On September 11, 2001 the World became completely cognizant of the security challenges it faces on an international scale. With this awareness a commitment has come from the scientific, engineering, and health communities to help meet the world meet an array of security challenges. From these activities the science of "Intelligence and Security Informatics," is emerging, which will influence a new generation of policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and students. This book presents a systematic national security research framework, and within this context, the book discusses IT technical components, and directions. The book synthesizes the research in the field, focusing on information integration and data mining in particular. Integrated in the discussion are a number of real-world case studies illustrating how security technologies are developed and how they can be applied in critical law enforcement, emergency response, intelligence analysis, and terrorism contexts.

Reflects a decade of leading-edge research on intelligence and security informatics Dr Chen is researcher at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the NSF COPLINK Center for Homeland Security Information Technology Research Describes real-world community situations Targets wide-ranging audience: from researchers in computer science, information management and information science via analysts and policy makers in federal departments and national laboratories to consultants in IT hardware, communication, and software companies Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI): Challenges and Opportunities.- An ISI Research Framework: Information Sharing and Data Mining.- ISI Research: Literature Review.- National Security Critical Mission Areas and Case Studies.- Intelligence and Warning.- Border and Transportation Security.- Domestic Counter-Terrorism.- Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets.- Defending Against Catastrophic Terrorism.- Emergency Preparedness and Response.- The Partnership and Collaboration Framework.- Conclusions and Future Directions.- Acknowledgements.- References.