Risk management of national security threats : select issues and topics / Gustav Knudsen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knudsen, Gustav, editor.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense, security and strategies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--United States.

National security.

Risk management--United States.

Risk management.

Border security--United States.

Border security.

Threats--United States--Evaluation.

Threats.

Bioterrorism--United States--Prevention.

Bioterrorism.

Nuclear terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Nuclear terrorism.

Communication in science--Government policy--United States.

Communication in science.

Communication of technical information--Government policy--United States.

Communication of technical information.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]

Summary:

The United States confronts a wide array of threats at U.S. borders, ranging from terrorists who may have weapons of mass destruction, to transnational criminal smuggling drugs or counterfeit goods, to unauthorized migrants intending to live and work in the United States. Given this diversity of threats, how may Congress and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) set border security priorities and allocate scarce enforcement resources? In general, DHS's answer to this question is organized around risk management, a process that involves risk assessment and the allocation of resources based on a cost-benefit analysis. DHS employs models to classify threats as relatively high- or low-risk for certain planning and budgeting exercises and to implement certain border security programs. This book examines risk management as it relates to national security threats with a focus on border security; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risk assessments; and the publishing of scientific papers with potential security risks.

Contents:

Border security : understanding threats at U.S. borders / Marc R. Rosenblum, Jerome P. Bjelopera and Kristin M. Finklea

Risk management fundamentals / U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risk assessments : DHS should establish more specific guidance for their use / United States Government Accountability Office

Publishing scientific papers with potential security risks : issues for Congress / Frank Gottron and Dana A. Shea.

Notes:

"This is an edited, reformatted, and augmented version ..."--Page 1.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62618-702-9