Homeland Security and Private Sector Business: Corporations’ Role in Critical Infrastructure Protection is the title of a new hardback book.
The US authoress, Elsa Lee, argues that the challenge in combating terrorism is not that  we all could die tomorrow in an attack, but that we cannot seem to perform the basic functions of diagnosing and treating the problem so that it is manageable. Public and private sector partnerships are critical to the success of this management. Homeland Security and Private Sector Business identifies the role the private sector plays in securing our homeland and offers strategies to aid in the fight against national and international threats. <br><br>Features: <br><br>·  an overview of the latest Homeland Security legislative mandates imposed on the private sector and explains how they affect industry and business operations<br><br>·  assembling high-risk response teams for continuity and operation management before, during, and after crisis events.<br><br>·  why certain businesses, both domestically and overseas, are selected and targeted by terrorist organizations <br><br>·  guidelines for corporate training programs on preparedness and action in the face of crisis <br><br>·  why businesses need to conduct themselves differently in an age of global terrorism <br>  <br>CONTENTS: <br><br>Introduction: Homeland Security Vision • Essential Threat Factors • Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk Components • Risk Mitigation, Transference, and Elimination • Readiness Plans: Develop, Validate, and Update • Prevention, Detection, and Response Factors across Sectors • Human Factors and Team Dynamics • Toolkits and Innovative Ideas for Change • Training and Exercises: Touch It, Feel It, Live It, Breathe It! • You Can Deter But You Can’t Interdict: Don’t Cross the Line! <br><br>  <br>ABOUT THE AUTHOR: <br><br>Elsa Lee is CEO Advantage SCI, Inc. a DoD [Department of Defense] consulting firm providing corporate and homeland security consulting and training services. Ms Lee has helped corporate and government clients manage organizational security. As a 20-year counter-intelligence  agent with the US Army, Ms. Lee worked closely with FBI, CIA, Secret Service, and NSA counterterrorism forces among others. She has provided training to US and foreign nationals including U.S. presidential staff, White House executives, German, Russian, Central American, and U.S. military leaders, and international law enforcement and intelligence audiences in worldwide. While in the military, she served in the Defense Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), U.S. Army Europe, the Pentagon, U.S. Army Intelligence Center &School, and the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA). During her 20-year career as counterintelligence Special Agent with the U.S. Army, Elsa received numerous honors including the highest military peacetime award possible, the Legion of Merit. More information can be found at:<br><br>www.advantagesci.com      <br>
