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The following are noteworthy recently published books on various aspects of homeland security.
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Application Of Big Data For National Security: A Practitioner's Guide To Emerging Technologies
Release Date: 02/17/2015
Written By: Babak Akhgar And Gregory B. Saathoff
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Page Count: 316
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The Contributors To This Textbook Discuss The Latest Trends In The Concepts, Methods, And Technologies Involved In What Are Termed "big Data" And "high Performance" Analytics That Are Employed By Law Enforcement And Intelligence Agencies To Counter, Detect And, Ultimately, To Defeat Terrorism And Crime. The Volume Is Divided Into Five Sections: An Overview Of Big Data (in The Form Of Structured, Unstructured, And Semi-structured Data And The Technologies That Are Used To Visualize It To Uncover Evidence); How These Computational Technologies Are Employed To Counter Terrorism, Active Shooters, Criminals, As Well As Protecting Critical Infrastructure); The Types Of Technologies And Computational Tools That Are Employed, Such As Data Mining And Bayesian Networks; And The Legal And Social Challenges In Applying Big Data In Law Enforcement, Including The Need To Balance Security, Privacy, And Civil Liberties. Law Enforcement And Intelligence Practitioners Will Especially Be Interested In The Case Studies On How Big Data And High Performance Analytics Have Been Used To Uncover Terrorist Plots, Such As The 2004 Operation CREVICE In The UK, As Well As Monitoring The Activities Of Potential Active Shooters During Their Pre-incident Phases Via Their Social Media Postings.


Reviewed By, Dr. Joshua Sinai

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