Briefly discuss modern surveillance technologies currently in place to screen passengers entering and transiting the United States from foreign countries.
Based on the article Intruders breach U.S. airport fences about every 10 days and look at the graph of security breaches. Link: https://www.yourconroenews.com/neighborhood/moco/news/article/Intruders-breach-US-airport-fences-about-every-10-9488878.php
a. Which city had the highest number of breaches?
b. Which city had the lowest?
c. What conclusions can you draw from this graph?
Should airport security authorities scan a passenger’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram social media postings for any indications of a potential threat to the United States? What are the ethical implications? Explain.
With the pretext of protecting society, does this level of surveillance infringe on U.S. civil rights? What checks and balances are in place to keep surveillance from going too far?
References to be used, plus three additional:
https://www.yourconroenews.com/neighborhood/moco/news/article/Intruders-breach-US-airport-fences-about-every-10-9488878.php
National Strategy For Aviation Security (See attachment)
The appropriateness of today’s airport security measures in safeguarding airline passengers (see attachment )
Category: Global issues & Disaster and Crisis management
Ninety percent of the goods transported around the Earth are moved by oil tankers and container vessels that travel our oceans. Crews get smaller and ships get larger as the industry adopts automation, remote monitoring, and remote navigational systems, all of which can be cyber-attacked. Researchers from the University of Texas verified that it was possible to change a ship’s direction by simulating a GPS signal to target a ship’s onboard navigation system. Imagine this scenario: A shipping container filled with chemical or biological weapons is stowed in the hold of a cargo ship, which is caused to run aground in a major U.S. port (e.g., Boston, New Orleans, or Los Angeles). There, the weapon is detonated remotely by terrorists.
Case Assignment
Examine and discuss the critically growing maritime threats brought about by advances in technology. Cite specific examples.
Outline potential countermeasures to protect both ports and ships from involuntarily participating in a WMD terrorist attack. In fact, you may find yourself inventing a countermeasure that does not exist today!
U.S. Coast Guard is only able to respond to approximately 30 percent of coastal emergencies. Today U.S. Coast Guard conducts U.S. port security assessments and analyzes security risk. Would the U.S. Coast Guard resources be better served if the local and state police departments take over this task, and permit the U.S. Coast Guard to focus on sea-based security risk emergency events? Provide an argument for and against this change.
A critical component to the U.S. Maritime Surveillance Strategies is Coast Guard Intelligence (CG-2); intel personnel are integrated at every level. Coast Guard Intelligence components bring three unique and critical characteristics to the intelligence and law enforcement communities: (1) Maritime Access, (2) Maritime Emphasis, (3) Maritime Expertise, and advances in surveillance technology. CG-2 consists of: Command headquarters, Counterintelligence Service, Coast Guard Cryptologic Group, Intelligence Coordination Center, and various Field Intelligence centers.
Assignment
Choose a port and discuss its vulnerabilities and security strategies.
Based on your reading and your own research findings, how does CG-2 provide real-time protection of coastal seaways and U.S. seaports? What additional DHS agencies does the CG-2 coordinate with?
Has technology reduced the risk to U.S. ports?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Length: This SLP Assignment should be 3-5 pages, not counting the title page and references.
References: At least two references should be included from academic sources (e.g., peer-reviewed journal articles). Required readings are included. Quoted material should not exceed 10% of the total paper (since the focus of these assignments is critical thinking). Use your own words and build on the ideas of others. When material is copied verbatim from external sources, it MUST be enclosed in quotes. The references should be cited within the text and listed at the end of the assignment in the References section (preferably in APA format).
Organization: Subheadings should be used to organize your paper according to question.
Grammar and Spelling: While no points are deducted for minor errors, assignments are expected to adhere to standard guidelines of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence syntax. Points may be deducted if grammar and spelling impact clarity.
Purpose:
This assignment is meant to have you analyze, synthesize, and respond to course material.
Prompt:
Write a brief essay essay focusing on one chapter from Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the Future of Monuments on a Changing World Section Two: Monument Culture: Land, People, and Place.
This essay should include:
*a clear title that states the chosen chapter
*a brief summary of the chosen chapter
*a brief discussion of the key themes and points
*an analysis of how the chosen chapter demonstrates “deploying monuments to shape identity, community, and history via the physical landscape and place (Macaluso, xviii).”
Content:
MLA, APA, or Chicago Format
2 Full Pages
12 pt font
Double-spaced
Title Page (not included in the page count).
Reference page (not included in the page count).
Things to note:
Direct quotes need to have in-text citations.
No block quotations (quotes longer than 40 words (APA) or four lines (MLA).
Reference Page Example :
Macaluso, Laura A. Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the Future of Monuments in a Changing World. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.
Write a 5-7 page (not including cover, reference/citations, etc.) term paper (one that is to the point, is grammatically correct and free from punctuation errors) where you:
Describe the overall purpose of the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF)Links to an external site., including the Core Principles, Capabilities and Process essential for all communities to manage and improve recovery more effectively following an incident of any size or scale.
Describe the whole community of stakeholders, including their roles and responsibilities during the recovery phase of the disaster.
Describe the relevant Statutory and Executive orders and Authority primarily used during the disaster recovery phase.
Material and research must be derived from the reading material (text and supplemental documents located in respective modules) and classroom lectures.
Your term paper must be 5-7 pages in content length—by adding the required title page and citation page your complete assignment will be 6-9 pages in length. Graphs, Tables, and photos are used for emphasis. You may use as may graphs/tables/photos you deem necessary, but they do not count towards page length.
Your paper should be written using Times New Roman, 12 font size, with 1” margins using line spacing of 1.5” and APA styleLinks to an external site. and citation. Be concise and get right to the point but be comprehensive and detailed. Cite the source whenever using an idea that you borrowed from the text (author, year, page #). At all times, you must properly give credit to the original author, otherwise, you may be subject to plagiarism.
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/national-preparedness/frameworks/recovery
Cybersecurity is considered as a new sector of homeland security.
What threat do cyber-attacks pose to the United States?
What if there was a successful terrorist group cyber-attack on the Pentagon, immobilizing the Department of Defense’s network communications or a segment of the U.S. critical infrastructure along the eastern or western coasts? Would this be an act of war? Discuss. Outline the various decisions necessary to mitigate such a disaster.
Remember to support your statements with examples and references.
Answer the following:
Based on the topic of protecting U.S. airports, discuss DHS’s
role in preventing infiltration into the United States by air.
With the rise of international and domestic terrorism, is it
justified to station the U.S. military at all major U.S. international
airports?
what do you think is the greatest challenge that DHS faces protecting
U.S. Airports?
Use the attachments as sources along with 2 additional
12 pages double spaced. 12 Times Roman font. Argumentative paper or historical paper with a THESIS. APA or MLA format is fine. 13th page MUST SHOW a minimum of 5 peer reviewed journal articles.
Write a 12 pages paper on the topic of your interest pertaining to this class. Paper sources MUST have at least 5 PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES.
Should be argumentative paper OR historical paper on any topic that interest you in “Pol 2260”
Examples of paper topic: Comparing Ethnic Conflicts in Rwanda and Congo; Effects of globalization in India; etc.
Sources: I WILL NOT accept any sources for the paper other than peer reviewed journal articles.
Peer reviewed journal articles can be obtained through JSTOR or other School library journal articles search engine. When searching please select “Peer reviewed.” Contact librarian early to identify the research papers.
At the end of the 12 page paper (at 13 page) you must have a page of sources listing clearly the minimum 5 journal peer reviewed articles.
What is a peer reviewed article?: https://guides.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/c.php?g=288333&p=1922599
If you are not able to find peer reviewed journal articles in the topic of your paper then change your paper topic.
Download and complete the Innovation Ambition Continuum Comparison Worksheet
Download Innovation Ambition Continuum Comparison Worksheet.
You will evaluate the two potential solutions to your stated problem using a template based on the Tamarack Institute’s Innovation Ambition Continuum. From the results, you will select the best potential solution for the presented problem. (ONE SOLUTION IS TO MAKE STRICTER LAWS ON LITTERING. MY OTHER SOLUTION IS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO KEEP THE WORLD CLEAN BY SUPPLYING RECYCLING BINS AND TRASH BINS EVERYWHERE WHERE CIVILIANS MAY WALK)
Complete Part One by:
Complete the table by critically evaluating the two potential solutions you proposed in this week’s Generating Potential Solutions discussion forum.
Complete Part Two by:
Writing the problem statement.
Briefly describing each potential solution.
Identifying the best solution
Explaining why you selected the solution.
Convert your completed worksheet (paper) to PDF and Save the completed PDF of your paper to your computer then upload it to Waypoint.
Be sure to double check that it was properly saved and uploaded successfully.
Must be at least 2 double-spaced pages in length.
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Innovative Ambition Continuum Worksheet Technical Requirements
must be 2 to 3 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA.
must include complete responses to all the prompts.
must document any information used from sources in APA Style
Assignment: Read the three articles provided. Then write a 3 to 4-page (approximate length) paper (double spaced, one-inch margins) with the title “people drink for different reasons: some good some bad.” You are allowed to use other resources as well, but you need to address the following issues in your paper.
a. What is the social-learning framework and how does it apply to the reasons people drink alcohol, i.e., drinking motives?
b. What are the different types of reasons/motivations underlying why people drink?
• Describe each and give examples of the questions used to measure each reason.
c. Regarding the different reasons for drinking, are they related to different antecedents (causal factors) and outcomes? Provide the appropriate reference for your answers (i.e., which of the studies – out of the three you were given – found the results you mention?).
d. Which of these motives seems to be the most problematic in terms of drinking-related problems?
• Do the authors of the studies suggest why drinking for this reason might lead to alcohol abuse and dependence?
e. Which motive appears to be least problematic in terms of drinking-related problems?
• Do the authors of the studies suggest why drinking for this reason is not as problematic?
f. Can you think of any other reasons for drinking (motives) that are not identified here?
• How might you measure these motives, i.e., what types of questions would you ask? Provide several example questions.
• Regarding the new motive you identified, do you think it would be maladaptive or adaptive? Explain.
HELPFUL HINT: don’t stress out over trying to understand all the information from the results sections. Focus more on the summaries of the findings in the “discussion” sections.