Learning Materials from the NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security
New to the Medium.com/Homeland-Security collection: class posts for the class Internet, Society and Cyberconflict Exercise: You’ve been asked by the Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS- composed of DHS, HHS, DoD, DOT, FCC,...
A collection of presentations and resource lists across a broad range of topics and categorized into Homeland Security and Core Competencies. Topics include Machine Learning, Drought, Aging Infrastructure, Terrorism & Transnational Criminal Organizations, Challenges in Infrastructure Funding, Asymmetric...
Play the audio: [download the .mp3 file] In this podcast, David Riedman, Captain of the Montgomery County MD Fire and Rescue Service (cohort 1401/1402), speaks about how the critical infrastructure club in the United...
The Critical Infrastructure Higher Education Initiative (CI HEI) was a highly successful five year partnership between the Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP/HS) at George Mason University and the U.S. Department of...
Video interview – Viewpoints. Kimbley Craig and Manny Morales Kimbley Craig, a Councilwoman for California’s 5th District, and Major Manny Morales of the Miami Police Department discuss how law enforcement and local politicians can...
Video interview – Viewpoints. R.K. Arora In this Viewpoints R.K. Arora, Commandant and Secretary for Sardar Patel University of Police Security and Criminal Justice and Diana Wuegar, Faculty Associate for Research at the Center...
Video interview – Viewpoints. Meghan McPherson Meghan McPherson found some emergency management inspiration in, of all places, a nail salon. The result is a program that dispenses emergency preparedness information to workers in the...
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) has updated its Featured Topics in Terrorism to include: Domestic (U.S.) Terrorism Global Terrorism Active Shooters Lone Wolf Terrorism Suicide Bombers HSDL Featured Topics are a curated collection of...
Video Series – James Wirtz The notion that the United States is vulnerable to a strategic surprise cyber attack is often characterized as a “Cyber Pearl Harbor,” and is a mainstay of current strategic...
June 2017 theses released and available in the Homeland Security Digital Library. The most recent outstanding thesis winner is Hoaithi Nguyen, with her thesis work entitled “Lawful Hacking: Toward a Middle Ground Solution to the...
Lecture/presentation Homeland security intelligence is not codified in law, nor is their a defined homeland security intelligence community – which encourages inconsistent interpretations of homeland security intelligence. This module examines some of the needs...
Newest articles in Volume XIII (2017) published in June. The issue contains an essay which explores new approaches to non-strategic deterrence of terrorist attacks based on cognitive psychology and behavioral economics, and a research...
Video interview – Viewpoints. Judge Steve Leifman In this Viewpoints, CHDS master’s degree alumnus Michael Biasotti interviews Florida 11th Judicial District Judge Steve Leifman on how severe mental illness affects homeland security. The criminal...
The Worldwide Threat Assessment has been presented to Congress annually by the Director of National Intelligence; and before that office was created, it was presented by the CIA Director in his position as the...
Medium.com/Homeland-Security is an App Store of Homeland Security Ideas. CHDS Master’s participants are publishing new stories for 2017. Edited by Rodrigo Nieto Gomez Exercise: homeland security blog-posts to Garcia: A strategic exercise on individual...
Video presentation at the 2017 APEX workshop (Alumni Professional Exchange). Robi Sen Self-described “serial entrepreneur” Robi Sen, Chief Technology Officer with the company Department 13, offered attendees a glimpse into the future and implications...
Video presentation at the 2016 APEX workshop (Alumni Professional Exchange). Eric Klinenberg Future construction of the nation’s vital networks of roads, grids and bridges should also take into account future global temperature and sea...
Video presentation at the 2017 APEX workshop (Alumni Professional Exchange). Scott Kelberg CHDS Executive Leaders Program alumnus Scott Kelberg, Assistant Director of FEMA’s National Education and Training, briefed APEX attendees about the agency and...
Video presentation at the 2017 APEX workshop (Alumni Professional Exchange). David Riedman. The critical infrastructure club in the United States needs to be a little more exclusive, Center for Homeland Defense and Security master’s...
Course — website/web application. Paul Jonathan Smith. Updated May 2017 The following three modules address counterterrorism in the United Kingdom. Tracing the UK response to violent subnational terrorism back to its efforts against the...
Video interview – Viewpoints. Tom Davis Lynnwood Police Chief Tom Davis is interviewed by fellow CHDS master’s degree alumnus Bijan Karimi, Assistant Deputy Director of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management about countering...
Play the audio: [download the .mp3 file] Standard operating procedures (SOPs) guide emergency responders in a crisis, providing predetermined steps to manage anticipated events. However, modern disasters often manifest as complex systems and produce...
Video interview – Viewpoints. Anthony Vassalo In this viewpoints, Anthony Vassalo, Chair of the National Intelligence Management Council (NIMC), discusses how the Council supports the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in organizing...
Video interview – Viewpoints. Ramona Prieto What does the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control do, and what is its role in Homeland Security? In this interview, Ramona Prieto, Acting Director of the California...
Video interview – Viewpoints. Tom Mackin For two grading periods in a row, the Army Corps of Engineers has awarded our nation’s infrastructure a “D”. But what are the top threats to our infrastructure?...
On January 5, 2017, The Honorable James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, delivered a Joint Statement for the Record to the Senate Armed Services Committee on foreign cyber threats to the U.S. The Center for Homeland Defense and...
Course — website/web application. Developed in conjunction with Sean Everton, Co-Director and Michael Aspland, Faculty Associate for Research at the CORE Lab in the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School This course is...
Course — website/web application. Nadav Morag. [Updated Dec 2016] Islam is a faith of richness and complexity that has manifested itself over time in a broad variety of ways. Unfortunately, it is also used...
Full book list for every course These are some of the text books assigned to Master’s students at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security in 2015-2017 courses. See the list for all current courses:...
Video. CHDS has supported FEMA and Cal OES in the development of a video outlining the recently-released 2016 Bay Area Earthquake Plan. This short film is a visual introduction to the updated San Francisco...
From the HSx Core Competencies collection. This module provides futurist thinking or strategic foresight and planning which has been used across industries and utilized by government agencies such as the DOD and FEMA, which regularly...
From the HSx Core Competencies collection. This module provides a roadmap to understanding the process of root- cause analysis and how this technique can aid problem-solving and mitigate issue recurrence. open in new window Resource...
From the HSx Core Competencies collection. This module provides an overview of various tips and methods which help ensure efficient and effective management of meetings. open in new window Resource List These resources provide a...
From the HSx Core Competencies collection. This module provides a roadmap to understanding value and strategies connected to the communication of messages via data. open in new window Resource List These resources provide a baseline...
From the HSx Homeland Security collection. This module provides a roadmap to understanding the way big data is redefining how we gather, store, manage, and apply information. A variety of topics are covered including big...
From the HSx Homeland Security collection. This module provides a roadmap to understanding the shifting international system and changing role of regional powers. open in new window Resource List These resources provide a baseline of...
From the HSx Homeland Security collection. This module provides a roadmap to understanding the relationship between the expanding global middle class and its impact on environmental stress and consumption trends, urbanization, and global economic growth....
From the HSx Homeland Security collection. This module provides an overview of the growth of multi-disciplinary scientific research and how that research applies to defense and infrastructure rapid technological advancement. open in new window Resource...
From the HSx Homeland Security collection. This module provides a roadmap to understanding the impact of drought on economic development, both domestically and globally. open in new window Resource List These resources provide a baseline...