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Counterterrorism; Cybersecurity; Managing Risk; Network Organization and Management; Threats and Vulnerabilities
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 exposed not only the vulnerability of the US homeland to catastrophic acts of terrorism but also the need to define what is meant by homeland security, to build institutions to counter threats, and to plan an effective strategy to manage homeland security activities.
What do we mean by “homeland security?” Is there a shared definition, a common meaning for the term, which exploded on the nation’s consciousness with the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that September day? In the wake of the first major terrorist attacks on U S soil, most definitions focused almost solely on terrorism. The USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107-56), hastily drawn in the first month after 9/11, focused on ways in which law enforcement agencies could gather information on and detain suspected terrorists. Even as the Department of...
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U. S. Department of Homeland Security (2010) Quadrennial homeland security review report: a strategic framework for a secure homeland
U. S. Department of Homeland Security (2014) The 2014 quadrennial homeland security review
U. S. Department of Homeland Security (2017) Oral testimony of DHS Secretary Kelly for a house committee on homeland security hearing titled “Department of Homeland Security Reauthorization and the President’s FY 2018 Budget Request”
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Plant, J. (2017). Managing Homeland Security. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2258-1
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