By Cedric Novenario – Executive Summary – Traffic congestion during commuting hours (7:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.) is as much a guarantee as death and taxes. Sitting in traffic gridlock consumes valuable free time, …
Hacking Your Ride: Is Web 2.0 Creating Vulnerabilities to Surface Transportation? →
By Matthew Morin – Executive Summary – This thesis examined if automated cyber defense promises to be more effective than current models to cope with the results of vulnerabilities introduced by the projected increase in Internet-enabled devices. The question was …
Protecting Networks via Automated Defense of Cyber Systems →
By Paul Arnett – Executive Summary – For almost a decade and a half since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Port Security Grant Program has provided funding to projects with the intention of improving the security posture …
The Port Security Grant Program: Good Enough, or Can It be Made Better →
This essay presents the key findings of a systematic analysis of U.S. court records about SIA smuggling, as derived from 19 known prosecutions and a variety of other data between 2001 and 2015.
By Todd Bensman
By Brian Smith – Executive Summary – This thesis examines the issue of law enforcement’s use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) from an ethical perspective. It describes ethics as rules governing individual conduct that are functionally specific, relating to the …
Ethics on the Fly: Toward a Drone-Specific Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement →
By Joshua Shaughnessy – Executive Summary – State and local jurisdictions have been challenged to develop comprehensive homeland security strategies. While progress has been made since 9/11, many improvements have centered on disaster prevention and response. Other areas of homeland …
Winning the War at Home: Stability Operations Strategy for Homeland Security →
By Calvin Shanks – Executive Summary – Border communities are often interconnected by more than simple proximity. They are connected through social networks, economies, cultures, and by shared natural resources. The more closely connected the communities are, the more likely …
Beyond Sister City Agreements: Exploring the Challenges to Full International Interoperability →
By Darren Price – Executive Summary – You don’t concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done. Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, U.S. Air Force, Pilot Emergency management is …
Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Emergency Management: A Guide for Policy Makers and Practitioners →
By Zachary Perron – Executive Summary – Law enforcement social media use is a hot topic among today’s police chiefs and sheriffs. With the amount of public attention focused on police agencies in contemporary society, the way agencies choose to …
Becoming More Than a Digital Bullhorn: Two-Way Engagement on Twitter for Law Enforcement →
By Frank Leeb – Executive Summary – For most EMS systems, arriving in less than four minutes at the side of a patient whose arrest resulted in a 911 call is nearly impossible. —John Freese, FDNY Office of Medical Affairs …
