Use of Underground Facilities to Protect Critical Infrastructures Summary of a Workshop (1998) / Chapter Skim
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Panel 1: Infrastructure Protection Issues
Panel 1: Infrastructure Protection Issues
Pages 15-23
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Since then, the number of computer intrusions investigated by the FBI has increased significantly, resulting in the establishment of regional computer squads in New York and San Francisco in 1995. Other computer squads were then established in Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, and Los Angeles, and computer investigative teams have been established in 56 field offices throughout the United States.
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Mr. Werth identified the following future FBI initiatives: · increasing the number of computer crime squads at field offices throughout the United States; · improving the ability of computer squads to analyze and respond to conflicts and threats to telecommunications and information systems; · developing technologies that assist the NIPC in responding to hightechnology investigations; 16
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Mr. Minehart has helped the Army War College develop advanced courses on information warfare.
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In a coordinated strategic attack the first targets would be the backup databases, and they would be corrupted in a way that was not immediately detectable. The World Trade Center attack showed that many companies have built-in backups, but they are kept in the same building.
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A second option would be to design infrastructure architectures that are less vulnerable to terrorist activities, such as, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that are designed to mitigate the effects of attack.
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Daddazio described Weidlinger Associates' involvement with UGFs and infrastructure protection as well as the central artery project in Boston. The company has developed analytical methods for hardened underground structures in particular and UGFs in general, for both the military and civilian sectors.
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A less robust underground structure would be required to provide a similar level of protection as a hardened above-ground facility because of the energy attenuation offered by the soil cover and backfill material. Simple reinforced concrete burster slabs also can be used to protect underground structures.
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Jenssen's observations. The Springfield Research Facility has reviewed many poor designs for UGFs worldwide, and its conclusion is that poorly designed facilities are fairly easy targets.
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Reinforced concrete walls above ground will necessarily be thicker than the walls in a UGF. An above-ground building would have to be more strongly constructed than one below ground, but this would be offset by the additional costs of building a structure underground.
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