Cybersecurity Strategy, Policy, and Organization: Poorly Postured to Cope with a Post-9/11 Security Environment? |
14 Dec 2012 |
144 pages |
| Authors:
William K Tirrell; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Is United States cybersecurity strategy, policy, and organization postured to cope with the post-9/11 security environment? Following an exhaustive review of recurring and stand-alone strategic cybersecurity strategy and policy documents, and a detailed assessment of the U.S. cyber organization within the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and Department of Justice, the author concludes that the United States is vulnerable to a cyber attack. Despite recent publicity about cyber ... |
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| Close Air Support versus Close Combat Attack |
06 Dec 2012 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick R Wilde; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Since the origin of flight, the military has used aircraft to support military operations. This study focuses on one aspect of that support, the use of aerial delivered munitions in close proximity to soldiers on the ground to support freedom of maneuver. Close Air Support (CAS) and Close Combat Attack (CCA) exercise direct and indirect fires from aircraft to deliver required support and generate flexibility for maneuver operations, yet the ... |
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| Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan |
Dec 2012 |
173 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC
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| During the reporting period of April 1 to September 30, 2012, the Coalition and our Afghan partners blunted the insurgent summer offensive, continued to transition the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) into security lead, pushed violence out of most populated areas, and coalition member nations signed several international agreements to support the long-term stability and security of Afghanistan. In May, President Obama and President Karzai signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement, ... |
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| Applying Modeling and Simulation to Predict Human Injury due to a Blast Attack on a Shipboard Environment |
Oct 2012 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Brigid Jacobs; Lee A Young; Howard Champion; Mary Lawnick; Michael Galameau; Vern Wing; William Krebs; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| Computer models simulating blast effects on ship personnel are needed, but thus far, development of models has focused on simulating blast effects on ship structure and equipment. Thus, capability gaps exist in predicting the type and severity of injuries from surface or underwater weapon impact, estimating medical response requirements, and determining outcomes of patients. The Human Injury & Treatment (HIT) model addresses these gaps. Algorithms are utilized for scoring the ... |
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| Opportunities in Power Projection and Integrated Defense |
Oct 2012 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Michael B Deitchman; OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH ARLINGTON VA
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| These briefing charts discuss research areas, Next Generation Airborne Electronic Attack (NGAEA), Multi-Target Laser Designation (MTLD), Energetic and Reactive Materials, Counter-Directed Energy Warfare, Free Electron Laser, Solid State Laser Technology Maturation, Railgun Technologies, Hypervelocity Projectile, and Future Naval Capabilities. |
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| On Distributed Strategies in Defense of a High Value Unit (HVU) Against a Swarm Attack |
Sep 2012 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Sze Y Ding; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
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| Swarm attacks are of great concern to the U.S. Navy, to navies around the world, and to commercial ships transiting through waters with a high volume of marine traffic. A large group of hostile ships can hide themselves among various other small ships, like pleasure crafts, fishing boats, and transport vessels, and can make a coordinated attack against a High Value Unit (HVU) while it passes by. The HVU can ... |
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| Swarm Observations: Implementing Integration Theory to Understand an Opponent Swarm |
Sep 2012 |
145 pages |
| Authors:
Anner G Diukman; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Swarm counter measure systems currently use enhanced weapons and sensor capabilities to address the threat of opponent swarms. However, there is a gap in current defense capabilities to counter swarm attacks, because brute force, or the enhancement of current defense systems by adding to defense capabilities are inadequate because of the inherent robustness, flexibility and adaptation of swarm attacks. Because of this, an overarching model is sought to understand the ... |
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| Creating Network Attack Priority Lists by Analyzing Email Traffic With Predefined Profiles |
Sep 2012 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
Eric J Merritt; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
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| Networks can be vast and complicated entities consisting of both servers and workstations that contain information sought by attackers. Searching for specific data in a large network can be a time consuming process. Vast amounts of data either passes through or is stored by various servers on the network. However, intermediate work products are often kept solely on workstations. Potential high value targets can be passively identified by comparing user ... |
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| Air Land Sea Bulletin. Issue Number 2012-3, September 2012 |
Sep 2012 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
AIR LAND SEA APPLICATION CENTER LANGLEY AFB VA
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| Purpose: The ALSA Center publishes the ALSB three times a year. ALSA is a multi-Service DOD field agency sponsored by the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC), Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC), and Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education (LeMay Center). This periodical is governed by Army Regulation 25-30, Chapter 10. The ALSB is a vehicle to spread the wordon ... |
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| CTC Sentinel. Volume 5, Issue 9 |
Sep 2012 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Erich Marquardt; MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY COMBATING TERRORISM CENTER
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| About the CTC Sentinel: The Combating Terrorism Center is an independent educational and research institution based in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy, West Point. The CTC Sentinel harnesses the Center s global network of scholars and practitioners to understand and confront contemporary threats posed by terrorism and other forms of political violence. Article in this issue include: The Attack on the U.S. Consulate: Emerging ... |
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| Internet Radicalization: Actual Threat or Phantom Menace? |
Sep 2012 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J Mealer; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| According to popular opinion, accessing radical Islamic content and connecting with extremist networks through the internet causes radicalization and recruitment to commit terrorist acts. Anecdotal evidence has been used to support this assertion. The assumption is that the internet has created a new path to radicalization and recruitment. However, whether computer-mediated communication (CMC) and internet functionalities (e.g., web sites, e-mail, chat rooms, forums, weblogs, text messages, online games) cause individuals ... |
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| Securing the Next Ripple in Information Security: The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) |
14 Jun 2012 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Justin W Swartzmiller; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| America's one-time technological advantage is gone; much of its intellectual property secrets have been stolen. For sometime, our adversaries have been attacking the Department of Defense's (DoD) networks to obtain any sensitive information. Recently, attackers have expanded their attacking efforts, to include the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), due to DoD's increased network defenses. This research paper will answer the core issue of how to secure sensitive information within the DIB ... |
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| Deterrence in Cyberspace |
13 Jun 2012 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew Rivera; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| There are significant differences between nuclear attack and cyber attack, but the development of cyber deterrence policy is relevant to the total defense of the United States' critical infrastructure and networked cyber systems. The rapidity, ambiguity of origination, and inexpensiveness of a cyber attack creates a problem that is not easily addressed by the strategies used in the implementation of nuclear deterrence. Similar to the nuclear deterrence policy developed during ... |
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| On the Probability of Flying Through Nuclear Dust Clouds |
11 Jun 2012 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
John W St Ledger; Brian Hockersmith; AIR FORCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CENTER KIRTLAND AFB NM
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| Since the Mount St. Helen's eruption, the dust clouds formed by a nuclear detonation have become of much more interest to the Air Force acquisition community. The dust from nuclear detonations can have a severe impact on aeronautical systems, such as engines, surface coatings, and wind screens. This paper presents an analytic approach to calculating the probability that an aircraft will encounter 0 to N dust clouds when flying through ... |
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| Survival through Adaptation: The Chinese Red Army and the Encirclement Campaigns, 1927-1936 |
08 Jun 2012 |
271 pages |
| Authors:
Wilbur W Hsu; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This study analyzes the Chinese Red Army from 1927 to 1936 to determine how the Red Army survived attacks from external military forces and also successfully overcame the threats to its existence posed by changing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies. During this period, the CCP attempted to develop, expand, and professionalize the Chinese Red Army as a way to defend Communist base areas from a series of Kuomingtang (KMT) Extermination ... |
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| An Interpolation Approach to Optimal Trajectory Planning for Helicopter Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
Jun 2012 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
Jerrod C Adams; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis explores numerical methods to provide real-time control inputs to achieve an optimal trajectory which minimizes the time required for a Helicopter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (HUAV) to reorient to a given target. A library of optimal trajectories is populated using a pseudospectral computational algorithm applied to the mathematical model developed by the National University of Singapore and Singapore Department of Defense to simulate flight characteristics for their HeLion small ... |
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| Emulating Industrial Control System Field Devices Using Gumstix Technology |
Jun 2012 |
122 pages |
| Authors:
Dustin J Berman; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Industrial Control Systems (ICS) have an inherent lack of security and situational awareness capabilities at the field device level. Yet these systems comprise a significant portion of the nation's critical infrastructure. Currently, there is little insight into the characterization of attacks on ICS. Stuxnet provided an initial look at the type of tactics that can be employed to create physical damage via cyber means. The question still remains, however, as ... |
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| Defending the Pittsburgh Waterways Against Catastrophic Disruption |
Jun 2012 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Joshua J Onuska; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
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| This thesis develops an Operator's Model that mimics the real-world behavior of coal transport in the Port of Pittsburgh and allows for systematic investigation of what if disruption scenarios. We model the multi-modal flow of coal using a network of nodes and arcs representing river transport, with support from a surrounding system of rail lines and roads. Each mode of shipment has finite capacities with varying costs. Our model routes ... |
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| Risk Assessment Planning for Airborne Systems: An Information Assurance Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis Methodology |
Jun 2012 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Charles J Middleton; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Increasingly in recent times, aircraft are built with communications links to external participants. These communications links may in some cases be susceptible to degradation or attack, which may then lead to safety of flight or mission effectiveness risks. This project examines risk assessment of the information assurance and security of newly developed airborne systems. First, an investigation of the past failures of the security of other networked systems is examined ... |
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| CTC Sentinel (Volume 5, Issue 6, June 2012) |
Jun 2012 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Erich Marquardt; MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY COMBATING TERRORISM CENTER
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| This issue of CTC Sentinel contains the feature article Arc of Convergence: AQAP, Ansar al-Shari'a and the Struggle for Yemen, by Christopher Swift. Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has proven remarkably adept at reconciling the ideological dictates of global jihad with the practical realities of local insurgency. This article examines that reconciliation in three stages. First, it explains how AQAP uses Ansar al-Shari'a to operate and propagate within Yemen's ... |
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| China: Paper Tiger in Cyberspace |
17 May 2012 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Ammilee A Oliva; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| For the last decade, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been building its cyber capabilities and expanding the importance of cyber technology in military operations. Observers interpret recent cyber incidents as evidence that the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the PLA possess cyber capabilities that pose a threat to the United States and its allies. The question is, are the incidents really manifestations of a PLA threat? To answer ... |
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| Operational Art Requirements in the Korean War |
17 May 2012 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Ziegler Thomas G; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Historical examples are an expedient way to develop an understanding of operational art theory and concepts. A historical illustration of both operational success and failure is the Korean War. Several aspects of the Korean War remain relevant to operational art in contemporary conflicts. It had a complex and evolving strategy, a dramatic interplay of tactical successes and failures, uncertainty and miscalculation, shortages of means to accomplish ends, and the difficult ... |
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| America's Post-9/11 Grand Strategy: Matching the Response to the Threat, and Implications for U.S. National Power |
17 May 2012 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Roy P Fatur; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Bush administration chose to pursue a broad, offensive, and preemptive campaign against terrorists and their purported state sponsors, versus executing a focused response against Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. This monograph argues that over the course of the next decade, this broad strategy, primarily leveraging military power, diverted manpower and resources away from the immediate threat, emboldened al Qaeda, and ... |
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| Through the Lens of Operational Art: 1971 Bangladesh Campaign |
17 May 2012 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Khalid M Zaki; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The Indian Army's decisive victory in East Pakistan in 1971 is widely acknowledged as a sterling example of operational excellence. The Bangladesh campaign, as it is commonly known, is often compared with the German blitzkrieg campaign in World War II, exhibiting multiple lightening maneuvers striking deep at the enemy's center of gravity, in this case Dacca, to overwhelm and disintegrate the entrenched Pakistani defenses. Resulting in the dismemberment of Pakistan ... |
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| Combating Terrorism, Rebel Groups, and Armed Militias in the Face of Economic Prosperity Opportunities |
04 May 2012 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher Douglas; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan recently embarked on a $25 billion oil production project in Lamu, Kenya. Otherwise known as the Lamu-Port-South-Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport-Corridor (LAPSSET) project, it is expected to bring these nations and others throughout East Africa out of poverty and transform their socioeconomic status from economic and social despair to economic prosperity. The LAPSSET project will include a 32-berth mega port, a railway, an oil pipeline, a highway, and a ... |
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| Israeli Operational Art: The Six Day War -- How the Israeli Defense Forces Achieved Overwhelming Success Against Overwhelming Odds |
04 May 2012 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Mike Obadal; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Outnumbered almost 3 to 1, fighting on three fronts, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) handed its Arab adversaries a significant defeat from 5 to 11 June, 1967. The resulting destruction of Arab militaries and Israeli control of significant terrain provided Israel valuable strategic depth in the following years. In the course of the one-sided war, the IDF demonstrated superior tactics while Arab forces suffered for lack of competent leadership. However, ... |
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| Joint Command and Control of Cyber Operations: The Joint Force Cyber Component Command (JFCCC) |
04 May 2012 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Jason P Quinter; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The evolution of technology has introduced sophisticated means to store, process, and transport information. Because the U.S. military establishment relies so heavily on complex command and control systems and interconnectivity in general, cyber warfare has become a serious topic of interest at the operational level of war. Joint doctrine acknowledges the impact of information technology advancements on the tempo, lethality, and complexity of warfare. Combatant Commands routinely confront unique challenges ... |
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| Planning for War Termination with China |
04 May 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Lawrence T Sullivan; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| It is as critical for the United States to prepare for war termination in the event of a conflict with China as it is to prepare for the conflict itself. AirSea Battle proposes concepts for military interaction between the two countries, but fails to specify how military leadership is to set the conditions for a transition from Phase 3 to Phase 0 operations. An armed conflict over the disputed Spratly ... |
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| Modeling Operational Robustness and Resiliency with High-Level Petri Nets |
May 2012 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Madjid Tavana; Timothy E Busch; Eleanor L Davis; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY INFORMATION DIRECTORATE
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| Military operations are highly complex workflow systems that require careful planning and execution. The interactive complexity and tight coupling between people and technological systems has been increased in military operations, which leads to both improved efficiency and a greater vulnerability to mission accomplishment due to attack or system failure. Although the ability to resist and recover from failure is important to many systems and processes, the robustness and resiliency of ... |
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| Strategic Culture and Strategic Studies: An Alternative Framework for Assessing al-Qaeda and the Global Jihad Movement |
May 2012 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
Richard H Shultz; JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIV MACDILL AFB FL
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| More than a decade after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States by al-Qaeda and a year after the death of Osama bin Laden, Dr. Richard Shultz offers an innovative analysis of that organization s strategic culture. His analysis upends the conventional wisdom that only nation-states can have a strategic culture, an internal process through which issues of strategic significance and intent are discussed, debated, refined, and ... |
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| Self-Inflicted Wounds: Russia's Failed Chechen and North Caucasus Policy |
22 Apr 2012 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Donald P Schurr; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Chechnya declared its independence during the chaos of the dissolution of the USSR and the emergence of Russia in 1991. Chechen independence threatened Russia's territorial integrity, however, resulting in two wars between Russia and Chechen rebels that lay waste to Chechnya and killed an estimated 100,000 people. Russia's harsh methods during both wars resulted in reprisal attacks on Russian targets, instability in Chechnya, and a widening insurgency in the North ... |
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| The Cyber Military Revolution and the Need for a New Framework of War |
16 Apr 2012 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
Mark L Williamson; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The introduction of the cyber domain has fostered massive and profound changes in all aspects of society. Cyber technology has completely restructured the methods and manners of governance, economics, politics, social interaction, and has fundamentally altered the character and conduct of warfare. This thesis describes how these fundamental changes in society and warfare merit classifying the introduction of the cyber domain as a military revolution. Because of the cyber military ... |
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| Boko Haram's Evolving Threat (Africa Security Brief, Number 20, April 2012) |
Apr 2012 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
J P Pham; ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON DC
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| The reemergence of the Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram is cause for significant concern. Since late 2010, the organization has been responsible for a brutal campaign of attacks targeting public officials and institutions and, increasingly, ordinary men, women, and children, wreaking havoc across northern Nigeria. At least 550 people were killed in 115 separate attacks in 2011, a grisly toll that has been accelerating. Meanwhile, Boko Haram's rhetoric and ... |
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| Security Verification of Secure MANET Routing Protocols |
22 Mar 2012 |
108 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew F Steele; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Secure mobile ad hoc network (MANET) routing protocols are not tested thoroughly against their security properties. Previous research focuses on verifying secure, reactive, accumulation-based routing protocols. An improved methodology and framework for secure MANET routing protocol verification is proposed which includes table-based and proactive protocols. The model checker, SPIN, is selected as the core of the secure MANET verification framework. Security is defined by both accuracy and availability: a protocol ... |
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| Towards Quantifying Programmable Logic Controller Resilience Against Intentional Exploits |
22 Mar 2012 |
172 pages |
| Authors:
Henry W Bushey; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems control and monitor services for the nation's critical infrastructure. Recent cyber induced events (e.g., Stuxnet) provide an example of a targeted, covert cyber attack against a SCADA system that resulted in physical effects. Of particular note is how Stuxnet exploited the trust relationship between the human machine interface (HMI) and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Current methods for validating system operating parameters rely on ... |
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| Scalable Wavelet-Based Active Network Stepping Stone Detection |
22 Mar 2012 |
119 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph I Gilbert; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Network intrusions leverage vulnerable hosts as stepping stones to penetrate deeper into a network and mask malicious actions from detection. This research focuses on a novel active watermark technique using Discrete Wavelet Transformations to mark and detect interactive network sessions. This technique is scalable, nearly invisible and resilient to multi-flow attacks. The watermark is simulated using extracted timestamps from the CAIDA 2009 dataset and replicated in a live environment. The ... |
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| The Strategic Importance of Defeating Underground Facilities |
20 Mar 2012 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Craig R Baker; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| America's potential adversaries have realized that current non-nuclear penetrating weapons are relatively ineffective in destroying underground facilities. According to the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the use of underground facilities...is expanding as potential adversaries conceal and protect their most vital national security functions and activities. National security functions and activities include but are not limited to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), the means of delivering WMD, anti-access weapons, senior ... |
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| Cyberspace: Time to Reassess, Reorganize, and Resource for Evolving Threats |
15 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Steven L Hite; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| A decade into the 21st Century, the United States must transition its attention from national security problems that exist in the physical world to security challenges in cyberspace. Assaults on American critical infrastructure, government and defense networks, corporate business networks, and financial networks will continue to grow as adversaries expand their cyber capabilities to achieve their goals. To effectively counter these expanding cyber threats, the U.S. Government must reassess, reorganize, ... |
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| Improving Leadership Development within U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
12 Mar 2012 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Scott K Ross; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| In direct response to the attacks on September 11, 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has stood as America s guardians. More than 58,000 men and women have shouldered the monumental responsibility of securing America s borders, protecting the American public against terrorists and fostering economic security through facilitating and securing legitimate trade. In the face of a tighter fiscal reality, an increasingly youthful and inexperienced work force and ... |
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| RSA Power Analysis Obfuscation: A Dynamic FPGA Architecture |
Mar 2012 |
88 pages |
| Authors:
John W Barron; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| The modular exponentiation operation used in popular public key encryption schemes, such as RSA, has been the focus of many side channel analysis (SCA) attacks in recent years. Current SCA attack countermeasures are largely static. Given sufficient signal-to-noise ratio and a number of power traces, static countermeasures can be defeated, as they merely attempt to hide the power consumption of the system under attack. This research develops a dynamic countermeasure ... |
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| An FPGA Noise Resistant Digital Temperature Sensor with Auto Calibration |
Mar 2012 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Brandon A Brown; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| In recent years, thermal sensing in digital devices has become increasingly important. From a security perspective, new thermal-based attacks have revealed vulnerabilities in digital devices. Traditional temperature sensors using analog-to-digital converters consume significant power and are not conducive to rapid development. As a result, there has been an escalating demand for low cost, low power digital temperature sensors that can be seamlessly integrated onto digital devices. This research seeks to ... |
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| Airborne Electronic Attack: Achieving Mission Objectives Depends on Overcoming Acquisition Challenges |
Mar 2012 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J Sullivan; Bruce Fairbairn; Christopher R Durbin; Laura Greifner; James Kim; Scott Purdy; Sylvia Schatz; Brian Smith; Roxanna Sun; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Airborne electronic attack involves the use of aircraft to neutralize, destroy, or suppress enemy air defense and communications systems. Proliferation of sophisticated air defenses and advanced commercial electronic devices has contributed to the accelerated appearance of new weapons designed to counter U.S. airborne electronic attack capabilities. GAO was asked to assess the following: (1) the Department of Defense's (DoD) strategy for acquiring airborne electronic attack capabilities, (2) progress made in ... |
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| Multi-Agent Task Negotiation Among UAVs to Defend Against Swarm Attacks |
Mar 2012 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Day; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| This research involves a multi-agent based simulation modeling a large swarm of adversarial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attacking a surface target and groups of friendly UAVs responding to thwart the attack. Defense systems need to cooperatively negotiate which enemy systems to engage to maximize the number of aggressor systems destroyed. The research questions we wish to explore are as follows: (1) Do decentralized assignment methods approach centralized methods' effectiveness in ... |
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| The Nation That Cried Lone Wolf: A Data-Driven Analysis of Individual Terrorists in the United States Since 9/11 |
Mar 2012 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Charles A Eby; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| Lone-wolf terrorist attacks have occurred in the United States throughout the country's history. Attempted attacks from individual terrorists unaffiliated with terrorist groups may be becoming more prevalent. Both the general public and government officials acknowledge the presence and importance of these attacks; however, relatively little literature exists on the subject compared to group terrorism. Much of the information on lone wolves has been established by case study, inference, and known ... |
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| Force Protection for Fire Fighters: Warm Zone Operations at Paramilitary Style Active Shooter Incidents in a Multi-Hazard Environment as a Fire Service Core Competency |
Mar 2012 |
113 pages |
| Authors:
Paul A Atwater; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| Paramilitary-style active shooter attacks in a multi-hazard environment are an emerging threat against the U.S. homeland. Lessons learned from previous paramilitary-style attacks demonstrate the breaking points of the fire service policy of standing by until law enforcement declares that the scene is secure. When followed, the standby policy prevents fire fighters from taking calculated risks to accomplish the fire service mission of saving lives and protecting property. It is likely ... |
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| Methods for Trustworthy Design of On-Chip Bus Interconnect for General-Purpose Processors |
Mar 2012 |
113 pages |
| Authors:
Jay F Elson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Military electronics rely on commodity processors, many of which are manufactured overseas where the trustworthiness of the foundries is uncertain. This thesis attempts to answer the question of whether common bus protocols in use today differ significantly with respect to security, by conducting an analysis of common integrated circuit bus protocols (Inter-Integrated Circuit [I2C], Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture [AMBA], HyperTransport, Wishbone, and CoreConnect) based on the Flaw Hypothesis Methodology (FHM). ... |
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| The Unexplored Impact of IPv6 on Intrusion Detection Systems |
Mar 2012 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
Keith A Gehrke; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| With Department of Defense (DoD) networks steadily adopting and transitioning to the next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, careful consideration must be given to IPv6-specific implications for network protection. While Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) assist in protecting current IPv4 DoD networks, NIDS performance in operational DoD IPv6 environments is largely unknown. As a step toward more rigorous NIDS evaluation, we investigate the extent to which known IPv4 attacks are able to ... |
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| Getting Serious About Games -- Using Video Game-Based Learning to Enhance Nuclear Terrorism Preparedness |
Mar 2012 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
Chad M Gorman; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| This thesis proposes the development of a video game platform to increase the public's knowledge of required protective actions in the event of a nuclear terrorism attack. Current scientific analyses have identified elementary steps the public should take to increase the likelihood of survival in the event of a nuclear terrorism incident. However, a knowledge gap currently exists with regard to the public's understanding of these required actions. Unfortunately, today's ... |
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| Uncertain Political and Security Situation Challenges U.S. Efforts to Implement a Comprehensive Strategy in Yemen |
29 Feb 2012 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Charles M ; Jason Bair; Judith Williams; Brian Tremblay; Bruce Kutnick; Martin De Alteriis; Debbie Chung; Marie Mak; Mary Moutsos; Pierre Toureille (320859); GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Yemen is an important U.S. partner in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism. According to U.S. officials, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) which is based in Yemen is one of the top national security threats facing the United States. AQAP has shown the intent and capability to carry out attacks against U.S. targets both in Yemen and in the United States, including the September 2008 bombing of ... |
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