By Kate Jonuska
Earlier this week, the 2009 Homeland Defense, Homeland Security Symposium met at the Broadmoor, where more than 600 security experts communicated about the safety of our country. According to a survey of almost 200 professionals in the industry released at the event, they’re truly concerned about what the future may hold.
“Seventy five percent think it’s likely the US will face a terrorist attack of 9/11’s magnitude in the next five years,” says Dr. Luis Velez, vice president of education at Colorado Technical University, the symposium’s gold sponsor. “One of the biggest points was that 72 percent of people surveyed felt that more education in the topic would be beneficial, straight across the board. The more we’re educated about homeland security, the better off we’ll all be.”
Looking into what lies ahead for our country, Colorado Technical University agrees that the path to safety for everyone lies in training qualified professionals to fill positions in the new and expanding realm of homeland security. To that end, they introduced both masters and graduate degrees in the field in July and currently have students enrolled in classes such as Dynamics of Terrorism, Vulnerability Analysis and Protection and Psychology of Fear Management.
“There is a sense of uneasiness, a sense of wanting to be prepared. Homeland security really means protection of ourselves, our children, our way of life,” says Velez, who notes how much the world has changed since September 11. “It’s a field that you feel you’re accomplishing something, something for the benefit of your fellow neighbors, your family, your community.”
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