[ISN] ISTS TAG R&D Agenda Release

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Forwarded from: Kevin O'Shea <koshea at ists.dartmouth.edu>

[With no attachments to the list allowed, please grab the report from 
their site listed below.  - WK]


INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY TECHNOLOGY STUDIES
AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Technical Analysis Group

Law Enforcement Tools and Technologies for Investigating Cyber Attacks:
Research and Development Agenda

June 29, 2004

Please find attached a new report, Law Enforcement Tools and
Technologies for Investigating Cyber Attacks: A National Research and
Development Agenda. This study is the culmination of a multi-year
research effort by the Technical Analysis Group at the Institute for
Security Technology Studies (ISTS). In this document we present the
top band of critical problem areas encountered during cyber attack
investigations that may be addressed through research and development.
Solving the needs outlined in this work would significantly increase
law enforcement's ability to investigate and prosecute cyber attack
cases. We offer this agenda to serve as a resource for decision
makers, developers, and researchers, in government, industry, and
academic institutions across the country.

Additional copies of the report are available at: 
< www.ists.dartmouth.edu/TAG/randd.htm >

Previous authoritative reports called for further study of law
enforcement needs; ISTS responded by conducting a series of three
focused national studies to identify, analyze and prioritize the
technology needs of cyber attack investigators and prosecutors. ISTS
researchers worked in cooperation with federal, state, and local law
enforcement organizations, private sector groups, academic
institutions, and government sponsored research and development
entities in the United States to produce the National Research and
Development Agenda. The data in this report, third in the series, was
collected and analyzed from September 2001 to December 2003.

 
Readers wishing to learn more about all of the law enforcement needs
discovered during this study may refer to the two reports that
preceded the Research and Development Agenda titled Law Enforcement
Tools and Technologies for Investigating Cyber Attacks: A National
Needs Assessment and Law Enforcement Tools and Technologies for
Investigating Cyber Attacks: Gap Analysis Report available from 
< http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/TAG >.

 
Sincerely,

Kevin O'Shea
Research Associate
Technical Analysis Group

Institute for Security Technology Studies
Dartmouth College
45 Lyme Rd.
Hanover, NH 03755
603-646-0700
tag at ists.dartmouth.edu