Maritime Security


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Maritime Security: An Introduction, Second Edition, provides practical, experience-based, and proven knowledge - and a "how-to-guide" - on maritime security. McNicholas explains in clear language how commercial seaports and vessels function; what threats currently exist; what security policies, procedures, systems, and measures must be implemented to mitigate these threats; and how to conduct ship and port security assessments and plans. Whether the problem is weapons of mass destruction or cargo theft, Maritime Security provides invaluable guidance for the professionals who protect our shipping and ports. New chapters focus on whole government maritime security, UN legal conventions and frameworks, transnational crime, and migration. Updates throughout will provide the latest information in increasingly important field. - Provides an excellent introduction to issues facing this critical transportation channel - Three all-new chapters, and updated throughout to reflect changes in maritime security - Increased coverage of migration issues and transnational crime - New contributors bring legal security and cybersecurity issues to the fore




Double-Legal Trouble!


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Mike faces off with two of the most controversial legal questions that STARCORE legal, the High Council and the United States Supreme Court have ever had to face! One, are the inhabitants of Space Probe Six, since they were not pro-created in the "normal" sense, really STARCORE citizens? Two, when faced with the legal and ethical questions of euthanasia, which is protected under the 33rd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Mike must answer this tough question put to him by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Considering that medical science saved your life by turning you into a cyborg, would you have let someone euthanize you when you were so severely injured? Find out how the Supreme Court deals with this issue and how Mike answers the question. For Mike new personal issues have arisen. Can he convince himself that he really is falling in love again with a prince from French Guiana? How can he, representing STARCORE, convince the inhabitants of Space Probe Six, that the 37th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows same-sex marriages? Find out too how Mike deals with the news that he is going to be forced into medical retirement because he finds out he has only a few more years left to live.




An Ocean for Revenge


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In 2008, all Troy Peterson wanted to do was give his wife the honeymoon and vacation they deserved. Being software engineers, they married two years earlier but never had time for a honeymoon. Given the chance by his boss and friend, Troy grabbed the opportunity and got tickets for a cruise to the Bahamas for a dream vacation, but unknown to him, his wife, Julia, had other plans. After arriving in Nassau, they had two beautiful days, but just before they get ready to board the ship, Julia disappears. An all-out search is led by the ship's staff captain, but she is nowhere to be found. Forced to leave, the ship turns the investigation over to local police, and the FBI is also assigned. Troy refuses to leave with the ship, and he stays behind to search for his wife. Never forgiving the cruise line or the ship's officer for leaving, anger sets in as the investigation goes nowhere and is slowly replaced with revenge. In 2018, the maiden voyage of the fleet's newest, most modern designed ship on the seas leaves New York, with over four thousand passengers and a VIP list including the cruise line's president, state, ship, and local officials, including other dignitaries. One unpredictable and relentless storm head in their path, bringing with it a nightmare no ship or its crew ever wants to face, much less survive. One man's deadly and unforgivable revenge for the captain and a serial bomber on board seeking his own retribution for the team of investigators hunting down the captain's enemy. A ten-day vacation turns into ten days of hell and survival as the team of opposing investigators and one former criminal attempt to stop one madman about to create a disaster at sea of unthinkable horror. Sending one ship and over five thousand people to the bottom of an unforgiving ocean.




Piracy and the Privatisation of Maritime Security


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In response to pirate attacks in the Western Indian Ocean, countries worldwide have increasingly authorized the deployment of armed guards from private military and security companies (PMSCs) on merchant ships. This widespread trend contradicts states’ commitment to retain a monopoly on violence and discourage the presence of arms on civilian vessels. This book conceptualizes the extensive use of PMSCs as a form of institutional isomorphism, combining the functionalist, ideational, political and organizational arguments used to account for the privatization of security on land into a synthetic explanation of the commercialization of vessel protection.




Holistic Development And Security For Esszone


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Holistic Development And Security For Esszone Editors : Diana Peters, Jennifer Chan Kim Lian, Gusni Saat, Ebentin Estim, Martin A. Sebastian. This book is an attempt to contextualise the issues occurring in this part of the region which is not only solely constrained by security in the traditional sense, but also to ensure the livelihoods of citizens are being protected. The four pillars for a holistic approach identified in this book are based on the inputs by stakeholders in four workshops organised in throughout 2016, under the same theme. It is realised that the challenges to the security of Eastern Sabah has many faces – piracy, illicit trafficking, and kidnappings – and these challenges are evolving. As such, an all-encompassing solution is needed.




International maritime security II


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The Chief Security Officer's Handbook


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The Chief Security Officer's Handbook: Leading Your Team into the Future offers practical advice on how to embrace the future, align with your organizations mission, and develop a program that meets the needs of the enterprise. The book discusses real-life examples of what to do to align with other critical departments, how to avoid spending time and resources on unnecessary and outdated methods, and tomorrow's security program. Today's security executives need to help their industry, their organization and the next generation of security leaders to pioneer, optimize and transform every aspect of our programs, technologies and methods. The book is ideal for current chief security officers, aspiring security executives, and those interested in better understanding the critical need to modernize corporate security. - Offers suggestions on the do's and don'ts of professional development - Provides tangible examples on how the CSO works collaboratively with internal peers - Instructs CSO's on how to align with the business while remaining agile - Illustrates the various paths to becoming a CSO - Demonstrates ways to move your program into one that embraces enterprise security risk management, convergence and automation










Black American Military Leaders


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This book is a revision, with greatly expanded inclusion criteria, of the 1993 African American Generals and Flag Officers: Biographies of Over 120 Blacks in the United States Military. It offers detailed, career-oriented summaries for men and women who often overcame societal obstacles to become ranking members of the armed forces. Persons from all branches are now included (Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps), as well as the National Guard and Reserves.