Private Sector Issues in Security and Preparedness.

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Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. A survey of the private sector's dilemmas and responsibilities in homeland security and emergency preparedness. Class will focus on issues such as the crictical emergency management functions for private industry (resumption, recovery, restoration, continuity); the question of "how much security is enough"; and the central dilemma of private sector-public sector security and preparedness: the overwhelming majority of critical infrastructure is privately owned, yet it is the government's responsibility to prepare, protect and reconstitute it. Information sharing, communications and regulatory issues are examined.