Looking Beyond the Horizon: Modeling DHS Net Assessment

Abstract

This thesis explores the modification of the Department of Defense (DOD) framework and model of net assessment for use by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The DOD uses net assessment to forecast strategically, often decades into the future, to determine where a net advantage or disadvantage exists over its adversaries. The information from such an analysis is then used by the DOD to determine where to best focus its resources in meeting these future adversaries. This thesis utilizes the corollary inputs, analysis, and outputs between DOD and DHS strategic models to visualize a notional framework that can be used to conduct these net assessments for DHS beyond the typical strategic plan timescale. For each DOD input and output, a comparable DHS input and output is selected. An example DHS net assessment is conducted to explore the viability of the model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1114180

Entities

People

  • Michael A. Jr Davis

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Climate Change
  • Congress
  • Criminals
  • Cyberattacks
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Natural Disasters
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Policy
  • Quantum Computing
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design