Terrorism A Convergence of Threats

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TerrorismA Convergence of Threats

• Steven C. Davis, President
• DavisLogic, Inc.

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Terrorism Threats

• Foreign and Domestic Terrorism
• Cyberterrorism and Cyberwarfare Cybercrime and
  Cyberanarchism
• Critical Infrastructure - risk in flaws, defects
  and attacks
• Cyber refers to computers, the Internet, and
  the interconnectedelectronic village this is
  also referred to as InfoWar.

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Critical Linkages
Critical Infrastructure
Circles of Risk
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Critical InfrastructureInformation
Communications

• Computing and telecommunications systems are
  critical components of our daily lives and our
  economy. The data and information communicated
  across this infrastructure is valuable and
  sensitive.

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Critical InfrastructurePower Systems

• Electrical power systems that create and supply
  electricity are fundamental to the basic
  functionality of the rest of our infrastructure.

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Critical InfrastructureGas and Oil

• Natural gas and petroleum are also critical to
  the operation of our economy and to the ships,
  trucks, and rail systems that transport
  commodities.

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Critical InfrastructureBanking and Finance

• Retail and commercial banks, investment
  institutions, and exchanges work to assist
  business and government operations in all manner
  of monetary transactions.

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Critical InfrastructureTransportation

• Trains, planes and automobiles, as well as
  ships and pipelines use airports, roads, ports
  and waterways to delivery goods to businesses and
  governments.

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Critical InfrastructureWater Supply Systems

• Water is a critical to human existence and to
  many industrial processes. Reservoirs, transport
  systems, filtration, cleaning and treatment
  systems are part of this infrastructure.

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Critical InfrastructureEmergency Services

• State, local, and Federal law enforcement,
  fire, and rescue services are called upon to
  respond to individual and community needs during
  emergencies as well as in recovery.

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Critical InfrastructureGovernment Services

• Federal, state and local governments provide
  essential services to the public.

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How Might Terrorists Target Critical
Infrastructures?

• Denial or disruption of service
• Unauthorized monitoring
• Unauthorized disclosure of information
• Unauthorized modification or destruction of
  computer programs
• Fraud, financial loss or other criminal
  activities
• Source FBI

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Our Systems are Fragile

• Some infrastructure is so critical that if it is
  compromised or destroyed, an entire region, or
  the nation, could be debilitated.
• Information warfare is the second most serious
  threat to U.S. national security, just below
  weapons of mass destruction in terrorist hands.

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Are we vulnerable?

• We are increasingly reliant upon interdependent
  infrastructures.
• Because of our strengths, enemies may seek to
  harm us in new ways.
• Millennial madness may increase the likelihood of
  non-technical attacks such as bioterrorism.

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Are we vulnerable?

• Cyber attacks on our infrastructure and
  information systems may be capable of
  significantly harming our military, our
  infrastructure, and our economy.

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Former Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre

• The United States has moved so dramatically to
  the use of micro-processors to control our basic
  infrastructure.... All of these are controlled by
  computers where security was never designed in at
  the outset.

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OK, So what to do?

• Safeguarding Our Citizens

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Safeguarding Our Citizens From The Threat Of
Deadly Weapons

• Defending the United States against chemical and
  biological weapons is a top priority.
• Budget includes funding for vaccines, medical
  stockpiles, research, surveillance, and medical
  response teams.
• New technology increasing protection

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Safeguarding Our Citizens

• Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office -
  PDD-63 charges CIAO with integrating sector plans
  into a National Infrastructure Assurance Plan.
• CIAO will also assist in coordinating a national
  education and awareness.

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Safeguarding Our Citizens

• Need continued investment to defend our critical
  infrastructure
• RD to protect systems and prevent intrusion
• Private Sector Information Sharing and Analysis
  Centers (ISACs)

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Emergency Management

• Increase Awareness at the Local Level
• Provide Security Communications Redundancies
• Update Plans, Policies, Procedures
• Educate the Public to Threats