Security category: 5602 books
Extremism, Radicalization and Security
An Identity Theory Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
This book provides a detailed application of identity theory to contemporary questions of extremism, radicalization and security. The analysis considers how identity forms a central aspect of notions of extremism and security in Western societies, as articulated both by political leaders, the media...
Strategic Intelligence Management
National Security Imperatives and Information and Communications Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Strategic Intelligence Management introduces both academic researchers and law enforcement professionals to contemporary issues of national security and information management and analysis. This contributed volume draws on state-of-the-art expertise from academics and law enforcement practitioners...
Homeland Security and Criminal Justice
Five Years After 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
No event has shaped international events of recent years more than the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Tragically, less than four years later, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. In less than five years, the United States has experienced its worst terrorist attack and worst natural...
by Michael Howard, David LeBlanc, John Viega
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
"What makes this book so important is that it reflects the experiences of two of the industry's most experienced hands at getting real-world engineers to understand just what they're being asked for when they're asked to write secure code. The book reflects Michael Howard's and David LeBlanc's...
The Markets for Force
Privatization of Security Across World Regions
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
The Markets for Force examines and compares the markets for private military and security contractors in twelve nations: Argentina, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, China, Canada, and the United States. Editors Molly Dunigan and Ulrich...
The Failure Factory
How Unelected Bureaucrats, Liberal Democrats, and Big Government Republicans Are Undermining America's Security and Leading Us to War
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
The U.S. government is in crisis.
With America’s attention fixated on who will step into the Oval Office in 2009, no one has noticed where the real power has shifted—to a vast network of unelected officials whose authority has grown wildly out of control. In his latest blockbuster book,...
Civil Militia
Africa's Intractable Security Menace?
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This volume critically engages with the phenomenon of civil militias in Africa, especially the nature of threats and challenges they pose to national and human security. It questions why the African political scene is increasingly inundated with the activities of civil militias, examines the socio-political...
Everyday security threats
Perceptions, experiences, and consequences
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
Everyday security threats explores public perceptions of security threats in contemporary Britain, using data from extensive fieldwork and drawing on perspectives from International Relations, security studies and political psychology.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
As technology continues to advance, the threats imposed on these innovations also continue to grow and evolve. As such, law enforcement specialists diligently work to counteract these threats, promote national safety, and defend the individual rights of citizens. National Security and Counterintelligence...
Military Engagement
Influencing Armed Forces Worldwide to Support Democratic Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
The response of an autocratic nation's armed forces is crucial to the outcome of democratization movements throughout the world. But what exact internal conditions have led to real-world democratic transitions, and have external forces helped or hurt? Here, experts with military and policy backgrounds,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
As computer technologies continue to evolve and new security threats emerge, secure-aware software developments are essential in the software engineering field. Developing and Evaluating Security-Aware Software Systems provides innovative ideas and methods on the development, operation, and maintenance...
Intelligence Security in the European Union
Building a Strategic Intelligence Community
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This book investigates the emergence of an EU strategic intelligence community as a complex multi-dimensional networked construction. It examines the constitution, structure and performance of EU intelligence arrangements as part of security policies of the European Union.
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by Peter Hilton
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
The purpose of this book is to introduce the security officer to the elements of “Domestic Terrorism”, which is a growing threat in the United States of America. Since the terrible infliction of harm during 911, most Americans have been confronted with the reality of what terrorism means and its...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Emerging as an effective alternative to organization-based information systems, cloud computing has been adopted by many businesses around the world. Despite the increased popularity, there remain concerns about the security of data in the cloud since users have become accustomed to having control over...