Security threats | Principles and Theory of Security Issues | American Military University

 Assignment Instructions

Based upon a fictitious organization of your choosing, you are to offer insight regarding three identified threats, where one must come from each of the three broad threat/hazard groups of natural, technological/accidental, and adversarial/human-caused risks. (For additional information and examples, refer to the Strategic National Risk Assessment). Regarding these threats, you are to provide details that address the following activities that will collectively produce a comprehensive security plan. In addition, highlight issues that you feel are in need of attention by the security industry to adequately deal with such risks moving forward.

• Contingency Planning
• Business Continuity Planning
• Crisis Management Activities 
• Business Recovery Efforts

TECHNICAL GUIDANCE:

• This assignment should be a six (6) page report (not including title page and reference list). 
• Provide at least six (6) scholarly sources in your paper.
• Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
• Students will follow the APA 6 Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework for this class. See http://www.apus.edu/content/dam/online-library/resources-services/Fuson_2012_APA.pdf
• Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize: books, peer reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc. (may be electronic of course and the APA manual lists all the types of possible resources and reference formats, hint…hint), and valid web sites (use caution with these).