Homeland security

The Homeland Security Department consist of many agencies and other divisions. It provides the best security at major events, structures, facilities and most importantly, to the president of the United States. The Department of Homeland Security consist of many agencies and other divisions. The Directorate for National Protection and Programs work to reduce risk to facilities and services such as airports, roads, bridges, utilities, and computer system (Mockaitis). Another branch of the Homeland Security is the office of Operation Coordination working to coordinate the Homeland Securities activities of the federal, state, territorial, tribal, local and private sector partners. Other branches such as the United States Citizenship and Immigration…

The ability of the homeland security system to assess and respond to future threats can at times be uncertain. This is due to the ever evolving nature of the threats posed to the country. As new threats are addressed more is learned about resources are needed for each type of manmade or natural event. Since, September 11, 2001 many steps have been taken to address this country’s vulnerability to terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the need for improvements in the country’s…

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a federal agency designed to protect the United States against threats. Its wide-ranging duties include aviation security, border control, emergency response and cybersecurity. Furthermore, the 2002 National Homeland Security Strategy had three objectives which were to prevent terrorism, reduce vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize damage and recover if a terrorist attack occurs. however, in 2007 the goals of DHS became prevent and…

Defining Homeland Security Homeland security (HLS) is an expansive enterprise that includes many agencies and departments at all levels of government. As such, it has been defined in many different but similar ways. For example, in their book Understanding Homeland Security, Noftsinger, Newbold, and Wheeler (2007) define homeland security as “a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, minimize the damage, and…

The Strategy Hierarchy and Homeland Security The concept of homeland security can be described as a collective interaction and marshalling of resources involving a various agencies at the federal, state, and local levels to protect U.S. borders and the mainland from threats posed by state actors, non-state actors, and other malicious entities. Additional threats homeland security must contend with include those that are biological origin such as highly pathogenic viruses as well as natural…

Homeland Security means only one thing, protect your country and the secret service is the first line of protection. “The Department of Homeland Security has a vital mission: to secure the nation from the many threats we face. Our duties are wide-ranging, but our goal is clear - keeping America safe.” The Department of Homeland Security is charged with the primary responsibilities of protecting the United States divided into 22 divisions that respond to terrorist attacks, man-made accidents,…

receptive to the possibility of America being attacked more in the future. The current President at the time, President George Bush, was very proactive when it came to the attacks on the nation. The president and his cabinet organized and came up with the idea of the Department of Homeland Security, A department charged with protecting the homeland, by not only protecting America, but its citizens also from terrorist attacks. It is extremely important that the department carry…

The Department of Homeland Security was integrated into 22 federal departments and agencies throughout the United States. Homeland Security integrated with Paragon systems in the year 1993 with the State of Alabama being one of their contracted divisions. Other federal departments include the Coast Guard, FEMA, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Citizenship Services and the Transportation Security Agencies. Paragon mission goal is to serve support and protect the United States. Over…

decision is made especially in a matter of homeland security. Risk is defined as exposure of someone or something to danger, harm, or loss (Oxford University Press, 2016). Homeland security enterprise is the combination of federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, nongovernmental, private sector agencies, and communities that are working together as well as share a common national goal in safety and security of the nation and its people (Bullock, Haddow, & Coppola, 2013, p. 3). The 2010…

Capabilities and Limitations of Intelligence in Support of Homeland Security The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States national government which was created in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks in the nation. The department was created to primarily deal with the issue of protecting and securing the territory of the United States. It was created with the goal to prepare for, prevent and respond to any kind of domestic emergencies and in this…