related to overall homeland security efforts. As one of the largest energy suppliers in North America and the current leader in transmission development, the American Electric Power Corporation is a major private sector corporation. Our primary mission is to produce clean energy with respect and efficiency for the customer and the environment while securing our critical assets and fulfilling the role of a secure and resilient energy sector representative. The AEP holds homeland security in high regards
Since the 9/11 attacks, the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) has made many changes and improvements to cope better with the existing and emerging threats that have occurred since then. Example of those include the significant improvements that have been made to improve the security of the Transportation Systems Sector. Moreover, in the last few years the HSE has also made many improvements in critical infrastructure protection as well as in emergency management. However, the threats that the
The homeland security bill meets the prevention portion of the preparedness cycle by mitigation, which provides the necessary capabilities to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters (Cordner, 2016) mainly through collaboration, in addition to information sharing, threat recognition, target hardening or risk management, and intervention (Pelfrey, 2012). This applies to terrorism and transnational crime (intentional acts by people), with hopes to prevent a number of those
report is necessary to analyze the proper outlet that will best showcase our product. I have found four homeland security related venues that would could be used for this, three would be useful. They are Homeland Security Today, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Homeland security Newswire and Homeland Security Affairs. The product directly relating to homeland security is new and possibly controversial if incorrectly used. It is imperative that the right people get this
The Biggest Threat to Homeland Security The current threats Homeland Security faces ranges through a variety of topics, however, it is believed that the biggest threat to homeland security is currently cybersecurity. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines cybersecurity as measures taken to protect a computer or computer system against unauthorized access or attack. From this definition, it can be noted that computer systems have become an essential in our day to day lives. There are now computer
Terrorism and Homeland Security Answer to Question 2 Hamas was founded in 1987 and its aim was to address Palestinian quest for nation statehood and their consequent grievances (Herzog, 2006). The writer explains that the name is acronym in Arabic for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya or the Islamic Resistance Movement. The group's ideology, the writer explains was outlined in its covenant of 1998. The covenant stipulates that the land of Palestine is an Islamic endowment. It stipulates that the
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) currently has a limited ability to persistently monitor, detect, and track, non-emitting vessels that operate in Customs Waters, which spans from the shore line out to 12 nautical miles. The volume of non-emitting vessels without metadata is due in part by the lack of regulatory policy mandating vessels broadcast their identification and location which would assist with Maritime Domain Awareness. This limited ability situates DHS in need to mature the Maritime
The concerns for administrators in the future begin with Homeland security. Society is progressing into more meaningful dialogue surrounding individual rights versus public safety. The client-oriented services are still the focal point as we move into the next century. Programs in the criminal justice field are pushing towards neighborhood policing as well as courts and corrections community programs. The public is more concerned with their quality of life, crime prevention and more accountability
the country within its borders. Until that time the United States’ homeland security was under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice (Masse, O’Neil, & Rollins, 2007). After the attack the Executive branch of the government created a new organization that would be responsible for deciding where the biggest threats to the country were. This was the birth of the Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for assessing all risk to the Nation within its borders
The Eight Step Process of Implementing A Homeland Security Assessment The first of the eight step process of implementing a Homeland Security Assessment for an organization is to complete the “organizational overview. The organizational overview will examine the organizations policies and procedures that pertain to the vision, mission, and statement of values for homeland security” (Fisher, 2004). The second step requires the assessment team to read the Baldrige Award Criteria. For this they should