Security and Loss Prevention, 5th Edition

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Protecting Critical Infrastructures, Key Assets, and Borders

KEY TERMS

• cascade effect

• critical infrastructure (CI)

• critical infrastructure protection (CIP)

• sector-specific agencies

• sector-specific plans

• National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)

• key resources

• key assets

• Homeland Security Operations Center

• Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs)

• bioterrorism

• agroterrorism

• Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002

• Project BioShield Act of 2004

• penetration test

• Chernobyl

• Three-Mile Island

• Bhopal, India

• Texas City, Texas

• Exxon Valdez

• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986

• Cybersecurity

• denial-of-service attack

• Trojan horse

• ...