Breaching the Fortress Wall: Understanding Terrorist Efforts to Overcome Defensive Technologies

Name: Breaching the Fortress Wall: Understanding Terrorist Efforts to Overcome Defensive Technologies
Author: Brian A. Jackson
ISBN: 9780833042477

by Brian A. Jackson

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Overview

Technology systems play a key role within a larger, integrated strategy to target groups' efforts and protect the public from the threat of terrorist violence. This study draws on relevant data from the history of a variety of terrorist conflicts to understand terrorists' counter-technology efforts. Fully exploring adversaries' counter-technology behaviors can help make the best choices to protect from the nation from the threat of terrorism.

About the Author, Brian A. Jackson

* Brian Jackson (Ph.D., bio-inorganic chemistry, California Institute of Technology) is an associate physical scientist at RAND. * Peter Chalk (PhD, political science, University of British Columbia) is an associate political scientist at RAND. Expertise includes South East Asia, international terrorism, terrorism and other emerging threats. * * * * * * *