What role does risk management play within the homeland security enterprise? To answer that question we first have to examine what risk management is. Risk management is an anaclitic approach to figuring out the likelihood that an event will impact a specific assets, person, or function and then implementing steps to mitigate the impact or consequence of the event. (Decker, 2001) The Standard risk management formula that the Department of Homeland Security uses is R=T*V*C or Risk = Threat * Vulnerability
The Biggest Threat to Homeland Security The current threats Homeland Security faces ranges through a variety of topics, however, it is believed that the biggest threat to homeland security is currently cybersecurity. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines cybersecurity as measures taken to protect a computer or computer system against unauthorized access or attack. From this definition, it can be noted that computer systems have become an essential in our day to day lives. There are now computer
The security of rail transportation in the United States Rail Security falls into two categories, namely, passenger rail and freight rail. Passenger rail together with the mass transit is among the transportation subsector networks that provide numerous means of transportation from access points to end destinations connecting to other modes of transportation (Department of Homeland Security, 2007). While Freight railroads are key element of the nation’s transportation system that comprises of over
a focal point of the American people. The focus of homeland security is to ensure that the citizens of the United States are protected under its Umbrella. Homeland security is not a new concept. Although the Department of Homeland Security is only a few decades old, the concept and principles have been in place since the existence of our country. Throughout this course, the students have read and evaluated multiple factions of homeland security and the possibilities of what the future might hold
1. Purpose Among one of the missions of The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is to protect and preserve the security of the Cyberspace in the country. The principal objective of this Security Plan is to give instructions and direction for the Department’s workers and help the Homeland Security to create best practices and strategies in the IT security system. 2. Scope This policy needs to be applied to all users, employees, contractors, suppliers and to all IT resources such as e-mails, files
Introduction The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is a body under the United States Department of Homeland Security that was created in 1978 to improve the safety of the American residents, especially during disasters. FEMA has a primary mandate of coordinating the response to any disaster that may occur in the U.S. and that overwhelms both local and state authorities’ resources. FEMA comes in to aid only after the governor of the involved state has declared a state of emergency and has made a formal
is to get a clear picture of the state of affairs. It is critical to analyze network maps, talk to the key witnesses of the disaster, learning the occurrences from the data available from the weather department in a bid to collect evidence. At this stage getting every log available is useful, thereby casting a wide net in order to capture the details of the occurrences including the causes. This includes getting information from all the relevant organizations involved in weather forecasting. In addition
Since the creation of Homeland Security Act in 2002 after the 9/11, attack the department has come across challenges and criticism from the government and private sectors alone. Since the Homeland Security Act of 2002 it has been amended in carrying out effectively of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007. The act report has shown it provides a strong well-rounded and strategic foundation of highest priorities in which it ensures the department will invest and operate in a producing unified fashion to
is in the realm of what intelligence is to be looking for is defined as “Information concerning…activities directed against the United States, international terrorist and international narcotics activities, and hostile activities directed against the United States by foreign powers, organizations, persons or their agents” (Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence). Intelligence agencies are also collecting information for “political and military intelligence for policy makers” (Permanent Select
Hurricane Katrina: Lessons in Contemporary Intergovernmental Relations When the Katrina Hurricane hit ground in New Orleans people did not evacuated on time. It was said that the Military waited for too long to take any action and that The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) failed to plan for evacuation and that the government was indifferent to the victims who were mostly poor and black. Few hours before Katrina hit ground, people believed the storm had missed the city. In Jackson Barracks at the