The heart of the matter

Abstract

We have shown that people’s actions in collaboration with others are the sole determinants of our homeland security. In every domain we have considered and all others perhaps added in future, it is the chain of linked people that solely determine our society’s capability to Prevent, Protect, Detect, Alert, Respond, Recover, and thrive. Effective collaboration is established through leadership, trust and understanding of different hierarchies and cultures, to achieve the optionality for homeland security. This vital task requires a refocus on the people, and not the technology, as the exclusive source of our security.