360 PORT MDA - A Strategy to Improve Port Security

Abstract

Our national security and prosperity depend in part on secure and competitive ports. Effective public and private sector collaboration is needed in a world with myriad security challenges and fierce global competition. Although steps have been taken in the years since 9/11 to realize these twin goals, much more needs to be done. The current maritime domain awareness (MDA) paradigm needs to be expanded to provide comprehensive awareness of intermodal operations in our ports. An effective Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) program that succeeds in leveraging intermodal data is fundamental to better port-level MDA. Developing effective port level MDA and using it to enhance the security of our ports relies on the effective organization of public and private sector resources. The joint operations centers called for in the SAFE Port Act, once broadened to include key intermodal players, provide an excellent organizational model to pursue enhanced port security.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA457226

Entities

People

  • T. P. Leary

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Employment
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence (Information Gathering)
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • International Trade
  • Marine Transportation
  • Maritime Domain Awareness
  • Maritime Security
  • National Security
  • Open Source Intelligence
  • Personnel Management
  • Port Security
  • Terrorists

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Strategic Security Studies