What Should Be Classified?: A Framework with Application to the Global Force Management Data Initiative (Rand Corporation Monograph) - Softcover

Libicki, Martin C.; Jackson, Brian A.; Frelinger, David R.; Lachman, Beth E.; Ip, Cesse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 083305001X ISBN 13: 9780833050014

Publisher: RAND Corporation, 2011

Synopsis

The Global Force Management Data Initiative was launched to improve aggregation of unclassified force-structure data. Aggregation, though, raised concerns about classification because the system might be attractive to a potential adversary. The authors develop a framework for evaluating classification decisions to determine that, while overall classification is not indicated, the inclusion of some data will require careful consideration.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Develops a framework for assessing classification decisions and uses it to conclude that classifying the Global Force Management Data Initiative provides little value (but still advises monitoring file contents).

About the Author:

Martin C. Libicki, a Senior Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation since 1998, works on the relationship between information technology and national security. He has written numerous monographs on the subject, notably What is Information Warfare, The Mesh and the Net: Speculations on Armed Conflict in a Time of Free Silicon, and Who Runs What in the Global Information Grid. Dr Libicki is also the editor of the RAND Textbook, New Challenges, New Tools for Defense Decisionmaking. His most recent assignments at RAND have been to develop a post-9/11 information technology strategy for the U.S. Department of Justice and DARPA's Terrorist Information Awareness program, conduct an information security analysis for the FBI, investigate targeting strategies of al Queda, and assess CIA's R&D venture, In-Q-Tel. He previously taught at the National Defense University. Dr Libicki received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978.

About this edition

• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 083305001X
• ISBN 13: 9780833050014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 110