Discuss the complexities the U.S. faces when securing differing modes of transportation. How important is critical infrastructure protection maintenance in overall transportation security?
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Discussion Questions: Discuss the complexities the U.S. faces when securing differing modes of transportation. How important is critical infrastructure protection maintenance in overall transportation security?
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1. For this week’s question we were asked to discuss the complexities the U.S. faces when securing differing modes of transportation. As we know, our Transportation sector is critical to our National Security, and without this sector we would not be able to be as effective. Tied within the transportation sector includes all the Emergency Services (i.e. police, medical, firefighters, etc.) transportation. Without a proper and well-maintained means of transportation, it would be difficult for any kind of Emergency Services to respond accordingly to threats. Identified within the DHS 2020 Biennial National Strategy are challenge’s the Transportation Sector faces which include: Uncertainty about Risks; Resources and Budget Constraints; Performance Assessments; Resiliency and System Recovery. Additionally, physical security, weapon detection programs, cybersecurity, preventing terrorist travel, insider threats, and our preparedness are all complexities which we face which hinder our ability to securing different modes of transportation (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2020). Besides the Emergency Services sector suffering, it was interesting to find out how long we have been trying to secure our air transportation (flying). In 1931, Byron Rickards had his aircraft hijacked (Klenka, 2019). Yes, this did not happen in the U.S., but this just goes to show us that this problem of trying to secure air transportation is worldwide. Today, we still face these issues unfortunately. Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles still pose threats which hinder the daily lives of many. We will we ever be able to live without these complexities. I really don’t believe so. Lastly, our critical infrastructure protection maintenance is very important to our transportation security. We must be able to grow and advance as well as our adversaries are. I feel the key to staying on top is to be resilient. We will face many challenges but have to know that together, we here in the United States can overcome anything because we are the worlds greatest nation!
