Executive BriefingTopic 5 – Geospatial Information Systems

Jan CookISYM 540 – SSIICurrent Topics in ISMAugust 6th, 2009

Moon’s dark side with colors correlating to geological materials and phenomena

Geospatial Information Assurance

& Security Challenges

Observable factors

•transportation schedules

•academic textbooks

•trade journals •the resources of individuals familiar with the operations of a particular type of facility

•timely information

•the target’s internal features

•potential vulnerabilities •current security practices

Unobservable factors

Benefits of G

eo info

public safety and transportation access

advancing scientific understanding

provide economic benefits

Of high value

national monumentspublic gathering locations military installations

•Fewer than 6% of the datasets contained useful potential attack information

•They removed the useful and unique information sources.

•Diverse alternative information sources exist..

RAND SURVEY:

 

Jan CookISYM 540 – SSII

Current Topics in ISMAugust 6th, 2009

NEED FOR LEADERSHIP

The federal government needs to take a strong lead role in the security issues effort. Federal agency staffs and nonfederal organizations also have a strong need for federal government insights and guidance.

 

NEED FOR LEADERSHIP

NGA (National Geospace Intelligence

Agency) and USGS

(U.S. Geological Survey)

Are in a position to play a substantial role

in helping the Department of

Homeland Security

NEED FOR LEADERSHIP

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<http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/geoxacml> “Efficient techniques for realizing geo-spatial access control” portal.acm.org, 2009,

<http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1229285.1229301> “America's Publicly Available Geospatial Information:Does It Pose a Homeland Security Risk?” www.rand.org, 2004,

<http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9045/index1.html>

“Location-Based Services for Oracle9i”, www.Oracle.com, 2009, <http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/spatial/htdocs/data_sheet_9i/9iR2_spatial_ds.html>

“Oppy’s View on the World” blogspot.com, April 30, 2007,<http://oppy-view.blogspot.com/> “click-through ”Webopedia.com, 2009, <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/click_through.html>