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TERRORISM
COUNTER-TERRORISM AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Counter-terrorism is popular as antiterrorism and incorporates techniques, practices, strategies, and tactics that militaries, governments, corporations and police departments adopt in attacking terrorist threats and acts either real or imputed. Both governments and insurgents use terror tactics. It is clear that some insurgents do not terror as tactics while others opt not to apply as other tactics have better outcomes for their particular contexts. Individuals may engage in acts of terror, as it was the case with Oklahoma City bombing (Katherine, Darmer & Rosenbaum, 2004). Where the terrorism acts are part of broader insurgencies, counter-terrorism forms an integral element of security doctrines. However, economic, political, and other measures focus on insurgencies as compared to specific terror acts. The United States uses foreign internal defense doctrine in its military programs to support other nations while attempting to suppress lawlessness, insurgency, or subversion and reduce the severity of conditions of such threats to security.
Counter-terrorism encompasses detection of possible acts and responding to similar events (Nacos, 2012). The anti-terrorism scope for systems is inclusive of long borders, high traffic volumes, and vast area monitoring. The dimensions of counter-terrorism include the degree and type of the terrorism threat coupled with diplomatic and political ramifications as well as legal issues. The environment allows for the development of persistent systems for anti-terrorism protection through daunting tasks. The system brings together various models and technologies...
The design of such system-of-systems is inclusive of major technological projects.
Eleven days after terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Tom Ridge, the Pennsylvania Governor became the Office of Homeland Security Director within White House. The department was responsible for overseeing and coordinating comprehensive national strategies of safeguarding the nation against terrorism while responding to future attacks (Katherine, Darmer & Rosenbaum, 2004). The incorporation of Homeland Security Act in November 2002 by Congress, make formal the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a stand-alone department with cabinet-level status. The systems were responsible for coordinating and unifying national efforts for homeland security from 2003. The homeland security vision is to implement homeland safety, security, and resilience against terrorism and potential hazards (Nacos, 2012). The key concepts in its foundation and development of a national strategy on homeland security include vision towards customs and exchange, security and resilience.
The concepts drove broad activity areas for the Homeland Security Review processes and definition for homeland security missions. The missions have an enterprise-wide consequence was not limited of the Department of Homeland Security. Such objectives and associated goals tell detail of impacts of preventing, protecting, responding and recovering security. The impact of the system ensures resilience and facilitates exchange and customs. Many people from the federal, local, territorial, and state governments, the…
Homeland Security Strategies The United Sates Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Strategic Plan outlines the Department's vision for homeland security as outlined in the Department's Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR). The plan is a unified, strategic framework for homeland security missions and goals. The Bottom-Up Review (BUR) compliments efforts to align DHS's programmatic activities and organizational structure to better serve the department's goals and missions. The plan enables the Department to
Homeland Security and U.S. Intelligence Formation of Department of Homeland Security & U.S. Intelligence on Terrorism Definition of Intelligence Rationale for Formation of DHS Effectiveness of DHS Importance of Intelligence & Analysts Research Philosophy Research Methods & Its Limitations Data Collection & Analysis National security has been a major concern for United States in past few decades. However, since 2001, this concern has turn into a serious threat for national security. The given research is performed with the intent
Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Administration OPSEC and site security Importance of personal accountability at scene of incident Personnel accountability mechanisms are the most important in any rescue operations to ensure that rescuers strive to protect themselves and mandatory at emergency scenes. Moreover, this system helps track the rescuers' identification, their role and location during emergency. It also ensures only authorized personnel who are trained and have been provided with specific instruction are
On the other hand, the Department in itself was projected to deal with a large number of aspects surrounding homeland security. The arguments supporting the idea were focused on the principle that the citizens must be protected from foreign threats, such as terrorism, and they must be given the help needed to face the treacheries of nature. In aiming to accomplish the latter, the Federal Emergency Management Directorate was established.
This is because DHS has maintained that it is established not to work alone in enhancing security and safety of the people but in collaborating with all the U.S. departments and agencies, as long as it uphold the overall vision of the department - to protect and provide security to the people. Thus, it can be viewed that DHS is logically organized as it provide venues for different governmental and
DHS The United States Department of Homeland Security was formed in response to the growing threat of international terrorism. Since its official inception in 2002, the Department's mandate has expanded to encompass immigration law enforcement and bolstered response to natural disasters affecting the United States. The DHS represented a significant restructuring of several American federal government agencies. The stated mission of the Department of Homeland Security, indicated on the Department's Web site,