FW: [ISN] Report: Examining the Cyber Capabilities of Islamic Terrorist Groups now available

[Howell, Paul]

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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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