The U.S. government defines a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) as “official documentation of observed behavior that may be indicative of intelligence gathering or preoperational planning related to terrorism, criminal, or other illicit intention.”
By James E. Steiner
More is Better: The Analytic Case for a Robust Suspicious Activity Reports Program →
This essay examines the threat of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) terrorism and specifically what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has done to address this threat.
By Al Mauroni
Homeland Insecurity: Thinking About CBRN Terrorism →
Emergency services are in the front lines of responding to terrorism and are directly threatened. Current response patterns are based on routine emergencies and insufficient to meet new WMD threats.
By Robert T. Mahoney
Today’s national security environment demands whole-of-government approaches to complex national missions ranging from combating terrorism and trafficking in persons to securing cyberspace.
By Daniel R. Langberg
This article provides institutions interested in building a homeland security degree program a method by which to assess educational needs of homeland security professionals to help guide curriculum development.
By Cheryl Polson, John Persyn, and O. Shawn Cupp
Partnership in Progress: A Model for Development of a Homeland Security Graduate Degree Program →
Homeland security should avoid our era’s widespread temptation to specialize. Instead it should develop the characteristics of a true profession.
By Philip Palin
Homeland Security: An Aristotelian Approach to Professional Development →
Small private liberal arts colleges enjoy certain advantages when developing new academic programs, such as in homeland security-related education. These institutions offer students the opportunity to acquire a broad-based education in order to gain a holistic view of the world, a critical need in this age of global challenges.
By Gregory Moore, Kelley Cronin, Mary Breckenridge, and John Hatzadony
Homeland Security-Related Education and the Private Liberal Arts College →
In January 2010, Christopher Bellavita asked twelve questions regarding homeland security. Samuel H. Clovis, Jr., of Morningside College offers an answer to each of these questions in this letter to the editor of Homeland Security Affairs.
By Samuel Clovis Jr.
Letter to the Editor: Twelve Questions Answered →
The nation’s one million firefighters are embedded in virtually every urban or rural area of the United States. Firefighters enter homes, businesses, vehicles, and other assets during emergency and non-emergency duties thousands of times each day in their efforts to prevent or respond to life and property loss.
By Bryan Heirston
Firefighters and Information Sharing: Smart Practice or Bad Idea? →
An adversary making a frontal attack can be anticipated or repulsed. An adversary attacking from within, however, cannot be so readily countered. This article presents findings of research that used a Delphi method to uncover flaws in traditional defenses against hostile insiders and point the way to new, counterintuitive defenses.
By Nick Catrantzos
No Dark Corners: A Different Answer to Insider Threats →
