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than with federal law enforcement agencies. Therefore, police officers are amongst some of the most important and vital personnel this country has when preventing terrorism on American territory. He also articulated that his description of how local law enforcement contributes to homeland security is not mutually exclusive to terrorism. Local law enforcement officials also field the burden in trying to evacuate a city before a natural disaster occurs and calming or redirecting the general public

reducing cyber threats and vulnerabilities, distributing cyber threat warning information, and coordinating incident response activities. US-CERT is the operational arm of the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) at the Department of Homeland Security. It operates the National Cyber Alert System that identifies, analyzes, and prioritizes emerging threats, including viruses and intrusions (US-CERT.gov). Database Analysis Computers are a key tool in the fight against terrorism. Many

The fight on terrorism has been at the forefront of American attention and media since the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11. On this day is when the history of the nation will be changed forever. The United States now finds itself victim to the deadliest terrorist attack the nation has ever seen. This war on terror will continue to present day and it does not feel like the country is any closer to removing terrorism from the world. This fight on terror, as valiant as it may be may

In the first half of this paper, I will be discussing the difference between Homeland Security and Homeland Defense. I will be discussing the different roles that each department handles, which include each departments missions, tasks, duties, responsibilities, operations and other various issues that separate the two. I will also address the responsibilities of both homeland security and Homeland Defense that are shared between the two. Then I will use this information to provide my own description

understand the steps to prepare for countering and responding to a terrorist attack to protect US National Security and the health and safety of people and property within. But first we must understand four key terms, preparedness, response, recovery and terrorism in order to adequately understanding the steps in countering and responding to an event. Preparedness involves activities undertaken in the short term before disaster strikes that enhance the readiness of organizations and communities to respond

Terrorism in the twenty-first century has some similarities and differences from terrorism in the twentieth century. Terrorism is, in its broadest sense, the use or threatened use of violence in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim. Also useful to remember that because the two entities involved, the terrorists and the terrorized, are on the opposite end of the political, religious or ideological continuum, the same act is viewed by them differently. There is much sense in the

Cyber Warfare: The Next Frontier The year: 2015. The information age is well underway and is only gaining more power and force as time progresses. The many vast, intricate networks used for such things as communication, online shopping, business technologies and even online banking, are growing and metamorphosing into tools now utilized by not only the every-day consumer but rather political groups and individuals with extremist and even deadly intentions. Cyber warfare can be defined as politically

Where in New York City the attacks occur? What weapons are utilized? The analysis was not subjective based on race nor religion and fairly analyzed the reasons and methods that were used for the attacks. Relation to historical changes in domestic terrorism Based on the assigned reading there is strong evidence that the amount of domestic terrorist attacks within the City of New York is trending

technology, creates a fertile ground for some state or non-state actors to establish a dangerous cyber warfare attack on a state or a region which will paralyze their military, energy, information and communication agencies, resulting in global chaos. Aurora 2010 blamed on China, Red October 2012 blamed on Russia and Shamoon 2012 blamed on Iran are just some examples of the most recent, dangerous global cyber-attacks. In terms of global stability, due to the changes in international order from unipolar

Terrorism Training Bronze R. Green Faulkner State Community College Authors Note Bronze R. Green, Department of Criminal Justice, Faulkner State Community College. Bronze R. Green is still at Department of Criminal Justice, Faulkner State Community College. Correspondence concerning this article should e addressed to Bronze R. Green, Department of Criminal Justice, Faulkner State Community College, Bay Minette, AL 36507. Contact: bronze.green@yahoo.com   Abstract This paper explores various published