Securing Global Transportation Networks
Language: English
Published by McGraw Hill, 2006
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- Title
- Securing Global Transportation Networks
- Author
- Ritter, Luke
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0071477519
- ISBN 13
- 9780071477512
Viable, value-creating solutions for securing global transportation networks
Securing Global Transportation Networks demonstrates how improved security processes can create value across all the business functions throughout an entire value chain. Readers will learn a whole new security management philosophy, as explained through domestic and international examples and case studies ranging from major retailers such as Home Depot to shipping giants such as Maersk and FedEx. This book also looks ahead to future developments and "best practices" for the future. If you're charged with making or evaluating transportation security decisions, you'll find the tools you need to succeed -- and prosper -- with the Total Security Management approach.
- Explains globalization's impact on transportation networks
- Creates a framework for realizing a return on security investments by integrating it as a core business process
- Details how transportation firms, investors, and insurance companies can measure and reward smart security practices that protect a firm's fixed assets, assets in transit, brand equity and goodwill, and human capital
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J. Michael Barrett is a terrorism and homeland security expert with an extensive background in military intelligence and national security. A former Fulbright Scholar to Ankara,Turkey, Mr. Barrett is currently a Fellow in Homeland Security at the Manhattan Institute and the President of Counterpoint Assessments, a terrorism preparedness and risk mitigation firm. He previously served as Senior Analyst for the War on Terrorism Branch of the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as Lead Intelligence Officer for the Special Operations/Combating Terrorism Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. He has published numerous newspaper and journal articles and been interviewed dozens of times on television and radio, including ABC, NBC, Fox News, FRONTLINE, New York Public Radio, Bill O’Reilly’s ‘The Radio Factor’ and the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
Rosalyn Wilson (Laurel, MD) - is a Manager at Reality Based IT Services, Ltd. RBIS, Ltd., an information technology security firm and subsidiary of SYS Technologies. Rosalyn is also an independent consultant with over 25 years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry focusing on the performance of various sectors of the industry and identifying and analyzing key issues facing the transportation industry. Mrs. Wilson has extensive railroad industry experience, having served in various capacities for over 11 years at the Association of American Railroads AAR. She is the author of the State of Logistics Report, an annual benchmark for US logistics activity and was the author of Transportation in America, a compendium of transportation information.
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