For the 2017 UAPI Summit Special Issue, Homeland Security Affairs presents the best papers from the 2017 University and Agency Partnership Initiative (UAPI) Summit Conference. This issue also contains executive summaries from eleven other outstanding papers from the UAPI Summit. All of the papers submitted for presentation at the meeting were vetted by an academic jury, and then the five best papers were selected by the Homeland Security Affairs Editorial Committee. Read more.
Today nearly every crime or homeland security threat that once required some physical nexus with the nation’s traditional borders (land, sea, and air) is being committed, or at least facilitated, by some cyber component.
By Phillip Osborn
Cyber Border Security – Defining and Defending a National Cyber Border →
VEOs ability to utilize or acquire one or more unique resources or capabilities provides a competitive advantage over other groups in the larger Jihadi Industry.
By Michael Logan, Gina Ligon, and Douglas Derrick
Applying an Organizational Framework to Examine Jihadi Organizations as an Industry →
Protecting critical infrastructure, especially in a complex urban area or region, should focus on identifying and prioritizing potential failure points that would have the most severe consequences.
By Duane Verner, Frederic Petit, and Kibaek Kim
Incorporating Prioritization in Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Programs →
We explain unique contributions of ways to model threat, vulnerability, and consequence, which have implications for how we assess risk.
By Eric F. Taquechel and Ted G. Lewis
Investments in information communication technologies, such as those made by the state of Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, can help to facilitate the resilience of disaster response networks.
By Thomas W. Haase, Gunes Ertan, and Louise K. Comfort
