This book is devoted primarily to papers prepared by American and Russian specialists on cyber terrorism and urban terrorism. It also includes papers on biological and radiological terrorism from the American and Russian perspectives. Of particular interest are the discussions of the hostage situation at Dubrovko in Moscow, the damge inflicted in New York during the attacks on 9/11, and Russian priorities in addressing cyber terrorism. Table of ContentsFront MatterURBAN TERRORISM Analysis of the Threats and Consequences ofTerrorist Acts in Urban Settings: Outline of a Protection SystemUrban Security and September 11, 2001, in New York City: Projectionof Threats onto a City as a Target and Measures to Avert Them orMinimize Their ImpactLessons Learned from the Nord-Ost Terrorist Attack in Moscow fromthe Standpoint of Russian Security and Law Enforcement AgenciesPreventing Catastrophic Consequences of Bioterrorism in an UrbanSettingToxic Chemicals and Explosive Materials: Terrorism-Related Issuesfor the Research Community, Chemical Industry, and GovernmentThe Role of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in CombatingTerrorism in Urban ConditionsThe Three R's: Lessons Learned from September 11, 2001The Role of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations andExecutive Branch Agencies of the City of Moscow in Dealing withEmergency Situations Arising from Acts of TerrorismCYBERTERRORISM A Perspective on Cybersecurity Research in theUnited StatesAnalysis of the Threat of Cyberattacks to Major TransportationControl Systems in RussiaCyberattacks as an Amplifier in Terrorist StrategyCybercrime and CyberterrorismProtecting Bank Networks from Acts of Computer TerrorismComputer Security Training for Professional Specialists and OtherPersonnel Associated with Preventing and Responding to ComputerAttacksInformation Assurance Education in the United StatesTechnical Protection of Electronic Documents in Computer SystemsCertain Aspects Regarding the Development of Conditions Favorableto Cyberterrorism and the Main Areas of Cooperation in the StruggleAgainst ItPAPERS PRESENTED TO THE NRC AND RAS COMMITTEES Problems ofCombating Terrorism and Possible Areas for Russian-AmericanScientific Cooperation to Resolve ThemMaking the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology inCountering Terrorism-A Report of the U.S. National AcademiesInternational Aspects of Creating a State System for CounteringIllegal Circulation of Radioactive Materials in the RussianFederationMedical Aspects of Combating Acts of BioterrorismRoots of TerrorismThe Department of Homeland Security: Background and ChallengesA Agendas for the Workshops on Urban and Cyberterrorism and theMeeting of the RAS and NRC Committees, March 2003B Annex 2 to the Agreement of Cooperation in Science, Engineering,and Medicine Between the Russian Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academies: Russian-American Cooperation inCounterterrorismC Comprehensive Training of Specialists to Counter InformationSecurity ThreatsD Excerpts from "Bioterrorism: A National and Global Threat"E Biological TerrorismF Top-Priority Problems for Scientific Research on the InformationSecurity of the Russian FederationG Proposal for a Chem-Bio Attack Response Center (CBARC) forChicago, Illinois, U.S., 2003