Whether a high-profile target for organized terrorist groups, cyber terrorists, and lone wolf terrorists, or the target for non-politicized violence such as the recent shooting at YouTube headquarters, domestic and international corporations are at a security crossroads.
CORPORATE SECURITY CROSSROADS, by political science professor and author Richard J. Chasdi, PhD, explores the root causes of the different sectors of terrorism and how businesses can develop strategies to defend against these threats.
In creating a counter terrorism strategy, it's crucial to distinguish between threats based on advancing the political motives, such as industrial espionage, cyber-crime, and workplace sabotage. Threat types can be categorized along a continuum that reflects different mixtures of nonpolitical and political factors.
Threats can be analyzed at three levels:
- The international political system level
- The nation-state level
- The individual/small group level
This three-level analysis provides a framework to assess basic threats. All three levels need to be taken into account for a complete and accurate analysis of the likelihood that threats can occur.
Source: Richard J. Chasdi: Corporate Security Crossroads: Responding to Terrorism, Cyberthreats, and Other Hazards in the Global Business Environment