HSE625: Domestic Terrorism

This article explores approaches for terrorism risk analysis, focusing particularly on the applicability of probabilistic and decision analytic approaches to bioterrorism risks and the Bioterrorism Risk Assessment methodology used by DHS.

There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.

As the  U.S. evolves from a post-9/11 anti-terrorism mission, there is considerable focus  on new threats, including threats to critical infrastructure, to soft targets in crowded places, as well as nation state threats to cyber systems and election infrastructure. 

Provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s security plan efforts for Critical Infrastructure, Soft targets and Crowded Places.

The Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience advances a national unity of effort to strengthen and maintain secure, functioning, and resilient critical infrastructure.