Using this chapter’s recommended websites, conduct an online investigation of target hardening.

Web Exercises:

• Air University Library
   
• Center for Defense Information
   
• Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
   
• Counterterrorism Office, U.S. Department of State
   
• Diplomatic Security Service, Rewards for Justice
   
• International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
   
• Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies (Tel Aviv)
   
• Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
   
• Middle East Media Research Institute
   
• Naval Postgraduate School Center on Terrorism & Irregular Warfare
   
• Patterns of Global Terrorism (State Department)
   
• Terrorism Research Center

1. What are the primary missions of U.S. border and transportation security agencies?
    
2. How effective are modern measures in hardening critical infrastructure and other potential targets?
    
3. In your opinion, what is the most vulnerable category of potential targets?

To conduct an online search on research and monitoring organizations, activate the search engine on your Web browser and enter the following keywords:

• Cybersecurity
   
• Critical infrastructure