Introduction The Threat of Biological Warfare by Homeland Security Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the deliberate use of biological agents such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, or toxins to cause harm to people, animals, or plants. I Continue Reading...
Loss of local control in emergency management is a legitimate concern. Yet access to state and federal resources is critical for effective emergency response. The most effective emergency response involves carefully coordinated roles between local, s Continue Reading...
The Failures of the Intelligence Community Leading to 9/11IntroductionThe investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks revealed a massive failure of the U.S. intelligence community. Despite numerous signs pointing to an impending terrorist attack, the Continue Reading...
These teams are called in to deal with highly dangerous and threatening situations, including terrorist attacks. Some of the "special operations" tactics that may be employed to deal with active shooters, barricades, and hostage situations include: Continue Reading...
Steve Courtemanch Steve, I appreciate your support for Dahl's (2011) argument, but it appears that you also ignore many logically failed premises in his essay. While there are strong facts that support the need to combine agencies on many levels, t Continue Reading...
Security on Commercial Flights Describe two (2) lapses in pre-flight security that contributed to the ease of the hijacking operation on September 11, 2001 Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States of America evaluate Continue Reading...
Security Management The role of a security manager varies widely according to the particular organization and its needs, but despite this variety, there remain certain best practices and policies that can help maintain security and stability. This i Continue Reading...
This demonstrates that the state of heightened awareness can lead to quick decisions that are not necessarily misguided even if they ultimately turn out to be somewhat laughable and wholly necessary. 4) Values The Boston Police Department's value Continue Reading...
(Combating Terrorism: FEMA Continues to Make Progress in Coordinating Preparedness and Response: Participation in Interagency and Intra-agency Groups and Committees) CIMS: The Office of Emergency Management --OEM who has been collaborating with NYP Continue Reading...
With the threat of terrorism remaining so strong in this country it is vital to find new and better ways to protect people and to keep them safe from harm as much as is humanly and technologically possible. Scope of the Study The scope of this par Continue Reading...
Security Information is the Power. The importance of collecting, storing, processing and communicating the relevant information presently is viewed as crucial in order to achieve success in almost all the fields be it business firms, individuals or Continue Reading...
Again, people find a difference between intrusion by the government and by the private companies. In U.S., there are very few restrictions on private companies than on the government about collecting data about individuals. This is because activiti Continue Reading...
The most appropriate products that could be used by MMC to achieve this objective would be: IP San and a Snap Lock. An IP San is a fiber optic channel that can provide secure real time data to each location. Where, software and security applications Continue Reading...
Many states, such as Virginia, are training private security officers in order to ensure smooth cooperation and coordination between security companies without police powers and the police and sheriff's departments. In Washington D.C., the municipal Continue Reading...
And the applicant must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen (Collins, Ricks and Van Meter, 2000). All private security officers must meet the applicable statutory requirements and any criteria that have been established by the employer. I Continue Reading...
Patriot Act also has the ability to strip the American public of their basic rights to privacy. The Patriot Act allows easy access to financial records, pen registers and trap-trace devices could be installed on personal computers and telephones, an Continue Reading...
Security: Mobile Protection As the Internet has become the dominant means of communicating, sharing information, tending to business, storing data, and maintaining records in the Digital Age, the importance of security for the digital world has becom Continue Reading...
NSA/FISA Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 there has been a significant effort to protect America from any further terrorist attacks. The purpose of this discussion is to examine the U.S. National Security Agency's ability to ide Continue Reading...
Biological warfare is the term used to describe an attack involving the use of harmful biological agents such as bacteria, viruses or fungi. These agents are deployed with the intention to kill or incapacitate people or animals or even plants. These Continue Reading...
One of the most important security-related pieces of legislation recently passed in Congress is the H.R. 1731: the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015, also known simply as the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. The Act has widely been Continue Reading...
security professionals respond to a Bioterrorism attack in the United States. What are the precise steps that are taken -- or should be taken -- to protect citizens in the event of an attack? An article by the former head of the U.S. Department of H Continue Reading...
Security It is defined as the practice of protecting information from any sort of unauthorized usage, access, disruption, disclosure, perusal, modification, recording, destruction and inspection. It is basically a general term which can easily be u Continue Reading...
Advice, Not Color Codes John Stossel, commentator for ABC news shows, is well-known for his TV segments titled "Give Me a Break!" In these short segments, he talks about instances he perceives as government waste. On March 15 of this year, he talk Continue Reading...
Industrial Security industry develops and produces a vast majority of the nation's defense technology most of which is categorized and hence plays a vital role in the creation and protection of information that is a requirement of the security of th Continue Reading...
Introduction The most significant terrorist attack on American soil was the September 11 attacks by Al Qaeda terrorists. The attacks changed the perception that America cannot suffer such attacks, considering how far away it is from where terrorist o Continue Reading...
Airport Security System The secure operation of the aviation system across the globe is one of the most significant factors in the security and economic development of the United States. The use of the world's airspace should also be secured becaus Continue Reading...
air cargo industry experienced tremendous growth since inception because of various factors in the aviation industry, particularly the freight sector. The growth and development of this industry is evident in its current significance on the freight Continue Reading...
Terrorist attacks are an ever-growing concern within the United States. Some states have taken a more developed approach to handling potential terrorist threats. Ever since the 9/11 attacks, Florida was the first draft the United States' first compre Continue Reading...
Countermeasures After 911 Technology Without a doubt, September 11th changed a tremendous amount about how we live and about how safe (and unsafe) we feel. These attacks caused enormous changes and countermeasures regarding the way we travel and th Continue Reading...
disaster centric phases: This is a way of looking at a disaster from the perspective of the disaster as opposed to looking at how it affects mankind. The nine disaster centric phases are: Pre-existing conditions (prior to any forces or change on exi Continue Reading...
Security at workplaces is not only the responsibility of the management, but all the parties in the premises. Therefore, it is important that everyone is involved one way or another in maintenance of security. In a company the size of Walter Widget, Continue Reading...
SECURITY National security is an important concept which has often been mistakenly used to refer to protection against external threats. With people gaining better knowledge of the term security, national security has become a complex term that invo Continue Reading...
Introduction The maritime industry is increasingly moving towards the adoption of systems that rely heavily on digitization, automation, and integration (Hayes, 2016). The extensive use of advanced technological solutions in the maritime industry is Continue Reading...
It is the harsh reality of life in post-9/11 America that the global terror continues to exact a high toll on American lives and interests at home and abroad, and the terrorist agenda continues to include attacks in the future that may involve weapo Continue Reading...
Assessment, however, has proven far easier than implementation. A large part of the problem in implementing security measures has been the conflicts and simple lack of organization that exist between the many different interests and operators invol Continue Reading...
Terrorism Memo to the Department of Homeland Security: There are federal statutes on the books that can help address the way that terrorists finance their draconian operations. This document delves into the specifics of how financing can be cut off Continue Reading...
Improvements in Border Security Since the events of September 11, 2001 border security has been an increasingly contentious issue in United States politics and in everyday life. While most everyone in the country agreed that something must be done t Continue Reading...
