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34 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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5 Strategies that the chapters are broken into
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Threats
Prevention Protection Preparedness & Response International Issues |
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9 Themes throughout the book
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Partnerships
Mitigation but not elimination Proactive Attitude Military and Intelligence Government Regulation Strong Economy Technology International Relations Complacency/Focusing events pmpm gstic |
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Our Issues in Homeland Security course looks at:
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Organizational Change (still in its childhood)
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Supinski and Recca's Slideshow
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1.Everyone is responsible for HS
2.Is HS foreign and HD domestic? 3.foreign policy and soft power are key to HS 4. growth of responsibilities, cutting of budgets 5.reactive instead of proactive |
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Soft Power
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Foreign relations, humanitarian aid
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Complacency
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False sense of security
Would we have put up with all of the security measures that have followed 9/11 before the attacks? No, it took a focusing event to change peoples' attitudes. |
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Misnomer
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Inaccurate title/name
Disaster management/Emergency administration |
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Stovepiping
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argument for keeping FEMA under DHS. since they are so closely associated ("under the same roof") they will work better together
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Modern Terrorists
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Can't be deterred
Want to be martyred Dangerous with modern technology |
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Western Totalitarianism and Extremism
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Language Used
Indiscriminate Violence Celebration of death Elevation above the law |
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Terrorist Goals
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WMD
Control of Nation-States |
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Combating New Totalitarianism
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Encourage Muslims to speak out against extremists
Show we know the difference between Islam and extremism Support Democracy worldwide |
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Immigration
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Many people have problems with our current system and lack of governmental and congressional action has led to distrust of any proposed policy changes.
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Restoring governmental credibility in the immigration arena
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1. secure border
2. strengthen interior enforcement 3. improve temp. work programs |
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Using every tool
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Are we safer now debate
preparing for yesterday's disasters need many departments to work together to fight terrorism U.K. of dangerous individual who could not be deported |
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Humanitarian Aid
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key aspect of H.S.
MUST get into the right hands Soft and hard power can be used in tandem. Countries with many poor and few rich have problems with oppression sometimes |
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Why Washington Won't Work
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Effective anti-terror legislation shot down, helped bring on 9/11.
Small interest groups can be very disruptive to policy change. Success has brought on complacency |
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Government hampered by:
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Anecdotalism
NIMBY NIMTOF |
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Buying Down Risk
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Short term costs for long term benefits.
politicians often have trouble accepting this because they won't get credit for something good that happens decades down the road. |
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Infrastructure
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at risk from terrorists, but also mother nature and lack of up-keep.
Special interest groups once again blocking progress Government-private partnership International partnerships |
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Cybersecurity
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Potentially the most devastating threat we face.
Cascading effects Partnerships between individual, business, and government Globalization has made us vulnerable 1 protect gov systems 2 eliminate insider threats 3 develop future tech professionals |
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4 strategies to prevent IED attacks
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1 intelligence
2 strengthen partnerships 3 citizen awareness 4 full spectrum IED awareness |
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IEDs at home
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disrupt communications, finances, and acquisition of weapons
produce game changing technology |
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Managing ID
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Damages economy and reputation (large and small scale)
Identity affects a huge amount of our lives cards can be forged numbers can be lost |
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Right to anonymity
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"to assert absolute anonymity is to deprive another person of their right to a (trustworthy) business transaction"
Global economy is built on trust |
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3 Ds for improving ID security
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Description (ID #)
Device (card/phone) Digit (finger) |
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Managing Risk
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Reactive behavior costs lives and $
Can't eliminate risk, but you can minimize it |
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3 cases where government action is necessary in managing risk
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Misaligned time horizon
-favoring short term over long term benefits External Costs -people not considering how their actions affects others Transparency -know who/what we are dealing with -global economy built on trust |
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Biological Threats
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Globalization increases vulnerability
planning/training crucial Attack could cripple every aspect of the entire world Legal issues with distribution and governmental action in an attack |
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Areas of focus for Biodefense
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Threat Awareness
-search for labs, accurate intelligence, detect threats quickly Protection -of food, water, power Recovery -stockpiling and distributing medicine |
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Reasons to keep FEMA and DHS together
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1 training capacity is improved
2 response easier 3 FEMA would have trouble with man-made attacks |
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Biodefense strategy
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planning is needed they need each other STRATEGY: threat awareness and detection prevention and protection response and recovery |
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Cooperation and Consensus Abroad
Strategies for travel management |
1 information
2 biometrics 3 secure documentation |
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Responsibility to contain
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International Law issues
We should stay engaged rather than let the anti-U.S. challengers win without a fight |
