This consists of five (5) essay questions. You must select and answer four (4) out of the five (5) questions.
Your responses must be at least 1 full page for each question, double-spaced, one-inch margins all the way around, in Arial 11-point, or Times New Roman 12-point, font.
Save and submit your work as an MS Word .doc or .rtf file. Use the American Psychological Association (APA) style (6th edition) for writing your assignment. Please do not plagiarize.
You must select four of the five following essay questions:
1. Select a critical infrastructure asset and suggest five ways to protect that asset. At least two suggestions should fall under the heading of critical infrastructure protection and two suggestions should fall under the heading of critical infrastructure assurance.
2. The Southeastern United States is prone to hurricanes during certain times of the year. How might public-private partnerships assist this region and its citizens to prepare for and deal with a hurricane disaster?
3. You work for a manufacturing company. The president of your company has heard about cloud computing and concealed conduits, but she does not understand what they are all about. Explain, in a memo, what these are and how they would help the company. Include any relevant potential risks. Remember to use language that she, as a non-technical but intelligent person, will be able to understand.
4. Research a recent disaster or catastrophe in the news. Detail how at least three guidelines-under one or more of the awareness, performance, planning or management guideline sets-were followed or violated.
5. Prepare the outline of a training plan whereby you would train firemen to be aware of hazardous materials when they are the first responders to a potential HAZMAT situation.