Exam 14: Homeland Security and Terrorism: Understanding the Threat and Countermeasures

______________ technologies will prevail over single-use technologies.For example, local first responders want one scanner that can identify multiple pathogens so that they will not have to use multiple scanners.

Most of the academic study of homeland security has focused on the government, but the 9/11 commission confirmed this area would most likely be the primary target of terrorism in the future:

This is defined by the FBI as terrorism that initiates, or threatens to initiate, the exploitation of or attack on information systems.

Some military leaders, however, are complaining that the lure of these salaries is:

A report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq _______________ stated that at least 310 private security companies have received contacts from US agencies to protect Iraqi and American officials.

Financial-market analysts have commented that this segment of our economy is the fastest growing investment in our life-time:

Many targets of terrorism are the _________________of organizations and governments.

Since 9/11 about $5.6 billion has been invested throughout the world to protect ____________ from terrorism.

The two major federal agencies charged with homeland security are the U.S.Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense.

Bioterrorism involves such weapons of mass destruction as anthrax, botulism and smallpox.