Application of Big Data for National Security

Preface by Edwin Meese III

What is often called the “information age,” which has come to dominate the twenty-first century, is having at least as great an impact on current society as did the “industrial age” in its time, more than a century ago. The benefits and constructive uses of Big Data—a big product of the information age—are matched by the dangers and potential opportunities for misuse which this growing subject portends. This book addresses an important aspect of the topic as it examines the notion of Big Data in the context of national security.

Modern threats to the major nations of the world, both in their homelands and to their vital interests around the globe, have increased the national security requirements of virtually every country. ...