Maritime Security

Catalog description

This course provides students with a broad knowledge of port and coastal security issues and the efforts necessary to protect critical infrastructure. It examines the critical im - portance of ports of entry (ocean, land, and air) to trade and their vul - nerability to disruption and attack. It also examines several contempo - rary issues, including the importance of sea borne trade to the North American and United State economies, the vulnerabilities of ports to disruption and asymmetric attack, critical port security incidents, and defensive measures to protect ports from disruption or asymmetric at - tack. Topics also include immigration, an overview of the federal, state and local organizations involved in port and coastal security, and non- U.S. approaches to border and coastal security.