Imaginary Homelands

Strategic Challenges for Local Communities The Department of Homeland Security released the 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review on June 18, 2014 as required by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and its amendments. This review outlined the current state of preparedness, as well as the future areas of concentration. It also determined six strategic challenges facing the nation: terrorist threat; growing cyber threats; biological concerns as a whole; nuclear terrorism; transnational criminal

Introduction Considering the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)has only initiated actions in 2003, it has performed necessary security procedures and accomplished significant purposes and breakthroughs. As DHS progresses to grow, more activity predominates for them to address weaknesses in its current operational strategy. Implementation efforts are in place to strengthen the efficiency and to integrate its management areas (acquisitions, financial management, human capital, and information technology)

Assignment 2: Critical Infrastructure Protection Eustace LangleyCIS 502 May-23-2013 Facilitator: Dr. Gideon U. Nwatu Strayer University Critical Infrastructure Protection Introduction The Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience advances a national unity of effort to strengthen and maintain secure, functioning, and resilient critical infrastructure (The White House Office of the Press Secretary, February 2013). It is imperative for every nation

Homeland Security Understanding Homeland Security’s (HS) mission, tasks, duties, responsibilities, and operations is important. It is important because providing security is necessary to protect this country. HS can have different meaning and is a topic of debate for many scholars who try and define HS. This is not a debate or the focus, and HS needs to be a team effort by all Americans to keep this nation free (Bellavita, 2008). One thing for sure is that terrorism needs to be checked on a

DoD their main goal and purpose is to defend America and its citizens. Homeland Defense highest priority for DoD is the defense of the homeland against external threats and foreign aggression. Homeland defense also plays role in national defense. The DoD is responsible for deterring attacks against the U.S., its territories, and possessions (Goss, T. (2006). There are three key concepts which form the foundation of Homeland Security which are: security, resilience, customs and exchange. In turn

Faults of the NTAS The NTAS’s antecedent, HSAS, was not often viewed as credible or respected by the general public due to its overuse, ineffectiveness, and consistently high or elevated alert. The NTAS now possesses the opposite problem. After six years of use, the NTAS still has not used to their alert system to the public of an Elevated Threat or an Imminent Threat. There is no history or credible resources that show the public how credible the NTAS really is, except for the bulletins that the

accept the sensationalistic reporting of today’s news media. There are many ways in which the government of the United States has spread this anxiety including: the color coded terror alert system, the public awareness campaign of the Department of Homeland Security known as “If you see something, say something”, and the authorization of the release of videotaped messages made by Osama Bin Laden. The media is no better. The constantly streaming news reports on Osama Bin Laden, terrorist threats and

The United States was built on an agrarian system. The ability to grow crops helped create an economic backbone for the county. The use of fertilizer became a norm in farming and agriculture and was not considered a potentially harmful substance. Modern science in combination with the terrorist mind has looked at fertilizer as a weapon, particularly those containing ammonium nitrate. The Ammonium Nitrate Security Program shows how far the United States has progressed by regressing when the issue

Kaitlin Dingess Dr. Carena English 102 Persuasive Research Paper April 10th, 2012 Full Body Scans: A Matter of National Security vs. Personal Indignities Safety and security is important and a high priority for anyone. As a result of several events, such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the now infamous Christmas day “Underwear Bomber” transportation security has been revamped and reinvented to protect innocent people from religious/political extremists and crazies alike. In some cases,

DATA MINING IN HOMELAND SECURITY Abstract Data Mining is an analytical process that primarily involves searching through vast amounts of data to spot useful, but initially undiscovered, patterns. The data mining process typically involves three major steps—exploration, model building and validation and finally, deployment. Data mining is used in numerous applications, particularly business related endeavors such as market segmentation, customer churn, fraud detection, direct marketing, interactive