Overview
- Provides insightful and comprehensive articulation of the problems related with the complex security landscape
- Describes concepts, theories and applications of security science
- Increases our understanding of security's physical, social, economic, and technological interrelationships
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This handbook offers insights into how science (physical, natural and social) and technology can support new developments to manage the complexity resident within the threat and risk landscape.
The security landscape can be described as dynamic and complex stemming from the emerging threats and risks that are both persistent and transborder. Globalization, climate change, terrorism, transnational crime can have significant societal impact and forces one to re-evaluate what ‘national security’ means. Recent global events such as mass migration, terrorist acts, pandemics and cyber threats highlight the inherent vulnerabilities in our current security posture. As an interdisciplinary body of work, the Handbook of Security Science captures concepts, theories and security science applications, thereby providing a survey of current and emerging trends in security. Through an evidence-based approach, the collection of chapters in the book delivers insightful and comprehensive articulation of the problem and solution space associated with the complex security landscape. In so doing the Handbook of Security Science introduces scientific tools and methodologies to inform security management, risk and resilience decision support systems; insights supporting design of security solutions; approaches to threat, risk and vulnerability analysis; articulation of advanced cyber security solutions; and current developments with respect to integrated computational and analytical solutions that increase our understanding of security physical, social, economic, and technological interrelationships and problem space.
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Keywords
- National Defence
- Physical Security and Critical Infrastructure
- Human Security
- Traditional Security
- Non-traditional Security
- Environmental Security
- Economic Security
- Energy Security
- Health Security
- Climate Change
- Cyber Crime
- Cyber Terrorism
- Food Security
- Water Security
- Information and Communication Technology
- Energy and Utilities Security
- Transportation Safety and Security
- Migration and Security Challenges
- Disaster Management
- Transnational Crime and terrorism
Table of contents (56 entries)
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Concepts in Security Studies
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Anthony Masys is a senior defense scientist with the Centre for Security Science, Defence R&D Canada, Department of National Defence; served as scientific advisor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; and is faculty at the University of Canada West, a Visiting Professor with the International Centre for Policing and Security at the University of South Wales, Affiliate Associate Professor and former Director of Global Disaster Management, Humanitarian Assistance and Homeland Security at the University of South Florida. Dr. Masys has conducted research, lectures, and workshops across five continents, working with various security and public safety stakeholders to better understand global disasters and design resilience strategies for security and public safety. Dr. Masys is CEO/President of a “Think and Do Tank” Anomaly Solutions https://anomaly-solutions. ca/ working across the domain of non-traditional security. Dr. Masys has a BSc in Physics and MSc in Underwater Acousticsand Oceanography from the Royal Military College of Canada and a PhD from the University of Leicester. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Series: “Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications.” He has published extensively in the domains of physics and the social sciences. His research interests focus on crisis leadership; safety and security culture; policing and security; terrorism/counter-terrorism studies; global health security; disaster forensics; risk, crisis, and disaster management; resilience; systems thinking; scenario planning; foresight; human security; complex sociotechnical system analysis; modeling and simulation; and action research.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Security Science
Editors: Anthony J. Masys
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91875-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91874-7Published: 28 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91875-4Published: 27 September 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 1205
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics: Security Science and Technology, Terrorism, Cybercrime, Military and Defence Studies, Sustainable Development, International Security Studies