Informatics /information, Technology Security and the US
It can be said that; information technology one of the most important issues which the USA pay attention to. There are many institutions which fight against technologic crimes and cyber terrorism. Some of those institutions could be counted as;
a-) FBI National Infrastructure Protection Center
b-) FBI Computer Crime Squad
c-) Information Technology Association of America
d-) Trap and Trace Center Authority
e-) Carnegie Mellon’s Emergency Response Team
f-) CIA Information Warfare Center
Terrorists and the other crime organizations use the technological devices increasingly and the rate of the internet used for the business matters, the infrastructure systems which are based upon the technology etc. are the reasons why the USA pays attention to the informatics / information security as such. In other words; both the USA getting depended on the technology very much and the threads, which she encounters with, became a very important issue for the American National security.
While the USA trying to supply its own technology security, the technologic opportunities are growing in each passing day and the USA get benefits of those opportunities on behalf of its security. The investments which the USA does in technological area both strengthen its army and reinforce its reputation on the international arena. The momentum, which the USA caught in the military technology, has economical, political and psychological benefits apart from military. Exporting of the technology intensive military equipments to other countries has an enormous contribution to its economy also. The political contribution of these technology intensive military equipments emerges from the countries which want to use them. One of the solid examples of these countries is that Turkey. The USA has a contribution about Turkey’s fight against terrorism for example; “instant intelligence” with the help of the satellites supplied through the USA, makes America politically stronger. The physiological benefits of having such technology which is based upon military arouses in the context of deterrence. With the technological opportunities, which the USA has, creates a psychological pressure over mostly the enemies and especially the terrorists.
In sum; it would be said that the technology security could be counted as the most important one when it comes to the USA’s security context.
(Dr.Bilal Karabulut, the USA desk, senior researcher, 31.10.2009)