IDENT: Integrated Discovery of Emerging and Novel Technologies Project
Panel Name
Emerging Technologies in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Location
Lecture Center Concourse
Start Date
3-5-2019 3:00 PM
End Date
3-5-2019 5:00 PM
Presentation Type
Multimedia/Creative Presentation
Abstract
Disruptive and emerging technologies have the potential to facilitate the threat of weapons of mass destruction. As a result, the need to build a repeatable, scalable system to identify and assess such technologies has been identified. For this particular portion of the project, the Terrorist Technology Adoption Model (T-TAM) has been ran against different violent, non-state actors including terrorists and other large organized criminal groups. Through open-source research, empirical values for different variables have been found regarding technologies that IDENT has identified and the groups’ ability and motivation to adopt them. There are many factors such as group dynamic and the size of their network with other organizations that impact their capabilities to access new technologies. Through data collection, the use of emerging technology is assessed to identify specific threats.
Select Where This Work Originated From
Internship Project
First Faculty Advisor
Gary Ackerman
First Advisor Email
gackerman@albany.edu
First Advisor Department
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cyber Security
The work you will be presenting can best be described as
Finished or mostly finished by conference date
IDENT: Integrated Discovery of Emerging and Novel Technologies Project
Lecture Center Concourse
Disruptive and emerging technologies have the potential to facilitate the threat of weapons of mass destruction. As a result, the need to build a repeatable, scalable system to identify and assess such technologies has been identified. For this particular portion of the project, the Terrorist Technology Adoption Model (T-TAM) has been ran against different violent, non-state actors including terrorists and other large organized criminal groups. Through open-source research, empirical values for different variables have been found regarding technologies that IDENT has identified and the groups’ ability and motivation to adopt them. There are many factors such as group dynamic and the size of their network with other organizations that impact their capabilities to access new technologies. Through data collection, the use of emerging technology is assessed to identify specific threats.