Homeland Security Outlook

Henley-Putnam University will have its next free webinar, Insider's Guide to Internet Intelligence Collection, which is Part 3 of their "Insider's Guide" webinar series, where intelligence experts discuss education and career opportunities in federal law enforcement, terrorism and counterterrorism and personal protection.

Insider's Guide to Internet Intelligence Collection takes place Thursday, January 28, from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST. The webinar will be led by Edward M. Roche, Ph.D., J.D., a professor of Intelligence Technology at Henley-Putnam University and Director of Scientific Intelligence for Barraclough Ltd.

In the event of a large-scale natural disaster or terrorist attack, US military forces could be called on for domestic deployment -- working alongside first responders -- and both sides must learn to work effectively together, says Barry Rosenberg, Editorial Director of the upcoming Domestic Defense 2010 conference.

At the 2nd Annual Domestic Defense Symposium: U.S. Military Forces, First Responders & Defense of the Nation conference scheduled for March 24 in Washington DC's Walter Washington Convention Center, Rosenberg hopes to bring together the nation's first responder community and the military community in an effort to prepare them for interacting with each other during a crisis. "Many first responders like fire, police and EMTs have not had experience working with military groups like the Rapid Deployment Forces which were established in 1977 for foreign deployment. If we have a CBRNE or natural disaster, first responders will have to work with military, and it's not something many of them are familiar with doing," he says. "This conference will address how the military and first responders can work together prior to and during an event to ensure an effective, timely and coordinated response at the most challenging times."

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) will soon launch the application process to select 40 highly motivated US citizen graduate students (and seniors graduating in the 2009/10 academic year who are applying for graduate school for the following academic year) interested in careers in intelligence. Selectees will study and work with analysts and senior officials during a planned two-week residential seminar, the 2nd Annual National Security Analysis & Intelligence Summer Seminar, NSAISS. The intensive seminar is tentatively planned for July 11-23, 2010 in Washington, DC to address critical national intelligence priorities in US intelligence analysis. NSAISS is to include lectures, field trips to agencies and exploration of intelligence disciplines, methodologies and substantive topics under the direction of Intelligence Community (IC), academia and private sector experts. Participants will receive interim Secret level security clearances for the duration of the seminar. Those interested in pursuing analytic careers will be briefed on opportunities in the IC.

DHS is using special hiring authorities to fill up to 1,000 skilled cyber specialist positions over three years across many Department components. Expertise is needed in the following: Cyber Incident Response, Vulnerability, Detection and Assessment, Networks and Systems, Engineering, Cyber Risk and Strategic Analysis and Intelligence and Investigation.

For information go to Cyberjob Fair.