INTRODUCTION TO HOMELAND SECURITY The following websites provide information about federal homeland security agencies: Department of Agriculture:www.usda.gov(Links to an external site.) Department of...

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1.0 Department of Homeland Security and services agencies
Federal agencies are playing a key role in protecting the rights and interest of the people. They are 22 different federal agencies and the main objective of these agencies is to safeguard the country and people from all kinds of issues. They are responsible for protecting the infrastructure and for developing effective strategies for managing the physical and biological attack. From September 11, 2001 onwards the federal agencies became active and most of the federal agencies are working for 24/7. There exists a clear difference between the department of homeland security and service agencies. Now we can analyze the differences in a detailed way.
1.1 Analysis of Department of Homeland Security
The operations of Department of Homeland Security started its operations in the year of 2001, September 11. The main objective behind the introduction of Department of Homeland Security is to protect the country from different threats and issues. The main functions of the organization are to ensure cyber security, proper implementation of emergency response. The office's mission is to monitor and coordinate a comprehensive national plan to protect the country against terrorism while also responding to any future assaults. The main objective of department of homeland security is to protect the life of the American people and use all the resources and strategies for managing the threats and attacks. The Department of Homeland Security was established as a separate Cabinet-level department after Congress passed the Homeland Security Act in November 2002. When it was founded, the DHS brought together 22 independent government departments and organizations into one united Cabinet agency.
. DHS is also responsible for protecting the country from the cyber-attacks and challenges. The organization developed specific software’s and systems for protecting the computer system of common people and government organization. Development of effective IT infrastructure, and systems can be called as...