SRA 211

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SRA 211

• Threat of Terrorism Crime
• as Approved Constraints/Opportunities
• SRA 211 Development Progress Plans

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SRA 211 Development Team

• John Bagby (chair)
• Gouray Cai (Crisis mgt. GIS)
• Galen Grimes (McKeesport, security intrusion
  detection)
• David Hall (research dean ARL)
• Lisa Lenze (discipline resource in pedagogy
  learning objectives)
• Andrea Tapia (sociologist criminologist of
  ICTs)
• John Yen (ex officio)

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SRA 211 Function in Curriculum

• 2nd among 4 courses in SRA Core
• SRA 111 Introduction to Security Risk
  Analysis
• SRA 211 Threat of Terrorism and Crime
• SRA 221 Fundamentals of Information Security
• SRA 231 Decision Theory and Analysis
• SRA 211 vision
• "overview of the nature, scope, and seriousness
  of threats to security as a result of terrorism
  and crime."

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SRA 211 Course Objectives-in brief

• Awareness of security threats from terrorism
  crime
• Understand nature of security threats in various
  contexts
• Understand methods to study terrorist criminal
  activities
• Understand counter-measure strategies

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Course Outline

• Terrorism and Security. (4 weeks)
• Terrorism in its historical context.
• Varieties of terrorist groups, organizations and
  actions.
• Crime and Security. (6 weeks)
• Threats to critical infrastructures.
• Security-related crimes
• Economic Security
• Methods of Studying Terrorism and Crime. (3
  weeks)
• Social Networking Emphasis
• Spatial Reasoning and Geo-Political Toolset
• Critical Shortfalls in our Understanding of
  Terrorism and Crime. (2 weeks)
• Unreliable data.
• Biased estimates.
• Lack of understanding of motives and objectives.
• Major Critical Infrasture Vulnerabilities

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Sample Course Assignments

• Problem-Based Learning (PBL) pedagogy
• Capstone project Municipal Security Risk
  Analysis
• Discussion-Based pedagogy
• Discussion papers
• Lab pedagogy
• Spatial Reasoning and GIS lab assignment
• Group Activity pedagogy
• Daily activities

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Sample Capstone Problem Municipal Security
Risk Analysis

• The Mayor of a medium sized fictional American
  city has asked you, her advisory team, to produce
  a recommendations document that identifies the
  (1) greatest threats to the city, (2) detection
  strategies for these threats, and (3) prevention
  measures for these threats. The team would be
  provided with a detailed description of the city
  including demographics, resources, liabilities
  and major industries/institutions. Each member of
  the team would take on the role of representing a
  role in the citys administration such as (1)
  public safety and fire, (2) public utilities, (3)
  public information (records, taxes, and IT), (4)
  waste management, (5) public works and
  transportation, and (6) family and community
  services.
• Deliverables Final product Report to the
  Mayor Threat Analysis (physical and information)
  and risk prevention for the city.
• Week one Threat Analysis due
• Week two Threat Detection due
• Week three Threat Prevention due
• FINALS WEEK Final Report with Solution due

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Sample Discussion Paper

• History is written by the victors. Capt.
  Jean-Luc Picard.
• If members of the Baader-Meinhof, Japanese Red
  Army, Al-Qaeda, or Hezbollah boarded American
  ships in a foreign port and destroyed their
  cargoes, we would undoubtedly label these actions
  as terrorist. And in 1773 when the Sons of
  Liberty boarded ships owned by the British East
  India Tea Company and destroyed 45 tons of tea
  (i.e., the Boston Tea Party) the British
  government likewise labeled these terrorist acts.
  Select a well-documented historical act of
  so-called political terrorism and discuss this
  event from both sides. How can one side claim to
  be freedom fighters while being labeled
  terrorists by the other side? How can an
  examination of both perspectives in a political
  struggle help to develop a better understanding
  of the methods employed by terrorists and their
  motivations?

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Sample Lab Assignment

• This hands-on lab exercise consists of three
  major components mapping crimes, visualizing
  risk factors, and vulnerability analysis
  (hotspots). You will be using data from census
  and other sources to generate a detailed analysis
  of crime patterns, and their correlation with
  cultural, social, economic, and political
  factors. The purposes of this lab are two-fold
  (1) to understand a variety of data sources
  available for crime analysis and (2) to develop
  an understanding of the causes of crimes using
  real data on a real community.
• Deliverables
• Choose a community of your preference, and
  describe the characteristics of that community.
  (1 page)
• Generate maps showing crime patterns and causal
  factors for your chosen community. Describe the
  procedures you used to accomplish these tasks. (3
  pages)
• Develop and report on your risk analysis, with
  reference to major theoretical constructs you
  have learned in this course. (3 pages)

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Sample Daily Activities

• Day 1 (before instruction) Using the internet
  and the best of your teams knowledge, estimate
  the cost of 9/11.
• Day 2 (after instruction) Given what you know
  now, estimate the cost of 9/11 again.
• Day 3 (discussion) What was the impact of the
  9/11 attack on NYC infrastructure components?
  What are the continuing impacts?

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SRA 211 Angel Website

• Potential syllabus
• Sample course outline
• Specified learning objectives
• Potential in-class activities
• Suggested assignments

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Major Themes Thrusts

• Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Pedagogy
• Multiple-Domain Research Methods
• Security Related Crimes
• Security-Related Terrorism Threat Analysis
• Social Networking Emphasis
• Spatial Reasoning Geo-Political Toolset
• Institutional Structure
• Economic Security
• Vulnerabilities of the Major Critical
  Infrastructure

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Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability to Crime
Terrorism

• ISACs Info. Sharing Analysis Centers
• Sectoral, private consortia, rely on
  self-evaluation privilege, patterned on CDC
• EO13010 (7.15.96) PDD-63 (5.22.98)
• Finance banking
• Electric power
• Transportation
• Public safety services
• Computer networks
• Telecommunications systems
• Emergency Response
• Defense

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Questions Solicitation

• Thanks!