Terrorism Vulnerability Assessments

In a United States-centered world, when one considers domestic terrorism, often one assumes that the United States is being spoken about, with all other acts of terrorism being deemed as “international.” While it is true that it would be international from a US standpoint, if all acts of terrorism are seen within a bubble it makes it much more difficult to combat terrorists before they become a larger problem. Often, many domestic terrorists can go on to have an impact on the international community and Greece is no different. They, like many other countries, have their own internal terrorism issues and ironically, most of these groups like November 17, Revolutionary People’s Struggle or Revolutionary Nuclei, are anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist

The article opened by stating how all terrorist groups will ultimately come to their demise. Their ending, however, could be the result of either uniting with the political procedure or having their chief members being assassinated or seized. However, according to this page, the military is not a key reason why terrorism ceases. The majority of terrorist groups are not going to fulfill their desires, as most of them will be put to a stop prior to achieving results (Jones & Libicki, 2008). Additionally, the article states how terrorists will usually fail because their motives are simply unreachable. Of course, every terrorist group will sooner or later come to an end, mostly due to failure or a change in political process. The United States has a large force of investigators whose sole job is to counter the act of terrorism and thwart their plans prior to the terrorists going through with anything. They are supposed to be one step ahead of them; they study them profusely and look at all of their past histories. According to

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States, a series of risk management evaluations were created by the US Federal Government to assess the future risks the homeland was going to face. When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was officially created in 2002, more effective risk management assessments were re-designed to evaluate the past and present dangers, prevent them and respond successfully to more terrorist attacks. Since 2001 until 2007, a development of risk assessment has been divided in phases to be able to reach a better formula that would analyze the risk within the homeland security and provide the appropriate fund to homeland security enterprise.

My experience with the critical skill of evaluation is most apparent in my ability to accurately review and critique facility security assessments (FSA). These assessments are prepared and completed by the Federal Protective Service (FPS) Inspectors as a part of their performance plan and core document. Facility security assessments are comprised of a Vulnerability Survey Report (VSR) that FPS provides as a unique yet comprehensive evaluation report that was developed under the Modified Infrastructure Survey Tool (MIST). As the Area Commander, it is my responsibility for overseeing all stages of the assessment process. The FSA includes the VSR. The VSR evaluates the weakness in the overall facility design noting areas of concern

My experience with the critical skill of evaluation is most apparent in my ability to accurately review and analyze facility security assessments (FSA). These assessments are prepared and completed by the Federal Protective Service (FPS) Inspectors, and are a vital part of their performance plan and core document. Facility security assessments are comprised of a Vulnerability Survey Reports (VSR) that FPS provides as a unique, yet comprehensive evaluation report that is developed under the Modified Infrastructure Survey Tool (MIST). As the Area Commander, it is my responsibility for overseeing all stages of the assessment process. The FSA includes the VSR in the vulnerability survey report. The VSR evaluates the weakness in the overall

Risk management is very important in the homeland security enterprise since it is one of the core missions of the lead agency in charge of homeland security matters in the United States, which is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (Masse, O’Neil & Rollins, 2007, p. 1). The main mission of the DHS is to proactively identify threats to the homeland and to reduce the risks of those threats, which will hopefully prevent the threat from occurring (Masse, O’Neil & Rollins, 2007, pp. 1, 3). However, most of the times the risks cannot be completely eliminated; most of the times they can only be reduced (Masse, O’Neil & Rollins, 2007, pp. 1, 3). Therefore, preventing threats and reducing risks can only be accomplished through risk management, which is why it is so critical in the homeland security enterprise. Risk management can help identify homeland security priorities, it can improve resource allocation efficacy, and it can make grant funding programs more effective.

“Our safety programs protect us from accidental harm; our national security programs protect us from deliberate harm” (www.rita.dot.gov.bts). The National Security works to keep the people and country safe from outside harm. It’s not only the National Security but many others who search and investigate problems in the US. One of the leading contributors is terrorism, among many other leading factors that are causing problems for the National Security.

Terrorist organizations have been in existence for hundreds of years long before they were a serious threat to the United States. Terrorist organizations have the means and capabilities to reach out to just about every country around the globe. Many of the current terrorist groups only have their main focus on spreading their beliefs on others in the region they are located. Take ISIS for instance, they are a group who only believe in an Islamic state and have continued their reign of terror in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. This group believed that the people of their three nations need to follow their way of life. ISIS first began in Iraq but want to create a complete Islamic state in the Middle East.

Terrorist organizations do not randomly choose their targets. Before they settle on a specific target, they have to do a lot risk analysis. In the recent past, it was so unlikely for terrorists to strike military targets. Terrorist activities are presently politically motivated. These organizations have presently taken to striking high profile political targets that draw much media attention. It is now very common to see terrorists shelling commercial centers. Factors that terrorist groups consider before choosing their targets have been lumped into two. These are crave for media attention and minimal loss of life (Hoffman, 1998). Because terrorist organizations rely on public support, they endeavor to put human casualties at bear minimum. This is especially true for western style terrorists.

In terrorist attacks, individuals or groups use violence to obtain political or social objectives through the intimidation of a large audience beyond that of the immediate victims (Santifort-Jordan & Sandler 2014, 981). If the terrorist attack is particularly shocking, then the terrorist group hopes that their malicious act will cause sufficient social anxiety that society will pressure the government to concede to the group 's demands. Suicide terrorist attacks, the execution of which requires the terrorists to sacrifice his or her life, have grown in number since the late 1990s (Santifort-Jordan & Sandler 2014, 981). According to Robert Pape (2003), suicide terrorism is rising around the world, but the most common explanations do not help us understand why. Terrorist organizations are increasingly relying on suicide attacks to achieve major political objectives. For example, spectacular suicide terrorist attacks have recently been employed by Palestinian groups in attempts to force Israel to abandon the West Bank and Gaza, by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to compel the Sri Lankan government to accept an independent Tamil homeland, and by Al Qaeda to pressure the United States to withdraw from the Saudi Arabian Peninsula (Pape 2003, 343). Furthermore, such attacks are increasing both in tempo and location.

Wherever anyone goes, anyone is vulnerable to terrorism. Terrorism is something that is a horrific thing and effects everyone that went through it and the people watching the news and newspapers. The effects of terrorism can be extremely dangerous; sometimes it can even be deadly. In the last of a couple of years around 50 terrorist attacks have been in the United States. Around 200 in the world, just last week there was an attack on the London bridge. ISIS even has claimed that they planned the attack. For anybody that doesn't know who ISIS is they are a terrorist organization that people say "are more extreme than al-Qaida or any other terrorist group in the world." Terrorism affects the world in so many ways, and it isn't pretty.

The uncertainty of a terrorist attack lingers in the minds of not only civilians, but business owners as well. All over the world there is an increased threat of terrorism that public, private and governmental companies face that requires companies to have an increased knowledge and understanding on how to manage the risk of terrorism. With not a single country being able to escape the threat of terrorism, how does a company manage the risk of something that is so hard to measure yet, one of the most catastrophic things a company could imagine that may result in loss of employees and the ability to perform daily operations. Even if the likelihood seems small, it is essential to take steps to protect your business due to terrorist attacks.

In conclusion, terrorism as a threat to people and infrastructure is considered to be very critical. The U.S infrastructure is potentially vulnerable to cyber- attacks. Most infrastructures are so

Since the twin towers fell at the Word Trade Center in New York City on that fateful September day in 2001, a great emphasis by government, the media, and the general public has been placed on the phenomenon of terrorism and other forms of ideological extremism and what measures can be taken to mitigate, deter, and disrupt the threat of terrorism. While the days of physical terrorist attacks and actions within the continental United States are by no means behind us, there has been an incredible shift towards the realm of cyberspace in the planning, aid, and execution of actual physical terrorist attacks. Further, cyberspace has increasingly become a target for malicious terrorist actors who seek to disrupt critical infrastructure, threaten

This essay explores the processes of the risk and vulnerability assessment, identifying the required information and resources to support the assessment. Discussing on how to approach the assessment of the