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    Within the areas of Homeland Security and Homeland Defense lie specific primary missions, tasks, duties, and responsibilities of each. The primary missions, tasks, duties, and responsibilities of Homeland Security and Defense include preventing terrorism and enhancing security, securing and managing our borders, and enforcing immigration laws. In addition to those missions, a new and evolving mission is that of cybersecurity. In the future, is the department ready to tackle these tasks? The department

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    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

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    Sam Freeman Jr Introduction to Homeland Security (CJUS254-1504A-02) Professor Stephen Smith Unit 5 – Individual Project November 9, 2015 Director Sean Connery, I wanted to give you a quick briefing of the involvement in which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has with private enterprises and their involvement in prevention, response, and recovery. The Private Sector Office (PSO) is the primary advisor to the Secretary on the impact of the Department’s policies, regulations

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    AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY HOMELAND SECUIRTY Brittany Staley HLSS302: Paper #2 May 11, 2014 In the years since 9/11, homeland security has turn out to be frequently and generally identified as both a word and as a Federal department. However, a large amount has been learned since 9/11 concerning the array of further challenges we face. Hurricane Katrina strongly illustrates the general impact of weak preparedness and response

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    Many people think homeland security and homeland defense are the same thing, but that is incorrect. Both have played a role in keeping America safe, but after 9/11 that role expanded greatly. The U.S. was determined to prevent another catastrophic attack from unfolding while searching the globe for those responsible. In a world constantly evolving, our enemies and their tactics evolve with it. To effectively combat the incredible amount of threats America faces, many federal entities and mission

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    The defense, security, and safety American citizens enjoy each and every day is a result of dedicated professionals committed to Homeland Security and Homeland Defense. These broad initiatives require well-defined missions, organized and focused tasking, and finally, clearly understood duties, responsibilities, and operations. Organizations charged with these responsibilities must be better resourced than those of the enemy. Success in each of these objectives requires a well-organized infrastructure

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    border security in the U.S. shares a complex and ever changing relationship with global economics, international crime, and terrorism. In this context border security includes the protection of not only land borders, but also sea and air ports of entry. The relationship between federal, state and local authorities makes for a unique operation that must be ever changing and evolving to meet new and different threats. This massive undertaking falls directly under the Department of Homeland Security

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    Introduction The homeland security and homeland defense missions were developed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Designed to fill gaps in intelligence sharing to defend against or response to terror attacks. This paper will discuss the future success of the current homeland security and homeland defense missions. It will also look into the role civil liberties plays in that success. Discussion The missions held by homeland security and homeland defense are vital to the protection

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    The homeland security enterprise has progressed much in the past few decades, especially after the attack on September 11th. It has been necessary for the DHS to grow and adapt as new and more dangerous threats became known. However, as more threats are prevented successfully, newer and sometimes tougher challenges for the DHS arise. In an effort to pinpoint the most important things affecting the nation, strategic plans are used, sometimes in the form of multi-missions plans, in order to separate

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    Homeland Security Enterprise The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a major and challenging responsibility to play in the acquisition of the most important and incorporated endeavor in the management of the different and difficult set of risks faced in the United States (Stewart, Ellingwood, & Mueller, 2011). According to Moteff, and Library of Congress (2004) the Homeland Security Act of 2002, and other documents of administration have assigned the Homeland Security department various duties

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