Corporate Security Crossroads

Responding to Terrorism, Cyberthreats, and Other Hazards in the Global Business Environment

Richard J. Chasdi

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781440832857
• eBook ISBN: 9798216066583
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Cyber Security
• Index: Computer Science

Even though terrorism poses an increasing threat to multinational companies, corporate leaders can thwart attacks by learning to navigate the complexities of foreign governments, social unrest, and cultural dissonance. Multinational corporations are on the front lines of terrorism and cyberattacks—two of the world's biggest threats to global security. How can corporate leaders mitigate their organizations' risks and develop an infrastructure that detects and deters a security menace before it happens? This timely reference lays out essential political context and historical background to help executives identify contemporary threats and understand the interconnections between threat dynamics in an increasingly dangerous international environment. This compelling work is organized into seven chapters. The beginning chapters profile the specific risks for multinational companies and detail which global—and regional—factors might propagate violence targeted at American-based businesses. Next, two historical case studies on terrorist assaults at Tigantourine and Mombasa illustrate how counterterrorism can successfully thwart potential attacks against business targets. The final part describes industrial espionage and criminal activity and then outlines a corporate counterterror blueprint to combat the prospect of terrorism, providing specific recommendations for preventative measures.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword by Yair Sharan
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Conceptualization of Risk to Multinational Corporations in a World of Intensive Globalization
• Chapter 2: Relationships between Traditional Terrorism, Virtual World Threats, and the International Political System: Impact on International Business
• Chapter 3: Tides of Terrorism: Historical Retrospectives on the Jewish Sicarri, the Thugs in India, and Methodological Considerations for Contemporary Threat Analysis
• Chapter 4: The Case of the Tigantourine Gas Plant Terrorist Assault in Algeria: A Complexity Systems Analysis
• Chapter 5: The Case of the Mombasa Terrorist Assaults in Kenya: A Complexity Systems Analysis
• Chapter 6: The Radicalization Spectrum: Apolitical and Political Threat Conceptualization and Lone Wolf Attribute Analysis
• Chapter 7: Conclusions
• Appendix I: Terrorist Business Target Preferences: Algeria, Niger, and Mauritania, 2003–2013
• Appendix II: Lone Wolf Terrorist Data
• Notes
• Index
• About The Author