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Secretary Napolitano Unveils DHS' Open Government Plan [April 7, 2010]
"Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today unveiled the Department's Open Government plan--leveraging public input to enhance transparency, public participation and collaboration as part of the Obama administration's Open Government Initiative. 'Openness and transparency between DHS and the public are critical to our security mission,' said Secretary Napolitano. 'This plan is a critical step towards strengthening public engagement to allow citizens to take a more active role in the safety of their communities.' The development of DHS' Open Government Plan, viewable at www.dhs.gov/open, focused on utilizing public feedback to better share important and timely information with federal, state, local and tribal partners, private sector organizations and individual citizens. A key component of the plan is the expansion of 'Virtual USA'--an innovative information-sharing initiative developed in collaboration with the emergency response community and state and local governments across the nation to enhance communication between federal, state, local and tribal first responders during emergencies. DHS launched 'Virtual USA' on Dec. 9, 2009, following a successful pilot program."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office
2010-04-07
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Statement by Secretary Napolitano on Actions by Federal Air Marshals on Board United Flight 663 [April 8, 2010]
"'I commend the Federal Air Marshals on board United Airlines flight 663 last night, who swiftly responded to a potential threat to passenger safety while the plane was in flight. These highly trained individuals took appropriate and immediate action to secure the aircraft and communicate the potential threat to authorities on the ground--ensuring that the flight was met by TSA and law enforcement officials when it landed safely in Denver. I spoke to the Air Marshals this morning, and I expressed my appreciation for their vital service keeping passengers around the world safe from potential threats of terrorism--work that nearly always goes unnoticed. We always treat security-related incidents seriously until verified otherwise, and thankfully this incident posed no actual security threat.'"
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office
2010-04-08
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Narrative Summaries of Accidents Involving U.S. Nuclear Weapons 1950-1980
"Attached are unclassified summaries describing the c1rcumscances surrounding 32 accidents involving nuclear weapons. Also attached is the Department of Defense (DOD) /Department of Energy (DOE) definition of 'accident' used in researching this project. Twenty-six of these summaries were first released by the Air Force in 1977: -another was prepared following the Titan II explosion in Arkansas in September 1980. Those previously-released summaries are marked with a figure 'l'; in some cases they include new material made available as a result of more recent research."
United States. Department of Defense
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Integration of the Naval Unmanned Combat Aerial System (N-UCAS) into the Future Naval Air Wing
"This MBA Project investigates the use of unmanned vehicles, specifically the Navy-Unmanned Combat Air System (N-UCAS), which can be employed and deployed in novel ways to gain access in the access denied surface domain due to the proliferation of anti-ship ballistic missiles. The capabilities of N-UCAS, coupled with a new employment/deployment model, have the potential to allow the Navy to maintain the forecasted capacity of the future power projection fleet while reducing the number of carriers. The savings from the reduction in the carrier fleet could allow smaller crafts, such as the Joint High Speed Vessel (HSV) and the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), to be procured in larger numbers to aid in the shortfalls that the current Naval Force has in Maritime Security and Cooperative Engagement (MSCE) capacity."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
2009-12
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Executive Summary: The National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting, December 10, 2008
This executive summary is from the National Advisory Council (NAC) meeting held on December 10, 2008 at the Fairmont in Dallas, Texas. Topics of the meeting include: "Highlights from FEMA Headquarters; National Incident Management System (NIMS) Subcommittee Report; Transition Update - Nancy Ward, Region IX Administrator and FEMA's Career Senior Transitional Official; Public Private Partnerships Subcommittee Report; [and] National Response Framework (NRF) Subcommittee Report; Stafford Act Subcommittee Report."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-12-10
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Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2009
"This report provides estimates of the number of unauthorized immigrants residing in the United States as of January 2009 by period of entry, region and country of origin, state of residence, age, and gender. The estimates were obtained using the 'residual' methodology employed for estimates of the unauthorized population in 2008 (see Hoefer, Rytina, and Baker, 2009). The unauthorized resident population is the remainder or 'residual' after estimates of the legally resident foreign-born population -- legal permanent residents (LPRs), asylees, refugees, and nonimmigrants -- are subtracted from estimates of the total foreign-born population. Data to estimate the legally resident population were obtained primarily from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while the American Community Survey (ACS) of the U.S. Census Bureau was the source for estimates of the total foreign-born population."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
Hoefer, Michael; Baker, Bryan; Rytina, Nancy F. (Nancy Francis), 1949-
2010-01
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Executive Summary: The National Advisory Council (NAC) Teleconference, June 18, 2008
This executive summary is from the National Advisory Council (NAC) teleconference held on June 18, 2008. Topics of the meeting include: "Stafford Act Subcommittee Update; Post Disaster Housing Subcommittee Update; [and] NIMS Revision Document Discussion."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-06-18
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FEMA Fact Sheet: National Advisory Council
"The National Advisory Council (NAC) advises the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on all aspects of emergency management. The NAC incorporates tribal, state, local governments, private sector, and non-governmental partners' input in the development and revision of FEMA policies and strategies. FEMA's Office of the National Advisory Council serves as the focal point for all NAC coordination. The NAC was formed, as mandated in the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (PL 109- 295), to ensure effective and ongoing coordination of national preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation for natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other man-made disasters by: 1. Incorporating greater input from tribal, state, and local governments, private sector, and nongovernmental partners. 2. Providing a formal avenue for feedback, suggestions, and constructive criticisms from the diverse government, private sector, and non-governmental partners involved in disaster activities."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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National Security Personnel System (NSPS): A History of Creation and Enactment of the Legislation Authorizing its Establishment
"The Department of Defense (DoD) National Security Personnel System (NSPS) was enacted through the FY 2004 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into public law by President George W. Bush on November 24, 2003. NSPS enactment served as a key pillar of DoD's ongoing transformation effort and was an historically significant example of modern U.S. Civil Service reform. It also serves as a valuable case study for other government agencies interested in enacting their own civil service reform in the future. The overall objective of this thesis is to construct an analytical history of the creation and enactment of the legislation that authorized NSPS. The two primary research questions are: 1) how was the original NSPS legislative proposal, Section 101 of 'The Defense Transformation for the 21st Century Act,' created, and 2) how did Section 1101 of the FY 2004 NDAA, which authorized the establishment of NSPS, become law? The thesis also explores how NSPS was created and enacted through the lens of relevant policy process frameworks."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Prater, Shane T.; Timmerman, Eric W.
2008-03
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ICE Agreements of Cooperation in Communities to Enhance Safety and Security: Fact Sheet
"ICE Agreements of Cooperation in Communities to Enhance Safety and Security (ACCESS) provides local law enforcement agencies an opportunity to team with ICE to combat specific challenges in their communities. ICE developed the ACCESS program based on experience gained in responding to widespread interest from state and local law enforcement agencies in the Delegation of Immigration Authority--287(g) program. ICE ACCESS coordinates an umbrella of services and programs. ICE agents and officers will meet with agencies requesting ICE ACCESS assistance to assess local needs and to draft appropriate plans of action. Based upon these assessments, ICE and local agencies will deter¬mine which type of partnership is most beneficial and sustainable before entering into an official agreement. Law enforcement agencies interested in reviewing the enforcement programs under the ICE ACCESS program are encouraged to call their local ICE office or visit www.ice.gov for more information."
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
2008-06
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Comparative Analysis of Commercial Off-the-shelf Naval Simulations and Classic Operations Research Models
"No longer does Naval Surface Warfare merely entail battle between symmetric naval fleets conducted in large open water engagements. Today's Surface Warriors must have the training and capability to also fight asymmetric threats in congested locations of strategic value. Operations conducted within straits, choke points, and island cluttered littorals pose considerable risk and numerous challenges for today's Navy. Shore based anti-ship missiles, torpedo and missile carrying small fast patrol boats, and mines present capable threats across naval warfare areas such as Anti-Surface Warfare and Mine Warfare. In addition, conventional and midget submarines present an ever-growing threat within strategic littorals. Previous studies have generated high-end simulations to determine composition of blue force fleets, and suggested tactics for addressing various modern threats. This thesis compares how well off-the-shelf simulation software in the form of Larry Bond's HARPOON3 Advanced Naval Warfare (H3 ANW) emulates high-end simulations validated through modified Hughes' Salvo Equations. The results demonstrate the complexities involved in comparing the output of two completely different analytical tools. The mathematical nature of Hughes' Salvo Equations provides a focused deterministic aspect; while the dynamic interaction of platforms, environments, and tactics designed into H3 ANW provide a completely different aspect with potential use as a learning tool for Surface Warrior."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Field, Peter A.
2009-09
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Validating a Model of Team Collaboration at the North American Aerospace Defense Command Using Selected Transcripts from September 11, 2001
"On September 11, 2001, during an exercise at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), air traffic controllers in New York, Boston, Washington and Cleveland discovered that four American commercial airliners had been hijacked. Initially, the officials at NORAD's North East Air Defense Sector (NEADS) were confused as to whether the hijackings were real world or part of an exercise. The goal of this thesis is to investigate the teamwork and collaboration that occurred between NEADS, their counterparts at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and various air traffic control centers in order to provide military air support and ground civilian air traffic over the United States. Transcripts of recorded audio from the command and control center at NEADS were coded and analyzed in an effort to use a real world example to empirically validate the structural model of team collaboration, developed by the Office of Naval Research. The model focuses on individual and team cognitive processes used during collaboration with the goal of understanding how individuals and teams work together under stress to make decisions."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Johnson, David; Donaldson, Catherine
2008-06
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BJ's Wholesale Flyer Incidents
"The BJ's Wholesale Club has identified that 10 million mailers are to be delivered on the east coast, east of Mississippi and from Maine to Florida, as part of a marketing push. These mailers were found to contain a powder-like substance, which caused an incident recently in Norfolk, Virginia. The powder-like substance on these mailers has been identified as baby powder, which is a blend of talc and fragrance. During production of these mailers, a glue application is first included for card affixing and next a baby powder is used on the machines to avoid the glue from sticking to the cylinders of the bindery and affixing equipment. This is common practice throughout the industry. No further information is currently available regarding these mailers from the BJ's Wholesale Club."
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2009-10-08
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Blog Fingerprinting: Identifying Anonymous Posts Written by an Author of Interest Using Word and Character Frequency Analysis
"Internet blogs are an easily accessible means of global communications. Monitoring blogs for criminal and terrorist activity is a serious challenge, due to blogs' anonymous nature and the sheer volume of data. The intelligence community is often faced with more information than it can process. The need exists to develop methods for processing the massive amounts of data this media presents, without a significant increase in manpower. An automated tool capable of indentifying posts written by an individual, given a sample of his writing, would allow law enforcement and intelligence agencies to gather evidence that would otherwise be overlooked due to manpower and time constraints. This research focuses on identifying blog posts written by a particular author, when we do not have a model of every potential author. Previous research either builds a distinct model for every possible author, or limits itself to large documents. Neither approach is appropriate for processing blog posts. Blog posts tend to be short documents, and building a distinct model of each author is unreasonable if you are looking for one author among millions. We address this problem by combining sample posts by other authors to create a model of an 'average author.'"
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Dreier, David J.
2009-09
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Secretary Napolitano Announces Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request [February 1, 2010]
"Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano unveiled the Department's $56.3 billion fiscal year 2011 budget request today--prioritizing efforts to enhance security measures that protect against terrorism and other threats and reflecting the Department's commitment to fiscal discipline and efficiency. 'Our proposed budget is designed to ensure we have the resources we need to secure America,' said Secretary Napolitano. 'We are committed to strong fiscal discipline, eliminating redundancy and investing our resources in what works while enhancing security across the board.' President Obama's budget request for DHS strengthens the ongoing work across the Department in each of DHS' five major mission areas--preventing terrorism and enhancing security; securing and managing the nation's borders; smart and effective enforcement of immigration laws; safeguarding and securing cyberspace; and ensuring resiliency to disasters. The proposed budget also furthers Secretary Napolitano's major reform goals to continue institutionalizing a new culture of efficiency and fiscal discipline at DHS."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office
2010-02-01
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Readout of Secretary Napolitano's Meeting with Faith-Based and Community Leaders [January 28, 2010]
"Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today met with leaders from Muslim, Sikh, South Asian and Arab communities--key partners in homeland security that contribute to many different parts of American life and exemplify the diversity that is a hallmark of our country--to discuss ways the Department can increase engagement, dialogue and coordination, and enhance information sharing between DHS and faith- and community-based groups. 'In times of crisis, leaders of faith-based communities and other grassroots organizations often play a critical role in the broad and timely dissemination of accurate information,' said Secretary Napolitano. 'Strengthening our partnerships with faith- and community-based groups will allow improved information sharing and better coordination in preparing for, assessing and responding to threats.' During the meeting, Secretary Napolitano and leaders in attendance examined existing information sharing capabilities such as the Secure Community Network--a model for information sharing with faith- and community-based communities designed to quickly improve overall security awareness in a crisis situation--and discussed ways to expand and enhance current initiatives and partnerships."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office
2010-01-28
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Secretary Napolitano Announces More than $23 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Fire Station Construction Grants [February 3, 2010]
"Construction Grants (SCG) funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)--designed to support the nation's first responders while creating jobs and stimulating local economies. 'America's firefighters play a critical role in disaster prevention and response,' said Secretary Napolitano. 'These Recovery Act-funded fire station construction projects and upgrades will strengthen community preparedness and the nation's emergency response capabilities.' The 14 Fire Station Construction Grants announced today were selected through a competitive peer review process based on need to build new or modify existing fire stations to enhance response capabilities and protect communities from fire-related hazards. These grants will replace unsafe or uninhabitable structures and expand fire protection coverage in compliance with National Fire Protection Association standards."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office
2010-02-03
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Privacy Impact Assessment for the IdeaFactory
"IdeaFactory is an Intranet Web-based tool that uses social media concepts to enable innovation and organizational collaboration within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). IdeaFactory empowers employees to develop, rate, and improve innovative ideas for programs, processes, and technologies. This privacy impact assessment is being conducted because the site will collect limited personally identifiable information (PII) on users submitting ideas."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2010-01-21
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Managing a Worplace or an Organization After a Disaster
"A disaster such as an earthquake or hurricane creates unusual challenges for management. You and your staff may find yourselves suffering from its effects. Emotional stress, physical injury, bereavement, loss of property, and disruption of normal routines may limit the availability and energy of your work group. At the same time, the group may face new responsibilities--caring for its own members, and facilitating community recovery. Besides meeting customers' special needs for assistance following a disaster, personnel are often called on to support local authorities in providing community services. The following can help you structure your response. Much of the human suffering associated with a disaster happens after the event itself, and can be mitigated by effective management."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Disaster Related Deaths and Infection: Truth, Myth, or In-Between: Health Considerations of Human Remains in the Disaster Setting
"Death is an expectable part of disaster. In some disasters such as earthquakes in which history shows that deaths can be in the hundred's of thousands, management of the remains of the dead are a major concern. For disaster victims as well as professional first responders who will recover and take care of remains this aspect of a disaster is especially distressing. Learning to not look at the faces and hands of the dead, can decrease ones identification with the victims ('It could have been me. It could have been my spouse/child.') and protect to some extent from the distress. However the number of dead, their condition, child deaths and loss of ones own friends and relatives adds to the stress burden of exposure to death and the dead. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder can be one outcomes of extensive exposure to grotesque death. Often there are also health concerns associated with the exposure to remains. Knowledge about the facts of risk and of best practices that help minimize difficulties on site, may help reduce the distress of those who are recovering remains, volunteers who may be disaster victims as well as professional first responders are at risk and need knowledge, training, education and leadership as well as compassion, concern, rest and respite."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Disaster Related Death: Managing Concerns About the Dead or Missing
"In all disasters, respect for the spiritual and religious customs associated with remains and burial is an important part of recovery for the affected population. Often customs may not be the same as ones own. Protecting the body and soul of the dead, the rituals of burial, who conducts the ceremonies and whether one can afford the ceremony/burial when you have just lost all your possessions are common concerns. Those who provide medical, psychiatric and mental health care we well as first responders and those recovering remains should seek out local religious leaders for specific guidance on customs for death and burials. For example, in Haiti, although 80% of the population are Catholic, nearly half of the population also practice Vodou. (AKA Voodoo, Vaudou or Vodoun). Belief in Vodou may or may not be acknowledged to a stranger. Specific rules and customs related to death and burial are very important in Vodou."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Readout of Secretary Napolitano's Roundatble with Law Enforcement and Private Sector Partners on Port Security [February 1, 2010]
"Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today met with federal, state and local law enforcement officials and private sector stakeholders in South Florida to discuss port security, including passenger and cargo screening procedures. 'Effective homeland security requires vigilance at all points of entry to our country--air, land and sea,' said Secretary Napolitano. 'By strengthening partnerships between the private sector and federal, state and local law enforcement to increase informationsharing and establish better screening practices, we can continue to enhance the security of our nation's ports and the American people.' During her meetings, Secretary Napolitano emphasized the importance of strengthening passenger and cargo screening procedures at our nation's ports--and her commitment to building effective relationships between law enforcement officials and private industry to ensure safety and security while facilitating legitimate flows of trade and commerce."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office
2010-02-01
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Executive Summary: The National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting, February 12-13, 2008
This executive summary is from the National Advisory Council (NAC) meeting held on February 12, 2008, at the Washington Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. Topics of the meeting include: "Highlights from FEMA Headquarters; National Response Framework (NRF); Integrated Planning System (IPS); National Incident Management System (NIMS); Target Capabilities List (TCL); FEMA Strategic Plan; [and] Private Sector Office."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-02-12
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Changing Boundaries of Law Enforcement: State and Local Law Enforcement, Illegal Immigration and Transnational Crime Control, Final Report
"This study began as an examination of the role of state and local law enforcement in transnational law enforcement with special attention to the matter of illegal immigration. It grew to include the larger historical and comparative framework needed to understand the complexity of the problem. Illegal immigration is intricately linked to legal immigration. The police can not respond to the one independently of how they respond to the other. Moreover, the problems of ;law and order that illegal immigration represent for the local police today are not simply a matter of catching people who are in the country illegally. Indeed. in the United States that part of the problem has been largely removed from the direct responsibility of the local police and defined as the responsibility of the federal immigration police, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and its special unit, the Border Patrol. This division of labor, however, is of comparatively recent origin; is the reverse of what it once was: is legally open to change at the option of the local police; and is a point of contention in the larger national debate over immigration policy."
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S.)
McDonald, William F. (William Frank), 1943-
1999
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Programmatic Biological Assessment for Fourteen Common Disaster Activities in Washington State
"The intent of the Programmatic Biological Assessment (PBA) is to streamline the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) consultation process and quickly repair or replace public facilities. The activities described in this PBA are often associated with disasters such as earthquakes, floods, strong winds, and slides in Washington State. Only actions that result in 'may affect, not likely to adversely affect' determinations are covered by this PBA. The PBA includes fourteen activities authorized for funding under the Stafford Act, PL-93-288 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The fourteen activities include: organic debris removal, mineral debris removal, anthropogenic debris removal, gravel placement, piling repair and replacement dewater and water diversion actions, recreational structure repair, wave wall and seawall repair, revetment repair, road and trail repair, bridge and abutment repair, stormwater system repair, building elevation, and building acquisition. Each activity includes a project description and relative conservation measures, as appropriate. The PBA explicitly identifies specific methods that may affect, but are not likely to adversely affect, listed species or designated critical habitat. Projects covered by the PBA may include more than one activity that complies with the programmatic (i.e. a repair project may require debris removal and water diversion before the actual repairs are initiated). In these cases the applicant is responsible identifying all individual activities associated with the total project. Projects with methods or activities that are not covered by this PBA will be consulted on individually either informally or formally."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-06-29
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Reliability of Iris Recognition as a Means of Identity Verification and Future Impact on Transportation Worker Identification Credential
"The Department of Homeland Security is deploying the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to U.S. ports to help ensure only authorized individuals having undergone background checks have access to secure areas. Congress mandated the TWIC have a biometric authenticator; DHS chose fingerprints. This thesis argues iris scanning is a better choice because of the nature of the maritime environment and because iris scanning is a more accurate biometric. This thesis also argues there are social factors affecting a biometric--enabled identification card which must be considered for the program to be successful. To investigate the issue of biometrics and the TWIC, this thesis performed a field study of an iris scanner; a survey of biometric attitudes, and interviews with members of the PMA and the ILWU. The iris study operated the scanner in an identification mode, experiencing no false acceptances and few false rejects; however it found the scanner sensitive to sun position with respect to the subject. The pilot study of attitudes found subjects supportive of biometrics in scenarios currently requiring positive identification, but opposing them when it would create new requirements for identification. Both pilot studies were impacted by an inability to provide an incentive to study subjects."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
McLaren, Simon
2008-03
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Assessment, Survey, and Systems Engineering Design of Information Sharing and Discovery Systems in a Network-Centric Environment
"Information, and the knowledge gained from it, has been the key component to strategic planning since the earliest combat operations. Success in the Information Age is defined by the military's ability to communicate effectively in a dynamic environment and share relevant information seamlessly. Sharing information is a critical element to understanding missions that employ the operational concept of Network-Centric Operations and Warfare (NCOW). Discovering valuable information is vital towards our capacity to predict and/or prevent circumstances in our current war against terrorist organizations. This thesis describes fundamental concepts of information sharing and information discovery. Through the use of a systems engineering approach, this thesis created a common vision of an information sharing and discovery (ISD) system, evaluates the role of ISD in network-centric systems (NCS), and discusses the relationship of NCS to NCOW. This study also employs the system architecture method to establish the operational concept of ISD systems; derive requirements for future acquisitions of ISD systems; analyze the interactions that ISD systems have with external systems; and establish a functional architecture for the ISD system. This research approach provides guidance for the development and integration of future ISD systems in order to meet the needs of future DoD NCS."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
De Soto, Kristine M.
2009-12
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Effectiveness and Efficiencies of Private Military Corporations
"This study investigates private military corporations (PMCs) to examine their effectiveness and efficiency as a substitute for traditional military forces. The PMC consists of a for profit firm that provides military services that range from combat operations to training, security and logistics support. While the PMCs represent a solution to issues such as insufficient military resources to provide direct support to other nations, there remain a number of political and structural barriers to their widespread use."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Burge, Robert A.
2008-06
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Distributed Password Cracking
"Password cracking requires significant processing power which in today's world is located at a workstation or home in the form of a desktop computer. Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is the conduit to this significant source of processing power and John the Ripper is the key. BOINC is a distributed data processing system that incorporates client-server relationships to generically process data. The BOINC structure supports any system that requires large amounts of data to be processed without changing significant portions of the structure. John the Ripper is a password cracking program that takes a password file and attempts to determine the password by a guess and check method. The merger of these two programs enables companies and diverse groups to verify the strength of their password security policy. This thesis goes into detail on the inner workings of BOINC, John the Ripper, and the merger of the two programs. It also details the work required to test the system to its full capability."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Crumpacker, John R.
2009-12
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Islam in America: Why U.S. Muslims Are Less Likely to Radicalize than Their European Counterparts
"Islam is the world's largest religion, and the second largest religion in the West. Conflicts over the past 30 years have brought Islam to the forefront of politics and Islamophobia to the western world. Islamic radicalism is on the rise, with the home home-grown terrorist quickly becoming a new emerging threat. Although western states of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, all share common beliefs, values, cultures and religious makeup; how they integrate their minority Muslim populations varies significantly. While there are numerous explanations for this difference, this thesis looks at three specific areas where that difference may influence the population to radicalize: the history of immigration, government policies, and the ability to integrate within western society."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Mayer, Tamara M.
2009-12
