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The greatest threat in my opinion would be a cyber threat. This is believed because if computers and machines cannot communicate, it would shut down the economy very quickly. There would be no connections between people, cities, towns, states or even countries and continents. Things as we know it would come to a halt. I feel that an EMP event would be warfare on America. There would be no electricity which could make the port a target for looters that could loot the containers the looters could take what resources that are left. There would not be just fear of an attack from another country, but on our own soil could be mayhem.

The threat vectors that I believe are most probably in one of America’s top twenty ports are cyber attacks, bomb threats through dirty bombs of tyrants and of war Port Security Transportation (2014). As a result, unrestricted commerce warfare of the type pursued by the U.S. Navy against Japan in 1941-45 makes our ports vulnerable. On the other hand, anything short of a strategically counterproductive ‘sink-on-sight’ policy might not produce sufficient strategic impact to justify the cost of embarking on such a risky course of action in the first place. Once we move beyond the context of open interstate warfare, multilateral economic sanctions offer the possibility of causing many of the same effects at markedly lower cost to the attacker’s international standing Michael Haas (2013).

The following recommendations are in place to ensure that the maritime risk management assessment includes cyber-relates, vulnerabilities, potential consequences for tyrant and warfare bombs that destroy the maritime ports. Then use the risk management assessments to inform how guidelines for area maritime security plans, facilities security plans, determine if the Modial Sector Coordination Council should be reestablished to better facilitate stakeholders and information-sharing across the maritime environment at the national level GAO (2014)

If there were a cyber security attack we are as vulnerable as stated in the April newsletter from maritime cyber security consulting firm CyberKeel contained a scary stat. According to a spot check the group conducted, 37 percent of maritime companies with Windows web servers haven’t been keeping up with installing security patches from Microsoft. As a result, more than one-third of these sites are vulnerable to denial of service attacks and certain types of remote access Newman H (2015). We express the need for high tech technology. We need highly trained employees to operate the high technology so that it works properly. High technology should not replace people. Highly trained people should manage the technology. 

U.S. House Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Dan Lungren (R-CA) and Rep. Jane

Harman (D-CA) have introduced the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act. The SAFE Port Act is a comprehensive proposal that will take steps to: prevent threats from reaching the United States, track and protect containers en route, and harden security at U.S. ports (Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002).

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Prepare: Start by reviewing General Education Curriculum found in “Section Five: General Academic Information and Policies (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.” in the Ashford University Academic Catalog, which addresses the core competencies that the general education courses must cover: Applied Ethics, Communication, Information Technology, Critical Thinking, and Quantitative Reasoning. Review Week Five Resources that are applicable toward career success.      

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Reflect: Think about the core competencies as previously mentioned and ponder your time taking general education courses. Reflect on the specific courses not associated with your college major and determine the level of new information you have acquired that relates to the core competencies. You must also think about a potential job you might apply to once you graduate and determine what skills you developed through general education courses that make you qualified for a specific job.      

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Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts:  

  • Review a job description through a job website (e.g., Career Builder, Monster, etc.) in your desired career field and identify at least five skills you have obtained through your general education courses that will make you successful at this job.
  • Demonstrate with at least two examples how your newly acquired knowledge and skills have shaped both your personal and professional development.
  • Describe your plans for putting your education to use within your community.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference information of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and references (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..