| Most persons are well aware of the nature and danger of terrorism, although they haven't had the least inclination to define what the term actually means. Throughout history, there have been many examples of terrorism as a threat to individual freedom and national security, and those threats have taken the form of a wide variety of actions resulting in large-scale losses of life, destruction of public, private, and personal property, widespread illness and injury, displacement of large numbers of people, and devastating economic loss. There are several dimensions to terrorism, including its very nature, cause, perpetration, targets, methods, and defense against it, and numerous papers, reports, and books have been published on the subject. However, a civilian awareness of methods for defense against terrorism has yet to be developed and most businesses, institutions, and other agencies have little preparation or knowledge of a possible response to a terrorist attack. Business and institutional management has a responsibility to stakeholders, employees, customers, and the general public for an effective response in the event of a terrorist attack. An introduction to the essential methods for establishing an appropriate response to terrorism is the subject of this paper. |
Updated 02/21/2015