ABSTRACT
This chapter is an introduction and familiarization with some of the general and specific security challenges faced by port management, operations staff, and facility security officers (FSOs). Ports are unique environments in that they provide the interfaces between global maritime trade, transportation networks, and a wide spectrum of facilities and geography. In port security management, the focus is on the administration of systems and processes necessary to reduce the threats to effect positive changes in organizational outcomes. Port operations use people and equipment in a conversion process, which enables raw materials; consumer goods; and, in the case of passenger vessels, people to be transported across a river, or around the world. Port management is responsible for providing a foundation on which organizational elements can enable the transportation of products and people. A key issue in port security management in terms of integration and coordination processes is determining the appropriate placement of security in the overall organization.
