ESSAY : Homeland Security Intelligence and National Security

Threat Assessment Briefing Paper (200 Points)
(APA format, 3-4 pages, double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins) 
The briefing paper is an essay about an important contemporary topic written for an informed audience. You should address the question below, making a strong argument on behalf of your thesis and developing your own conclusion based on evidence from sources. In doing so, you must use a minimum of three (3) sources.

Question:
Identify a key target relevant to US National Security that could be the subject of an attack. Conduct a threat assessment on that target.
Your threat assessment should identify the target and the potential threats it faces.
In identifying the target, discuss its relevance to National Security and its key vulnerabilities. 
What would be the impact if the target was the subject of an attack?
In identifying threats, discuss the threat\’s strengths, weaknesses,
probability of occurring and potential severity were it to occur.
Prioritize the threats, identifying which one should command the most attention and which the least. 
Lay out potential ways to protect the target and note the cost the increased security entails. 
Given your analysis, what steps should policy makers and national leaders take to better secure the target?

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Homeland Security Intelligence and National Security
Cyber security tops as the key target that can be the subject of an attack and have substantive impact on the US national security. While governments have attempted to secure information regarding critical infrastructure, criminals continue to pose crucial threats to the computer networks (Biringer, Vugrin & Warren, 2016). The criminals mine data from the networks and utilize it to attack the critical infrastructure of a government (Abomhara, 2015). Due to the fast growth of technology, the vulnerability of the national critical infrastructure favorably compares to that of computer networks and thereby posing….