2012-05-10T18:03:05Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/j/jackson_brian_a.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/08/13/CL.html 2007-08-13T13:09:00Z 2007-08-13T13:09:00Z

Katrina Proved We Must Do Better Job of Protecting Our Protectors, in the Clarion-Ledger

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/05/30/WP.html 2007-05-30T17:49:00Z 2007-05-30T17:49:00Z

Is America Prepared for Disaster?, in Washingtonpost.com.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP256.html 2009-05-07T13:17:00Z 2009-05-07T13:17:00Z

An approach for assessing novel or emerging threats and prioritizing which merit specific security attention and which can be addressed as part of existing security efforts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG705.html 2007-12-02T02:45:00Z 2007-12-02T02:45:00Z

This book explains a framework that security planners and policymakers can use for cost-effective rail-security planning. It focuses specifically on terrorism risk, which is a function of threat, vulnerability, and consequences.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP236.html 2008-11-30T18:52:00Z 2008-11-30T18:52:00Z

The author recommends a capabilities-based, portfolio approach to terrorism prevention planning. Protective portfolios would combine preventative measures and mitigation and resiliency measures to deal with uncertainty in the terrorist threat.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP281.html 2009-11-30T10:34:00Z 2009-11-30T10:34:00Z

Deterrence -- a central feature of counterterrorism security systems -- is not well understood or measured. This paper offers a framework for understanding how security affects terrorist planning and for measuring these systems' deterrent value.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG626.html 2008-03-02T18:30:00Z 2008-03-02T18:30:00Z

For several types of attacks, examines cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles from an adversary's perspective and assesses defensive options to address this and other asymmetric threats.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP257.html 2009-07-28T10:50:00Z 2009-07-28T10:50:00Z

This paper argues that the success or failure of terrorist operations can be best understood by thinking about the match or mismatch between key sets of characteristics of the group, its plans, and the security measures facing them.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP249.html 2009-01-15T13:06:00Z 2009-01-15T13:06:00Z

Analyzes the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, and derives lessons learned from the attack and from the Indian response.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG170.html 2004-05-02T16:17:00Z 2004-05-02T16:17:00Z

Recommendations are outlined for protecting firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical service responders, and other emergency responders during the aftermath of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other large-scale emergency incidents.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG510.html 2007-08-27T23:41:00Z 2007-08-27T23:41:00Z

Examines how terrorists make technology choices and how the United States can use that knowledge to discourage terrorists' use of advanced conventional weapons.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG804.html 2009-01-19T17:31:00Z 2009-01-19T17:31:00Z

Does the United States need a dedicated domestic counterterrorism intelligence agency? This book examines such an agency's creation, possible capability, and approaches for assessing its effectiveness and acceptability to the public.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG485.html 2007-03-15T17:31:00Z 2007-03-15T17:31:00Z

This work details efforts of 11 terrorist groups to improve their operational capabilities through the exchange of technologies and knowledge and suggests ways that government policies can create barriers to terrorists' adoption of new technologies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG481.html 2007-01-29T02:43:00Z 2007-01-29T02:43:00Z

Examines the history of terrorist conflicts to understand terrorists' counter-technology efforts and to help the nation make the best choices to protect it from the threat of terrorism.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR454.html 2007-09-16T07:01:00Z 2007-09-16T07:01:00Z

Terrorists use network technologies as they plan and stage attacks. This book explores the purpose and manner of the use of these technologies, their net effect, and security forces' possible responses.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR100.html 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z

Summarizes the results of an analysis of available data sources concerning the hazards facing firefighters, police, and emergency medical responders.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9309.html 2007-12-03T02:45:00Z 2007-12-03T02:45:00Z

This research brief explains a framework to guide cost-effective passenger-rail security planning and applies it to a notional rail system that characterizes rail systems typically found in the United States.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9434.html 2009-04-01T16:20:00Z 2009-04-01T16:20:00Z

This research highlight summarizes the findings of RAND's initial evaluation of the Cities Readiness Initiative and the program's impact on communities' readiness to conduct mass dispensing of medications and other medical supplies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9408.html 2008-12-07T09:35:00Z 2008-12-07T09:35:00Z

To help policymakers deal with the uncertainty surrounding the nature of future terrorist threats, traditional terrorism prevention measures should be integrated into a portfolio that also includes measures that mitigate an attack's consequences.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9406.html 2008-12-07T09:35:00Z 2008-12-07T09:35:00Z

Framing of a broad set of questions about how national preparedness can be meaningfully evaluated, this policy brief introduces an alternative way of thinking about measuring emergency preparedness.