HOMELAND SECURITY

Homeland Security

Abstract

In this study, we try to explore the concept of “Homeland Security” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Homeland Security”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “Homeland Security” like its role, mission and duties and responsibilities. Finally, I conclude this paper with homeland security current effectiveness and thoughts.

Homeland Security

Introduction

Homeland Security is tasked to defend the homeland from any interior and external threats of terrorism either by deterrence, avoidance, or presumption. It has been tasked to insure the safety and sovereignty of the homeland community, territory, and infrastructure. As the events of September 11, 2001 demonstrated, homeland security, as a notion, defense, or a security department did not exist. All that existed were several agencies to accumulate data but not assigned to assimilate and proceed upon such security risk reports. (Department of Homeland Security: History, August, 2007)Thus, the Muslim extremist assembly renown as Al-Qaeda successfully organized to incorporate a sleeper cell into the homeland and competently design how to use our own gear and infrastructures against us.

Discussion

Department of Homeland Security Mission

The Department of Homeland Security has a crucial mission: to secure the territory from the various risks citizens face. This needs the dedication of more than 230,000 workers in occupations that variety from aviation and boundary security to emergency answer, from "cyber security" analyst to chemical facility inspector. Our obligations are wide-ranging, but our aim is clear - holding America safe.

Duties and Responsibilities of Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S)

The responsibility for achieving the national homeland security objectives falls upon every segment of American society, starting with federal, state, and local agencies, a vast and overlapping patchwork of more than 87,000 organizations. Virtually all public servants police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, municipal workers, public health officials, prosecuting attorneys, councilpersons, mayors, governs, congresspersons, and employees at every federal agency take part in protecting America from the threat of terrorism.

They all must cooperate with the corporate sector, to protect what is called America's critical infrastructure. As defined by Congress, critical infrastructure means “systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of the matters.”3 in short, these are the physical assets that serve as the foundation of the American way of life our ...