Sensitive Nuclear Information: Challenges and Options for Control

TY - JOUR

T1 - Sensitive Nuclear Information

T2 - Challenges and Options for Control

AU - Bowen, Wyn Q.

AU - Hobbs, Christopher

PY - 2014/3/19

Y1 - 2014/3/19

N2 - This article starts by discussing sensitive nuclear information and how malicious non-state actors could exploit this to facilitate acts of nuclear terror. Our analysis shows that there is a significant information security challenge in this area due to the diversity of sensitive information, the different communities within which it resides and the range of mechanisms by which it could be transferred. We then turn our attention to assessing different steps that could be taken to protect sensitive nuclear information. Here there are limits to the effectiveness of international instruments and national laws and consequently bottom-up initiatives designed to promote responsible self-governance should be developed and supported.

AB - This article starts by discussing sensitive nuclear information and how malicious non-state actors could exploit this to facilitate acts of nuclear terror. Our analysis shows that there is a significant information security challenge in this area due to the diversity of sensitive information, the different communities within which it resides and the range of mechanisms by which it could be transferred. We then turn our attention to assessing different steps that could be taken to protect sensitive nuclear information. Here there are limits to the effectiveness of international instruments and national laws and consequently bottom-up initiatives designed to promote responsible self-governance should be developed and supported.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84896473797&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/09700161.2014.884441

DO - 10.1080/09700161.2014.884441

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84896473797

SN - 0970-0161

VL - 38

SP - 217

EP - 229

JO - Strategic Analysis

JF - Strategic Analysis

IS - 2

ER -