Homeland Security
Post-9/11 department
Homeland Security is the common short form of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, a cabinet-level agency created in 2002 to coordinate domestic security efforts after the September 11 attacks.
It oversees agencies including FEMA, Customs and Border Protection, the Coast Guard, and the Secret Service: Homeland Security issued a travel advisory. (Lowercase homeland security is the general concept of domestic protection.)
National crisis response agency
- disaster responseOrganized aid after catastrophe
- emergency managementSystematic disaster response coordination
- hurricane preparednessPlanning for severe tropical weather
- evacuationRemoval from danger
first responders · crisis management · disaster relief · flood response · wildfire · emergency declaration · shelter · emergency supplies
Combating organized political violence
- threat assessmentEvaluating potential for harm
- TSAAirport screening agency
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
terrorist watch list · extremism · domestic terrorism · bomb detection · radicalization · lone wolf · suspicious activity · terror alert
Relocating abroad permanently
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- checkpointInspection station on route
- visaTravel authorization stamp
passport · deportation · asylum · port of entry · detention · refugee · smuggling · trafficking
Malicious digital intrusion
- data breachUnauthorized access to protected information
- critical infrastructureEssential services and facilities
- cyber defenseProtecting systems from attacks
- network intrusionUnauthorized system access
cyberterrorism · vulnerability · digital infrastructure · power grid
FEMA
National crisis response agency
- disaster responseOrganized aid after catastrophe
- emergency managementSystematic disaster response coordination
- hurricane preparednessPlanning for severe tropical weather
evacuation · first responders · crisis management · disaster relief · flood response · wildfire · emergency declaration · shelter · emergency supplies · search and rescue
counterterrorism
Combating organized political violence
- threat assessmentEvaluating potential for harm
- TSAAirport screening agency
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
surveillance · terrorist watch list · extremism · domestic terrorism · bomb detection · radicalization · lone wolf · suspicious activity · terror alert · mass casualty
immigration
Relocating abroad permanently
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- checkpointInspection station on route
visa · passport · deportation · asylum · port of entry · detention · refugee · smuggling · trafficking · border wall
cyberattack
Malicious digital intrusion
- data breachUnauthorized access to protected information
- critical infrastructureEssential services and facilities
- cyber defenseProtecting systems from attacks
network intrusion · cyberterrorism · vulnerability · digital infrastructure · power grid
- federal governmentexecutive branch, judicial branch, legislative branch, agencies, bureaus
- Coast Guardlighthouse, gunboat, Coastie, buoys, coast guard
- Congressional Committeesappropriations, Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Science, Labor
- federal agenciesFBI, CIA, EPA, IRS, CDC
- federal agentsFBI, DEA, ATF, federal agent, federal agents
- government agenciesFBI, CIA, NASA, IRS, EPA
Homeland Securityterrorism
Intimidation through targeted violence
domestic terrorism · insecurity · terrorist attack · 9/11 · vulnerability
Homeland SecurityDepartment of Defense
U.S. military administration
foreign policy · State Department · military intervention · CIA · overseas deployment
Homeland Securitycivil liberties
Rights limiting government power
privacy rights · ACLU · personal freedom · Fourth Amendment · due process
security, insecure, secured, insecurity, homeland, securing, securely, unsecured, securities