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Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Following Natural Disasters

Apr 25, 2018

Direct-to-consumer telemedicine is a viable way to deliver medical care in the days after a natural disaster. But most people who use such services do so for routine matters, not disaster-caused illnesses.
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Can Humans Survive a Faster Future?

May 1, 2018

Life is moving faster and faster. Just about everything—transportation, weapons, the flow of information—is accelerating. How will decisionmakers preserve our personal and national security in the face of hyperspeed?

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Accountability in Cyberspace: The Problem of Attribution

Recently, several cyber incidents with geopolitical implications have received high-profile press coverage. Identifying the responsible party behind malicious cyber incidents is a necessary prerequisite for holding these actors accountable, but there are many challenges that accompany cyber attribution.

Jan 14, 2019
Commentary

Data Breaches Could Cause Users to Opt Out of Sharing Personal Data. Then What?

As tech-based systems have become all but indispensable, many institutions might assume user data will be reliable, meaningful and, most of all, plentiful. But what if this data became unreliable, meaningless or even scarce?

Dec 28, 2018
Report

Using Video Analytics and Sensor Fusion in Law Enforcement: Building a Research Agenda That Includes Business Cases, Privacy and Civil Rights Protections, and Needs for Innovation

Video technology is changing the ways that law enforcement works and interacts with the public. In this report, the authors explore some of the challenges posed and innovation needs in this emerging area.

Dec 28, 2018
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Preventing Treatment Spillover Contamination in Criminological Field Experiments: The Case of Body-Worn Police Cameras

An examination of a body worn cameras test that was in violation of a valid experiment. The study demonstrates a clear line beyond which spillover of treatment renders experimental results misleading.

Dec 27, 2018
Commentary

ISIS's Social Media Use Poses a Threat to Stability in the Middle East and Africa

The importance of social media in projecting violent extremist propaganda and recruiting foreign fighters is well documented. As ISIS attempts to regroup and recuperate, investigating its use of information and communication technologies could be important to understanding the group's plans to regain territorial control.

Dec 11, 2018
Report

Assessing Online Campaigns Countering Violent Extremism

Efforts to counter violent extremism online have grown, but measuring their impact is complicated. An assessment of one such campaign finds that individuals searching for violent jihadist or far-right content clicked on ads that offered alternative narratives at a rate on par with industry standards.

Dec 10, 2018
Commentary

When Cyber Attacks Occur, Who Should Investigate?

Data breaches and cyberattacks cross geopolitical boundaries, targeting individuals, corporations and governments. Creating a global body with a narrow focus on investigating and assigning responsibility for cyberattacks could be the first step to creating a digital world with accountability.

Dec 6, 2018
News Release

News Release

RAND Report Evaluates Possible Economic Benefits of Using 5.9 GHz Band for WiFi

Opening up the 5.9 GHz frequency band for WiFi use could result in significant economic benefits, both in terms of contribution to GDP and in economic surplus.

Nov 29, 2018
Report

Opening Up the 5.9 GHz Frequency Band for WiFi Use Could Result in Significant Economic Benefits

Wireless communications play an important role in generating economic prosperity and opportunity, yet there are few empirically driven estimates on how WiFi contributes to the economy. RAND researchers filled this gap by estimating the potential economic value of the 5.9 GHz frequency band.

Nov 28, 2018
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Social Media in Africa: A Double-Edged Sword for Security and Development: Research Report

The United Nations Development Programme commissioned RAND Europe to explore social media use and its links to online radicalisation in Africa. The study analysed the social media use of three Islamist terrorist groups across seven countries.

Nov 5, 2018
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Journal Article

Social Media in Africa: A Double-Edged Sword for Security and Development: Executive Summary

The United Nations Development Programme commissioned RAND Europe to explore social media use and its links to online radicalisation in Africa. The study analysed the social media use of three Islamist terrorist groups across seven countries.

Nov 5, 2018
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Journal Article

Social Media in Africa: A Double-Edged Sword for Security and Development: Research Brief

The United Nations Development Programme commissioned RAND Europe to explore social media use and its links to online radicalisation in Africa. The study analysed the social media use of three Islamist terrorist groups across seven countries.

Nov 5, 2018
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Social Media in Africa: A Double-Edged Sword for Security and Development: Technical Annex

An annex of supporting information for the report, containing thematic content in relation to the countries examined and the three case study terrorist groups analysed, alongside content relating to the Twitter data analysis and interviews conducted.

Nov 5, 2018
Commentary

Financial Frameworks for Cybersecurity Are Failing

Cybersecurity has become a team sport. But all participants on the field are playing without clear rules, without a team approach, and without knowing when to pass the ball or to whom.

Oct 25, 2018
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Journal Article

The Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons on the Dark Web: A Study

A summary of the main findings and implications of the first empirical study investigating the scale and scope of arms trafficking on the dark web, illustrating the range of weapons traded, their market price and most common transit routes.

Oct 24, 2018
Commentary

The Perils of Connecting Our Bodies to the Internet

High-tech health care solutions are part of an emerging sector of medical technologies that monitor personal health data by essentially connecting your body to the Internet. As smart devices in health care evolve, the line between human and machine is blurring, and creating new concerns about consumer safety and privacy rights.

Oct 15, 2018
Report

Preparing for Cybersecurity Threats to the 2020 Olympics

The Olympic Games are an attractive target for hackers. An examination of Japan's cybersecurity threat landscape and lessons from past events can help planners reduce cybersecurity risks in advance of the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Oct 4, 2018
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An Evaluation of New Mexico's Online Intake System for Civil Legal Aid

This report describes an evaluation of the online intake system for civil legal aid that New Mexico implemented in April 2016 to better assess the effects online intake systems might have in practice.

Sep 28, 2018
Multimedia

Truth Decay and Community Engagement

In this Events @ RAND podcast, RAND political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh and William "Pat" Getty, president of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, discuss Truth Decay's consequences on community engagement and resilience.

Sep 20, 2018
Blog

The RAND Tablet: iPad Predecessor

In the 1960s RAND developed a 10-inch-square tablet. Users could draw shapes and text on it with a stylus, which a handwriting recognition program smoothed out and rendered on a monitor. Though it was too expensive for commercial use, the RAND Tablet paved the way for PalmPilots, Tablet PCs, and iPads.

Sep 4, 2018

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RAND Topic:
Communication Technology

Topic Synonyms:
ICT;
Information and Communication Technology