The Interdependencies of Transportation Security in Critical Infrastructure Protection
- 1st Edition - May 1, 2027
- Latest edition
- Authors: Gary A. Gordon, Richard R. Young
- Language: English
The Interdependencies of Transportation Security in Critical Infrastructure Protection presents a holistic approach that prioritizes the safety and security of transp… Read more
Description
Description
The book is organized into six insightful sections that explore transportation safety and security from foundational concepts to future challenges. Readers will delve into critical topics such as the overview of transportation and critical infrastructure protection, DHS critical infrastructure sectors and interrelationships, risk assessment techniques, and measures for enhancing resilience. Each section is designed to equip readers with the knowledge necessary to navigate the intricacies of transportation operations, infrastructure design, construction, inspection and maintenance, and security management.
Targeted at a diverse audience, this book appeals to government officials, students, instructors, researchers, and industry practitioners, including executives and managers in transportation, logistics, and public safety. With its focus on real-world applications, this book is essential for anyone looking to enhance their understanding of transportation security and its critical role in safeguarding our infrastructure.
Key features
Key features
- Analyzes real-world case studies such as the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, offering practical insights into the implications of infrastructure vulnerabilities and operational risks
- Integrates interdisciplinary perspectives by covering essential topics from engineering, construction, inspection and maintenance, cybersecurity, and emergency management, making it relevant for a diverse audience
- Provides actionable strategies for developing effective transportation safety and security protocols, including guidance on partnerships between government agencies and industry organizations to foster a collaborative approach to infrastructure protection
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. What is critical infrastructure?
2. Government regulations and strategies
3. DHS critical infrastructure sectors overview
Part II. DHS critical infrastructure sectors and interrelationships
4. Transportation systems sector
5. Other DHS critical infrastructure sectors
6. Interrelationship interdependence between transportation and the other sectors
Part III. Characteristics of infrastructure protection
7. Physical infrastructure
8. Cyber systems and dimensions of transportation critical infrastructure
Part IV. Assessing risk and exposure
9. Threats, vulnerabilities and consequences
10. All-hazards approach
11. Risk assessment methods and techniques
Part V. Protection, hardening and resilience
12. Planning and design techniques and methods
13. Sensing, monitoring and testing
14. Operational security, infrastructure protection, hardening, and resiliency
15. Protective measures
Part VI. The way forward
16. Public/private partnerships
17. Evolving threat environment
18. Supply chain and the economy
19. What does the future hold?
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: May 1, 2027
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Gary A. Gordon
Gary A. Gordon is a Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S in Civil Engineering, and MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. Prior to academia, Dr. Gordon had a lengthy career in transportation operations, security and infrastructure design and construction, to include in the U.S. Army Reserve. During his career he held positions as Assistant Federal Security Director-Surface Transportation for DHS/Transportation Security Administration and Assistant Chief Engineer-Design & Construction of a former Class I Northeast Railroad. He is a co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation, co-author of Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and Securing Integrated Transportation Networks and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Transportation Security.
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Richard R. Young
Richard R. Young is Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Pennsylvania State University. He holds a B.S. in Operations Management from Rider University, M.B.A. from Albany University, and Ph.D. in Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Young is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport of the United Kingdom and is accepted to practice before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. Prior to academia, he held various supply chain management positions in industry. Dr. Young is on the editorial boards of several leading supply chain journals, a Fulbright German Research Scholar, and he received the 2008 Distinguished Educator Award of the National Défense Transportation Association. He is co-author of the book Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation.