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RSS defense nationalA Friendly Agreement in Advance: Canada-US Defense Relations Past, Present, and Future
White Paper Since the United States will defend itself, whether or not Canada cooperates fully, supports the National Missile Defense (NMD) scheme, and backs an expanded antiterrorist war, the only question is how... [03 Jul 2008]
Consulting Insights: Information Technology - Managing Environmental Compliance
White Paper The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was created as a solution to problems plaguing the federal government in responding to a host of natural hazards, as well as in addressing the United States' "civil defense. [03 Jul 2008]
Apocalyptic Terrorism: The Case for Preventive Action
White Paper The judicious use of decisive force against terrorists and their support structures is a vital component of the U.S.strategy to defeat global terrorism. Another component is the development of a consensus that terrorism is contrary to... [03 Jul 2008]
Eliminating Adversary WMD: Lessons for Future Conflicts
White Paper Given the extent of nuclear, biological, and chemical proliferation around the globe, the United States can ill afford to assume that any significant future adversary would not possess a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) capability. [03 Jul 2008]
Flashman's Revenge: Central Asia After September 11
White Paper The terrorist attacks of September 11 swept away much of the uncertainty about Central Asia's importance to the international system and its relationship with the major powers, especially the United States. [03 Jul 2008]
Adversary Use of NBC Weapons: A Neglected Challenge
White Paper Understanding has evolved in the last decade about how an adversary might use nuclear, radiological, biological, or chemical weapons against the United States. Increasingly, America is concluding that potential adversaries view these not... [03 Jul 2008]
Example: Migration of Existing Federal Identity Card Programs to the FIPS 201 Personal Identity Verification Card Specification
White Paper The report focuses on card programs based on the NIST GSC-ISv2.1 specification such as the Department of Defense Common Access Card specification but the migration strategies proposed are generally applicable to any... [03 Jul 2008]
Lessons Learned and Upcoming Research Issues in Democratic Control of Armed Forces and Security Sector Reform
White Paper DCAF Working Paper Series constitutes studies designed to promote reflection and discussion on civil-military relations and issues of democratic control over defense and security sector. A new focus on domestic... [03 Jul 2008]
Department of National Defense Canada Case Study
White Paper The Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) manages and directs the country's military forces and oversees all matters related to national defense and emergency preparedness. The... [03 Jul 2008]
Protecting Corporate Secrets
White Paper While many of the aspects of corporate information protection have parallels in the defense industry, the focus herein is on the needs of those in the private sector that are not subject to requirements such as the... [10 Apr 2008]
Homeland Insecurity
White Paper The proposed Department of Homeland Security is intended to oversee a "national research and development enterprise for homeland security comparable for more than fifty years" - domestic version of the high-tech R&D... [10 Apr 2008]
How the good guys fight the security arms race
News During his career as an US Air Force officer he was assigned to the National Security Agency where he helped create the Department of Defense Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (Orange Book) and... [15 Feb 2008]
Analysis of Congestion Models for TCP Networks
White Paper In its journey to its current form, the Internet has evolved from a network research project initiated by US researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to a global network of inter-connected... [15 Jan 2008]
The Navy Recruits a Configuration Management Solution
White Paper With billions of dollars in assets and a critical role in national defense, the Royal Australian Navy needed effective and reliable logistics information systems management. They also wanted to... [15 Jan 2008]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo A race of driverless cars took place on a former airbase in California this month run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Photo credit: The National Museum of Computing Kicking off our... [29 Nov 2007]
