Security awareness

present unique security challenges, which must be addressed in order to ensure the efficient flow of goods across the globe. Of the different modes of transportation associated with the global supply chain, the maritime security element, specifically, container shipping and its associated operations (i.e. port operations), are the most vulnerable. This is primarily due…

Surveillance (observation), combined with intelligence, law enforcement case work and open source information, creates air domain awareness. Air domain awareness facilitates the detection and understanding of anomalies, enabling situational awareness. Situational awareness – the understanding of an event occurring or about to occur, is derived from domain awareness analysis. Situational…

Introduction In recent years Italy has become the 7th largest economy in the world and it has close ties with the United States. They have a favorable security industry. Although, today they world is changing vastly and globalization is ever present throughout the world. With recessions, financial crisis, MNCs is targeting locations to expand their businesses, promoting growth and finding cost and labor efficient countries. Their goal is to enter emerging or underdeveloped labor markets that…

Conventional terrorism is becoming difficult to conduct. Many organizations are switching their tactics and using cyber-terrorism. Terrorist groups can instill fear easier from behind a computer screen. (U) Nations struggle to upgrade their cyber security to match the advancements in cyber attacks, “Since 2008, when Turkey saw its first major cyber attack aimed at the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the country has faced many subsequent cyber attacks, leading to the increase…

nature of these unconventional attacks, coupled with the impossibilities of “perfect security” only allows for a balancing of risk that can be achieved through a redundancy approach to managing these threats. The balancing of risk is optimal when the domestic and international law, the private sector, and the civilian population are working in tandem. The first section of this paper will define a realistic goal of security. The second section will explain the uniqueness of the threats mentioned…

Reporting The success of a security and risk metric framework is dependent on effective reporting of the measurement of various metrics. If these metrics are not clearly understood by the stakeholders involved then the framework is considered to be ineffective. Different stakeholders…

The question of the relationship between privacy, security and individual freedom is one the oldest, and almost most continually controversial topics of contemporary discussion. Technology has now progressed to a such a degree whereby it is technically possible to gain access to almost all of a person 's personal information and to monitor almost their every move. The idea of national and personal security is often used as a justification for such monitoring as and when it occurs, even if such…

how easily the robbers could have entered any of the buildings on campus. Additionally, on March 15, 2016, the university police department alerted the campus community about an off campus burglary and rape. These two incidents increased student’s awareness of their susceptibility to danger on campus. When asked directly if students felt safe on campus most considered that to be dependent on the time of day. More students feel safe on campus during the day when more people are around, as…

with the involvement of disgruntled patients or family members and facility security. In the past two years this department has grown and continues to grow with the increase issues with workplace violence. I was surprised to learn that police hired by the hospital have the same privileges as city and state police and have the ability to enforce all laws; I guess I always considered them more in the role of a “security guard” not an actual police officer. I am not sure if the hospital…

Undercover journalism is used in order to expose truth without the reporter being noticed as a journalist on the job. One undercover reporter, John Kelly, roamed a school in order to reveal the level of security in the building. Kelly asked the administration about the security of the school, and then asked where the restroom is located. Kelly purposely walked a different direction, and once the staff noticed they contacted the law enforcement. The school was under lockdown, the children were…