Fact Sheets Collection
Short documents with information about a particular issue or topic.
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Blue Campaign & DHS Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts Information Sheet
This information sheet describes human trafficking and outlines how DHS combats the crime.
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Building a Community Resilience A Minneapolis-St. Paul Pilot Program Fact Sheet
Building a Community Resilience A Minneapolis-St. Paul Pilot Program Fact Sheet
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Can Your Response Robot Really Do That? Fact Sheet and Video
When a first response task is too dangerous for humans, due to an ongoing threat, unstable physical surroundings, or other hazardous conditions, robots may provide a mission-capable alternative. Capable robots save lives.
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Chemical Attack Fact Sheet: Warfare Agents, Industrial Chemicals, and Toxins
A chemical attack is the spreading of toxic chemicals with the intent to do harm. A wide variety of chemicals could be made, stolen, or otherwise acquired for use in an attack. Industrial chemical plants or the vehicles used to transport chemicals could also be sabotaged.
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Commercial Aircraft Vulnerability and Mitigation (CAVM) Program Fact Sheets
The attached fact sheets provide a detailed overview of S&T's Commercial Aircraft Vulnerability and Mitigation Program and selected associated project areas.
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Commercialization Accelerator Program (CAP)
DHS tasked S&T with creating a program to focus on the commercialization of federally funded cybersecurity research.
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Common Pre-Travel Activities of Aspiring US Foreign Fighters
Common Pre-Travel Activities of Aspiring US Foreign Fighters
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Cyber Physical Systems Security Fact Sheet
Automobiles, medical devices, building controls and the smart grid all are examples of cyber physical systems (CPS). Each includes smart networked systems with embedded sensors, processors and actuators that sense and interact with the physical world and support real-time, guaranteed performance in safety-critical applications. The Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) Cyber Security Division's Cyber Physical Systems Security project (CPSSEC) is working to develop cybersecurity technical guidance for critical infrastructure sectors facing CPS challenges.
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Defense Experimental Research (DETER) Testbed Fact Sheet
The Defense Experimental Research (DETER) testbed project enables cybersecurity researchers to run experiments on a secure "virtual Internet." The testbed provides contained environments that allow researchers to safely test advanced defense mechanisms against "live" threats without endangering other research or the larger Internet. The project was originally jointly funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate and the National Science Foundation.