This book provides first responders, security professionals, and students with a fundamental and definitive overview of critical homeland security issues. It features a review and assessment of homeland security risks, along with insights, strategies, and practical advice for working successfully in the new threat environment. Individual chapters cover : terrorist tactics, intra-government coordination of information, behavioral pattern recognition, aviation and cargo security, new rules for securing cyberspace, roles of media and private individuals, and more.

More than $3 billion is spent annually on homeland security. New threats and vulnerabilities are identified on virtually a daily basis. The McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook provides first responders, security professionals, and students with a fundamental and definitive overview of critical homeland security issues. This first all-in-one reference features review and assessment of myriad homeland security risks, along with insights, strategies, and practical advice for working successfully in the new threat environment. A team of more than 70 experts supplies chapters covering terrorist tactics, intra-government coordination of information, behavioral pattern recognition, aviation and maritime passenger and cargo security, new rules for securing cyberspace, roles of media and private individuals, and more. Homeland security is the fastest-growing training market in the United States The Handbook has a large and immediate built-in market, from law enforcement EMT, and fire departments to security professionals and students The United States has more than four million professionals classified as first responders

Blinded by emotional rhetoric, political posturing, and genuine fear, previous efforts to defend our way of life against aggressors intent on inflicting personal and economic destruction have proven, in hindsight, to be misguided, panicked, and reactionary. Evaluation and assessment to date is largely focused on reviewing government documents, doin

Provides a comprehensive account of past and current homeland security reorganization and practices, policies and programs in relation to government restructuring.

2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. US Department of Homeland Security Handbook

The definitive guide to Homeland Security—updated with critical changes in the department’s mission, tactics, and strategies Critical reading for government officials, diplomats, and other government officials, as well as executives and managers of businesses affected by Homeland Security activities Provides the most comprehensive coverage available on anti-terrorism intelligence, maritime security, and border security Updates include recent changes in the structure of the Homeland Security department, its new role in natural-disaster response, and new strategies and analytical tools