Homeland Security

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Analysis-related issues

 Is analysis “truth telling”?  If so, what are the implications and responsibilities of such a role?

What should an analyst do if he or she has very grave differences with policy?

How much compromise is permissible in the inter-agency process?

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Discuss the following:

Exercise:  You identify a spy in your organization.  What are the options for dealing with this?  What are the advantages and disadvantages of the options?  Apprehend to staunch the flow or use the spy as a way of feeding some false information back to his masters?

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Discuss this difficulties in patrolling the northern border vs the southern border. What changes in border control did we see have 9/11?

What other agencies must CBP work with in order to protect our national security? Provide examples….

In the case of Ahmed Ressam, what were the flaws in Interagency collaboration? What can we learn from this case?

Where do you think the focus of the CBP should be? Will building a wall really provide a fix to national security?

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Discuss the importance of interagency collaboration in cybersecurity. What targets are of most concern? Who should collaborate on these issues? What is the role of mitigation and prevention, specificallyin the cybersecurity arena

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Analysis is an essential undertaking in the security sector in USA and indeed any other country. Effective analysis helps identify the various gaps that exist in the management of security systems and the potential means of resolving them (Kirichenko, Radivilova, & Carlsson, 2018). For instance, analysis aids in establishing means of dealing with threats to security and various ways of managing risks. The aim of strategic mission is to come up with ways of achieving the stated objectives. For successful management of risk, policy makers are required to coordinate and effectively pass the…