Assignment 1-

This assignment will have 2 parts.

Part 1-

As a security manager, address a memo to key stakeholders in industries that are associated with your place of employment. You will discuss some of the major challenges facing the field of homeland security (HLS). Include the following:

-Essential problems of protecting the border and transportation

-Essential problems of protecting critical infrastructure

-Fundamental problems for first responders

Part 2-

Following up on your memo, pick a root problem in HLS, either a critical vulnerability or threat. Draft a business plan identifying an emerging technology, or describing characteristics of a future technology that will be capable of solving the problem. Discuss the following:

Detail the issue or problem.

-Identify and describe the solution (or future technological solution), and explain how it solves the problem.

-Discuss the financial, legal, and ethical implications of such a solution.

-Make certain that your solution does not violate physical laws. Support your arguments with authoritative sources, and apply appropriate APA formatting guidelines.

Assignment 2-

There are 2 parts to this assignment.

Key Assignment: Part 1-

For the assignment, you will be drafting a report summarizing the role of technology in society and assessing the efforts of the United States to harness it to reduce the threat of terrorism.

The paper will focus on the following:

-Consideration of strategic, operational, and tactical uses of technology

-Identification and assessment of alternative polices to address a homeland security (HLS) technology challenge

-Respective roles of the public and private sectors in developing, employing, and funding HLS technologies

-Consideration of ethics and privacy in the employment of technology

Your paper will conclude with a policy proposal that includes recommendations to the President of the United States on the following:

-Should the United States stay on the current course of technological investment?

-Should the United States increase technological investment (and if so, how), or abandon current development in favor of an alternative strategy (and if so, what)?

Key Assignment: Part 2-

Create a user guide of terrorist threats, U.S. counterterrorism (CT) strategy and documents, and the technological solutions in this strategy. Provide an executive summary that explains the following:

-What is the U.S. CT strategy?

-What role does technology play in this strategy?

-Do you think the U.S. can eventually eliminate terrorism? Why or why not?

-Support your arguments with authoritative sources and apply appropriate APA formatting guidelines.