A Somali pirate attack raises a red flag when the stolen cargo is Russian tanks and ammunition—enough to start a civil war. Called in to seek and destroy the weapons, Mack Bolan knows the only way to head off future bloodshed is to cause some deadly mayhem of his own. Dodging the local warlords in their own backyard isn't going to be easy—especially when their army of foot soldiers is seemingly endless. But Bolan is ready to end this lethal game. With the bidding about to begin, the Executioner is prepared to go all the way—and his price is death.

A Somali pirate attack raises a red flag when the stolen cargo is Russian tanks and ammunition--enough to start a civil war. Called in to seek and destroy the weapons, Mack Bolan knows the only way to head off future bloodshed is to cause some deadly mayhem of his own. Dodging the local warlords in their own backyard isn't going to be easy--especially when their army of foot soldiers is seemingly endless. But Bolan is ready to end this lethal game. With the bidding about to begin, the Executioner is prepared to go all the way--and his price is death.

Revised edition of International handbook of threat assessment, [2014]

The control factor explores the psychological maneuvers, fantasies, and entanglements we engage in to avoid clearly seeing the Islamic threat that confronts us. The prerequisite for developing necessary strategies to ensure our survival is taking responsibility for our perceptions and actions and holding our enemy responsible for theirs.--p. [4] of cover.

This book introduces the Process for Attack Simulation &Threat Analysis (PASTA) threat modeling methodology. It provides anintroduction to various types of application threat modeling andintroduces a risk-centric methodology aimed at applying securitycountermeasures that are commensurate to the possible impact thatcould be sustained from defined threat models, vulnerabilities,weaknesses, and attack patterns. This book describes how to apply application threat modeling asan advanced preventive form of security. The authors discuss themethodologies, tools, and case studies of successful applicationthreat modeling techniques. Chapter 1 provides an overview ofthreat modeling, while Chapter 2 describes the objectives andbenefits of threat modeling. Chapter 3 focuses on existing threatmodeling approaches, and Chapter 4 discusses integrating threatmodeling within the different types of Software DevelopmentLifecycles (SDLCs). Threat modeling and risk management is thefocus of Chapter 5. Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 examine Processfor Attack Simulation and Threat Analysis (PASTA). Finally, Chapter8 shows how to use the PASTA risk-centric threat modeling processto analyze the risks of specific threat agents targeting webapplications. This chapter focuses specifically on the webapplication assets that include customer’s confidential dataand business critical functionality that the web applicationprovides. • Provides a detailed walkthrough of the PASTAmethodology alongside software development activities,normally conducted via a standard SDLC process • Offers precise steps to take when combating threats tobusinesses • Examines real-life data breach incidents and lessons forrisk management Risk Centric Threat Modeling: Process for Attack Simulationand Threat Analysis is a resource for software developers,architects, technical risk managers, and seasoned securityprofessionals.

As security professionals, we tend to get seduced by the beauty of our technology. We go to trade exhibitions filled with the latest innovations and marvel at what we see without understanding how it fits in with what we do. It’s both overwhelming and distracting, like trying to learn to cook by walking through a grocery store. This focus on technology teaches us to judge the effectiveness of physical protection systems by the strength of the barriers, the acuity of the cameras, and the sensitivity of the sensors. Terrorists and criminals look for something else entirely, though: where we see strength, they find weakness and vulnerability. We are looking at the same things, but not seeing the same things. If we want to stop them, we need to know more than how they work. We need to learn to see the way they see. A physical protection system - that collection of people, sensors, barriers, policies, and technology – is a lot like a piano: and you cannot tell if a piano is in tune by looking at it. You have to play it. The major contribution of Antiterrorism and Threat Response: Planning and Implementation, 2e is the detailed instruction and practical advice on how to see the weaknesses and vulnerabilities in physical protection systems and upgrade them to meet the challenges of terrorists and criminals. Key features of this book are: Provides professionals with the background to understand how terrorists think and operate, in order to best coordinate their counterterrorism efforts and antiterrorism strategies Examines difficult new problems facing security professionals: such as the use of drones, guns, and the internet as a tool of both recruitment and indoctrination Teaches the reader how to step outside the security department to find and fix weaknesses and vulnerabilities in physical protection systems Introduces and discusses security management and insider threat risk management programs This is the advanced course in protecting physical assets from terrorists and criminals.

This text offers an overview of research and comment on the detrimental effects of ultraviolet radiation, chemical agents and other substances in the environment and will be of wide interest to dermatologists, toxicologists, environmental scientists, pharmacologists, oncologists and microbiologists.

Much remains unknown about the cognitive mechanisms and information-processing biases involved in threat detection, or the acquisition and maintenance of threat associations. To complicate the picture, these mechanisms and biases likely differ between various types of threats (e.g., those originating from animals, weapons, social situations, or groups). There has been a recent push to highlight ways of improving methods used in research in this area, which has likewise prompted theoretical revisions. It is therefore important to continue clarifying the cognitive mechanism (e.g., perception, attention, memory, learning) underlying threat processing to develop a better understanding of how they affect social outcomes. For example, very little is known about how social identity, hierarchy, group structure, and other social cues affect our responses in threatening situations. As the social environment impacts our daily psychological functioning, one might suspect it has an important role in threat processing as well.

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