Assignment:
Create a 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
• Consider the characterization of the private sector, including nonpublic sector entities that are not economic at their core (e.g., private nonprofit).
o Should these organizations be included in exploring the roles and responsibilities of the private sector in homeland security? Fully explain your answer.
• Identify a real-world organization. Explain briefly its mission and organizational profile.
o What are the organization's values, achievements, and goals? Explain.
o How has the organization affected the environment through its business operations? Explain.
o List and describe what factors the organization's leadership would likely consider significant for its internal security.
• Detail the significant contributions that this entity could or should make in helping its community and the nation be resilient and more secure.
o What challenges would this group face in attempting to make these contributions?
• What motivations might terrorists have to target private-sector entities?
o Give an example of an organization that you would consider vulnerable and why you consider this to be the case.