Report: Examining the Cyber Capabilities of Islamic Terrorist Groups now available

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Forwarded from: Kevin O'Shea <koshea () ists dartmouth edu>

Researchers at the Institute for Security Technology Studies have
prepared a new report titled:

Examining the Cyber Capabilities of Islamic Terrorist Groups.

Discussions between law enforcement, the private sector, and academia
revealed that there is a lack of authoritative unclassified materials
concerning the use of cyber technology by Islamic terrorist groups. To
meet this need, the Technical Analysis Group at the Institute for
Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College has prepared a report
detailing how cyber technologies are exploited by these hostile groups.
The Institute conducts interdisciplinary research and development
projects addressing the challenges of cyber and homeland security. 

There is clear, factual evidence that Islamic terrorist groups are using
information technologies to facilitate propaganda, recruitment and
training, fundraising, communications, and targeting operations. 

The open source materials used in this report include court testimony,
indictments, government reports, academic reports, actual information
from websites associated with terrorist groups (both from the
organization itself and from sympathizer and affiliated groups),
Congressional testimony, and the open media. This document uses these
materials to present a clear picture for those who require
awareness-level training in this domain, and provides a starting point
for further research and analysis.

Copies of Examining the Cyber Capabilities of Islamic Terrorist Groups
may be downloaded from: <http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/TAG/index.htm>.

For more on the Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth
College please see: http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/.



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