신흥기술을 이용한 테러이용수단에 대한 대응 : 미국 국토안보부의 과학-기술적 대응에 관한 연구

Abstract

We witness a new wave of emerging technologies changing our society in every aspect. Along with the innovation of technologies in our daily lives, we encounter a challenge that violent non-state actors use the new technology for their terrorist attacks. These violent non-state terrorist groups and extremists rapidly adopted and exploited these emerging technologies in unanticipated and lethal ways. Today, therefore, terrorists and extremists became more technologically savvy with no readily existing effective countermeasures. In fact, combatting against the malicious use of technological innovations is not an easy task for national security communities globally. Therefore, it became an imminent and the most important mission for security communities to address the challenge of emerging technological threats now and in the foreseeable future to national security. In an attempt to deal with the treats and opportunities of emerging technologies, Department of Homeland Security(DHS) of U.S.A operates the Science and Technologies Directorate(S&T) to work with world-class experts, renowned research centers and labs to improve the ability of DHS component to protect critical infrastructure and the overall security of its homeland. S&T provides evidence-based scientific and technical solutions and advises to deal with a range of emerging threats from aviation security to CRNBE(Chemical, Radioactive, Nuclear, Biological & Explosives) detection for DHS. Operations by S&T are unique but very effective. Currently, we, South Korea, need the model of S&T of DHS to prevent emerging threats to our nation security. However, it seems to be that our counterterrorism agencies and communities are not adequately ready for the new challenge yet. Therefore, this study attempts to examine whether the US S&T model is applicable for our counterterrorism system to encounter newly emerging threats of innovative terrorist technologies. In results and discussion, we discussed policy implications and suggested current counterterrorism policies and revisions of relevant laws.