Homeland Security: Risk Assessment, Mitigation, and Planning Report

This report delves into homeland security planning and policy development, focusing on risk assessment and mitigation strategies. It identifies key threats, including natural disasters, accidental hazards, and man-made hazards, analyzing their impact and likelihood. The report emphasizes the importance of risk management, highlighting the four phases: identification, evaluation, prioritization, and mitigation. It underscores the significance of proactive measures like proper project management, security installations, and awareness campaigns to enhance homeland security. The author's perspective emphasizes the effectiveness of threat assessments in identifying high-priority risks and developing mitigation plans, ultimately aiming to improve the overall security of the homeland. References to relevant academic resources are included.

Running head: HOMELAND SECURITY PLANNING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT
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What are the prevailing threats that inform the efforts of homeland security planning and
policy development?
There are certain threats in the homeland security which informs the policy development
and policy planning are natural disasters, hazards caused due to accidents and lastly the
manmade hazards. The following risk assessment table shows the risks prevailing in the
homeland security along with their priority (Aven, 2016).
Sl.
No
.
Risks Impact Likelihood Mitigation
1 Natural Disasters:
This are the disasters
that cannot be
controlled (McElreath et
al., 2017). The hazards
caused to the homeland
security due to
earthquakes,
avalanches, forest fires,
cyclones and other
natural elements are the
main cause of the
natural disasters.
High Moderate Proper maintenance of the roadways,
modification of the building designs
and can reduce the impact of the
natural disasters. Relocation helps in
reduction of destruction.
2 Accidental hazards:
Building collapse due to
improper engineering,
poor materials used can
be dangerous. Majority
of the accidental
hazards are caused due
to the failure in the
project management.
High Moderate Implementation of proper project
management plan, design, materials,
and maintenance helps in prevention of
accidental hazards in the homeland
security.
3 Man-made hazards:
These consists of
attacks like, terrorists
attacks, breaching the
general security of
homes, intruders attacks
and many more.
High High Installation of the proper security,
enforcing guards with proper arms,
installation of camera can be effective
along with raising alerts and awareness
regarding these attacks helps in
prevention of these sort of issues
(Ortmeier, 2017).

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In your opinion, how effective have the various threat assessments been?
The threat assessment is performed in an organization such that all the risks regarding the
security can be identified and measures can be taken for the prevention of those risks. I think, the
threat assessment has helped a lot in understanding various security threats for the homeland
security. The risk assessment helps in identification of the high priority risks according to the
impact and the likelihood of the risks that has been identified. The highest priority risks are
mitigated immediately as they can be hazardous if not attended (Hopkin, 2018).
The risk assessment helps in finding the plans for the mitigation of the threats that has
been identified. There are four phase in the process of risk management that includes, risk
identification, evaluation, prioritization and lastly, mitigation. In my opinion, the security of the
homeland can be enhanced further with the usage of proper risk management techniques.

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References:
Aven, T. (2016). Risk assessment and risk management: Review of recent advances on their
foundation. European Journal of Operational Research, 253(1), 1-13.
Hopkin, P. (2018). Fundamentals of risk management: understanding, evaluating and
implementing effective risk management. Kogan Page Publishers.
McElreath, D. H., Doss, D. A., Nations, R., Van Slyke, J., & Wigginton Jr, M.
(2017). Introduction to homeland security. CRC Press.
Ortmeier, P. J. (2017). Introduction to security. Pearson.