Introduction to Homeland Security

Principles of All-Hazards Risk Management

6th Edition - October 28, 2020
Authors: George Haddow, Jane Bullock, Damon Coppola
Language: English
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Written by renowned experts, Introduction to Homeland Security, Sixth Edition, informs users about the concepts and bedrock principles of homeland security. Readers will gain a solid appreciation of the broad range of topics that fall within the expanse of the homeland security umbrella and understand how and why they are so closely interconnected. The text will also provide an overview of the evolutionary process behind modern homeland security structures, which helps users to understand why certain functions exist and how they contribute to national and local security efforts. Unlike most books that focus solely on terrorism, this text covers an expansive range of homeland security topics including all-hazards emergency management, cybersecurity, border and transportation security, immigration and customs enforcement, and others.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword to Introduction to Homeland Security
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Homeland security: the concept, the organization
Introduction
Critical thinking
A new concept of homeland security
Critical thinking
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Other federal departments responsible for the homeland security enterprise
Critical thinking
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 2. Historic overview of the terrorist threat
Introduction
Before it was called homeland security: from the 1800s to the creation of FEMA
Critical thinking
World Trade Center bombing
Murrah Federal Building bombing
Critical thinking
Khobar Towers bombing, Saudi Arabia
Critical thinking
USS Cole bombing, Yemen
September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
The creation of the Department of Homeland Security: 2001–04
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
The 9/11 Commission
Critical thinking
Homeland security focus on terrorism results in a disaster: Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath
Critical thinking
Obama administration
Trump administration
A pandemic strikes the United States
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 3. Hazards
Introduction
The hazards
Natural hazards
Epidemics and pandemics
Critical thinking
Technological hazards
Terrorism (intentional) hazards
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
Difficulty of predicting terror attacks in the United States
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 4. Governmental homeland security structures
Introduction
Department of Homeland Security organizational chart
The Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security
Preexisting offices moved into DHS in 2002
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
New offices and directorates
Critical thinking
Agency reorganization
Critical thinking
DHS budget
Other agencies participating in community-level funding
Critical thinking
Activities by state and local organizations
Homeland security activity of state and tribal governments
Local government homeland security activities
Critical thinking
Role of private sector in homeland security and changes in business continuity and contingency planning
Other homeland security structures
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 5. Intelligence counterterrorism
Introduction
The Intelligence Community
The Intelligence Cycle
Intelligence oversight
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (Department of Justice)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Reconnaissance Office
National Security Agency
DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Debate over the reach of intelligence activities
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 6. Border security, immigration, and customs enforcement
Introduction
Border security
Immigration
Customs enforcement
Border security, immigration, and customs in the Department of Homeland Security
The US Customs and Border Protection
Critical thinking
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Critical thinking
The US Coast Guard
US Citizenship and Immigration Services
DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management
State and local role in customs and immigration enforcement
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 7. Transportation safety and security
Introduction
The transportation network
The National Infrastructure Protection Plan
The Transportation Security Administration
TSA components
Trucking security
Ports and shipping security
Bus transportation security
Railway transportation security
FEMA Transit Security Grant program
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 8. Cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection
Introduction
Cybersecurity
Cyberwarfare and cyberterrorism
Cybercrime
Cyberthreats
The threat of rogue insiders
Using the cyber network as a security tool
Executive Order 13636: Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
DHS cybersecurity efforts
Cybersecurity role of other federal agencies
Critical thinking
The Department of Defense
The Department of State
The National Science Foundation
National Institute for Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce
National Security Agency
Critical thinking
Private-sector cybersecurity
Critical infrastructure protection
Critical thinking
DHS Infrastructure Security Division
State and local governments
Critical thinking
Private sector
International critical infrastructure considerations
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 9. All-hazards emergency response and recovery
Introduction
Response processes
Legislative actions
Budget
Local response
First-responder roles and responsibilities
Local emergency managers
Funding for first responders
State response
Volunteer group response
DHS response agencies
The Incident Command System
Federal response
The presidential disaster declaration process
The preliminary damage assessment (PDA)
FEMA declaration criteria
The National Response Framework (NRF)
Federal assistance in disaster response
Chapter 10. Mitigation, prevention, and preparedness
Introduction
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
National frameworks
Mitigation plans, actions, and programs
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
Prevention actions and programs
Preparedness actions and programs
Preparedness against biological and chemical attacks and accidents
Specific challenges for biological/chemical terrorism incident management
Nuclear and radiological preparedness
Terrorism preparedness and mitigation: community issues
Critical thinking
The role of the private sector in mitigation and preparedness activities
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
Exercises to foster preparedness
Critical thinking
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 11. Communications
Critical thinking
Crisis communications
Critical thinking
Critical thinking
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What are social media?
Social media and disasters
Building an effective disaster communications capability in a changing media world
Critical thinking
Communicating in the era of homeland security
Critical thinking
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 12. Science and technology
What you will learn
Introduction
Department of Homeland Security
Critical thinking
R&D efforts external to the Department of Homeland Security
Conclusion
Key terms
Review questions
Chapter 13. The future of homeland security
Introduction
FEMA history lesson
Lessons for homeland security from the FEMA experience
The future of emergency management in homeland security
Conclusion
Index

George Haddow

George Haddow currently serves as Senior Fellow at the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy (DRLA) at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA and previously served as an Adjunct Faculty and Research Scientist, Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, George Washington University in Washington, DC. at Prior to joining academia, Mr. Haddow worked for eight years in the Office of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as the White House Liaison and the deputy Chief of Staff. He is a founding partner of Bullock & Haddow LLC, a disaster management consulting firm.

Affiliations and expertise

Principal, Bullock & Haddow LLC, Senior Fellow, Disaster Resilience Leadership Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

Jane Bullock

Jane A. Bullock served more than 20 years in support of Federal emergency management efforts, culminating as the Chief of Staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Director James Lee Witt. In this position Ms. Bullock served as principal advisor to the Director on all Agency programmatic and administrative activities, provided advice and recommendations to the Director on policies required to carry out the mission of the agency; managed the day-to-day operations of the Agency; directed, monitored, and evaluated Agency strategic and communication processes; and oversaw administration of the Agency’s resources, including the disaster relief fund. In 2001, Ms. Bullock co-founded the disaster management consulting firm Bullock & Haddow, LLC. She currently serves on the governing boards of the National Earthquake Hazards Program, the Earthquake Engineering Research Center, and others.

Affiliations and expertise

President, Bullock and Haddow LLC, Reston, VA, USA

Damon Coppola

Damon P. Coppola is the founder of Shoreline Risk LLC and a Partner with Bullock & Haddow LLC. He has extensive experience in disaster management capacity development, disaster risk management, and planning through his work with the United Nations; the World Bank Group; The US Federal Emergency Management Agency; and the US Army Corps of Engineers, among others. Mr. Coppola serves as a Senior Disaster Management Specialist at the Hawaii-based Pacific Disaster Center and is a faculty member at Loma Linda University and the University of Hawaii. He holds an M.E.M in Crisis, Emergency, and Risk Management from George Washington University and an A.R.M. from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.

Affiliations and expertise

Founder of Shoreline Risk LLC and a Partner with Bullock & Haddow LLC, Damon Coppola, CT, USA