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The science and technology of counterterrorism : measuring physical and electronic security risk /
Scientists with little or no background in security and security professionals with little or no background in science and technology often have difficulty communicating in order to implement the best counterterrorism strategies. The Science and Technology of Counterterrorism offers the necessary th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington :
Elsevier Science,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; The Science and Technology of Counterterrorism: Measuring Physical and Electronic Security Risk; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Preface; Part I: Modeling Terrorism Risk; Chapter 1: Terrorism Threats, Risk, and Risk Assessments; 1.1. Introduction: Decisions and Risk; 1.2. Threats and the Components of Risk; 1.3. Risk Assessments; 1.4. Security Risk Trade-Offs; 1.5. Security Risk in Context; 1.6. Risk Factors; 1.7. Counterterrorism Controls; 1.8. Counterterrorism Methods; 1.9. Operational Requirements; 1.10. Performance Specifications.
- 1.11. Security Risk Assessment Frameworks, Security Standards, and Security Risk MetricsSummary; References; Problems; Chapter 2: Organizing and Assessing Terrorism Risk; 2.1. A Taxonomy of Terrorism Threats; 2.2. Counterterrorism Standards and Risk Metrics; 2.3. The Cost of Risk Mitigation; 2.4. Medical Analogies; 2.5. Simple Risk Assessments; 2.6. Security Theatre; Summary; References; Problems; Chapter 3: Uncertainty and Terrorism; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Uncertainty, Entropy, and Randomness; 3.3. The Normal Distribution; 3.4. Uncertainty Applied to Terrorism; Summary; References; Problems.
- Chapter 4: Physical Models of Terrorism4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Point Sources of Radiation; 4.3. Exponential Growth and Decay; 4.4. Harmonic Motion and the Single Degree of Freedom Model; 4.5. Gaussian Plumes[1]; Summary; Reference; Problems; Chapter 5: Exploiting Terrorism Uncertainty; 5.1. Introduction: Addressing Terrorism Risk Factors; 5.2. Risk Factor-Related Incidents; Indirect Measurements of Security Risk; 5.3. The "Probability of Protection" Method; 5.3.1. The Minimum Number of Required Security Officers; 5.3.2. Explosive Blasts and the Probability of Window Protection.
- 5.4. The Probability of Protection Method Summary5.5. Physical Access Control System Risk Statistics; Summary; Reference; Problems; Part 2: Measuring Terrorism Risk; Chapter 6: Conventional Explosive Threats and Risk Mitigation; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Applying the Single Degree of Freedom Model; 6.3. Explosive Overpressure and Impulse Parametric Scaling; 6.4. Blast Effects: A Qualitative Description; 6.5. The Effects of Distance and Payload; 6.6. Vehicle-Borne Explosives; 6.7. Vehicle-Borne Explosive Risk: A Simple Calculation; 6.8. Barriers and Bollards; 6.9. Assessing Bollard Effectiveness.
- 6.10. Antiblast Film6.11. Explosive Detection; 6.12. X-Ray Inspection Technology; 6.13. The Dangling Crane: Terror Without Terrorists; Summary; References; Problems; Chapter 7: Nontraditional Terrorist Threats and Risk Mitigation; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Radiological Dispersion Devices (RDDs); 7.2.1. The RDD as a Weapon; 7.2.2. Dentists, Bananas, and the Natural Radiation Background; 7.2.3. Radioisotopes as Weapons; 7.2.4. Radioactive Flux, Absorption, and Shielding; 7.2.4.1. Radioactive Flux; 7.2.4.2. Radioactive Absorption; 7.2.4.3. Radioactive Absorption in Human Tissue.