Background: There are 17 different organizations that make up the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). Within these agencies, each collects, analyze and process information to produce intelligence to protect against threats. Homeland Security is focused on dealing with threats and attacks within the US borders. Homeland Defense is focused on dealing with threats and attacks outside […]
Discipline: Global issues & Disaster and Crisis management
Crisis Management in Action: Leveraging Communications, NIMS, and Strategic Planning for Effective ResponseCrisis Management in Action: Leveraging Communications, NIMS, and Strategic Planning for Effective Response
***PLEASE USE THIS LINK AS IT NAVIGATES TO THE COURSE BOOK*** National University: Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies (vitalsource.com) If you cannot get access to the book through the link, it’ll be Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies by Howitt & Leonard. It will have an orange cover ———————————– How communications, the National Incident […]
Crisis in Review: Analyzing Government Responses and Enhancing Future Emergency PlansCrisis in Review: Analyzing Government Responses and Enhancing Future Emergency Plans
You must complete a short assignment that describes, assesses, and critiques a government response to a crisis incident and provides an outline of recommended improvements to an emergency operations plan for a similar future incident. For this assignment, do not use any of the crisis incidents read about in the Howitt and Leonard casebook. ***The […]
Gendered Resistance: The Role of Leymah Gbowee’s Movement in Genocide PreventionGendered Resistance: The Role of Leymah Gbowee’s Movement in Genocide Prevention
This paper should be 15-25 pages long, 12pt. font, Times New Roman, double spaced. The field of study is Genocide Studies. The paper is in review of: Gbowee, Leymah. Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War – A Memoir. United States: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011.The prompt is as follows: […]
Assessment of the efficacy of an international organization in ensuring food securityAssessment of the efficacy of an international organization in ensuring food security
GUIDELINES A number of key actors are involved in the global governance of food security. One of these is the international organisation (IO), which executes a number of roles in key areas. Activity: Assessment of the efficacy of an international organisation in ensuring food security Description: Using the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United […]
THE EVOLVING HOMELAND SECURITY THREAT LANDSCAPE AND RELEVANCE OF U.S. PROTECTION PROGRAMSTHE EVOLVING HOMELAND SECURITY THREAT LANDSCAPE AND RELEVANCE OF U.S. PROTECTION PROGRAMS
Assignment Overview Consider the evolving threat landscape. In your opinion, if international and domestic terrorist organizations were to launch an attack in a U.S. urban environment, are we prepared to deal with such? Are we working towards effective solutions? Assignment Expectations Support your key points with specific examples and data from government sources, peer-reviewed academic […]
CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR, AND EXPLOSIVE (CBRNE) THREATS TO THE U.S. HOMELANDCHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR, AND EXPLOSIVE (CBRNE) THREATS TO THE U.S. HOMELAND
CBRNE is an enduring public threat – health, safety, national security, economic, political stability, and more. Such an event/crisis poses challenges for homeland security. Recall the anthrax attacks in the U.S. in 2001 (e.g., Hart Senate Building and Brentwood Post Office and remediation efforts to return the facilities to use and public concern). Use your […]
CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR, AN EXPLOSIVE (CBRNE) THREATS TO THE U.S. HOMELANDCHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR, AN EXPLOSIVE (CBRNE) THREATS TO THE U.S. HOMELAND
Describe an historical (1984-2015) WMD/CBRN attack (e.g., biological or chemical incidences that have occurred in the past 30 years. Explain a remediation strategy if your selected event had occurred/did occur in the U.S. Include in your response cost, time, risk communication, public perception. Assignment Expectations Support your key points with specific examples, quotations, and data […]
KEEPING THE U.S. HOMELAND SAFE – CYBERSECURITY: A NEW SECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITYKEEPING THE U.S. HOMELAND SAFE – CYBERSECURITY: A NEW SECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Case Assignment Explore and discuss a U.S. cybersecurity terrorist act that occurred within the last three years. Your example can be either a U.S. homeland incident or an act against a U.S. embassy. Assignment Expectations Length: This Case Assignment should be 3-5 pages, not counting the title page and references. References: At least two references […]
Discussion: Keeping the U.S. Homeland Safe—Cybersecurity: A New Sector of Homeland SecurityDiscussion: Keeping the U.S. Homeland Safe—Cybersecurity: A New Sector of Homeland Security
Cybersecurity is considered as a new sector of homeland security. What threat do cyber-attacks pose to the United States? What if there was a successful terrorist group cyber-attack on the Pentagon, immobilizing the Department of Defense’s network communications or a segment of the U.S. critical infrastructure along the eastern or western coasts? Would this be […]