The security industry is facing a host of shifting global dynamics that impact security priorities. Geopolitical competition, resource scarcity and shifting power structures are reshaping international security concerns. These changes are creating uncertainty and heightened risk.
Human security is a broad concept that addresses the protection of individuals from violence and threats to their well-being. Individuals can be targeted for their race, religion, political affiliation or social class status. Threats can be directed by a government or non-government entity. In addition, the physical safety of a person can be threatened by natural disasters, armed conflict or disease.
Security professionals can use their education to identify these broader security trends and prepare organizations for increased threats. Kent State’s online CCJ program can help you gain the skills and understanding of how these emerging threats and risks can influence your organizational security plans.
A number of security challenges are global in nature, requiring intergovernmental cooperation and coordination to address them. For example, terrorist attacks, the spread of new infectious diseases and environmental degradation are all global security challenges that require proactive counterterrorism strategies and cross-border collaboration.
Many security issues also transcend borders, such as the emergence of drug smuggling and money laundering, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, global warming, economic instability and crisis and displaced populations. In the past, American foreign policy has tended to prioritize transnational terrorism over these larger challenges, overlooking the fact that most of these threats are not exclusive to individual states and can affect each other. The prevailing challenge is to overcome a misunderstanding of the interdependence of nations and embrace a spirit of oneness that benefits everyone in this interconnected world.