In December 1999, more than forty members of government, industry, and academia assembled at the Hoover Institution to discuss this problem and explore possible countermeasures. The Transnational Dimension of Cyber Crime and Terrorism summarizes the conference papers and exchanges, addressing pertinent issues in chapters that include a review of the legal initiatives undertaken around the world to combat cyber crime, an exploration of the threat to civil aviation, analysis of the constitutional, legal, economic, and ethical constraints on use of technology to control cyber crime, a discussion of the ways we can achieve security objectives through international cooperation, and more. Much has been said about the threat posed by worldwide cyber crime, but little has been done to protect against it. A transnational response sufficient to meet this challenge is an immediate and compelling necessity—and this book is a critical first step in that direction.
Reports on the results of a recent study of the U.S.-Japanese special export control regime for high-performance computers. This briefing reviews the history and purpose of this regime and establishes a framework for analysis. This framework can be used to test the basic premises on which the control regime rests and to suggest viable control thresholds. The briefing reviews the necessity of high-performance computers in U.S. government national security applications. It suggests the levels of export control that are possible for such systems, and discusses the desirability and feasibility of maintaining such controls. It also identifies the near- and intermediate-term problems that may erode the viability of the basic premises underlying high-performance computer export controls.
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