Securing Global Transportation Networks

Author: Luke Ritter, J. Michael Barrett, Rosalyn Wilson

Publisher:  McGraw Hill

Reviewer: Rob Ballister--MWSA Board Member

An in-depth look at one of the country's greatest security concerns.

Everything we use everyday comes from somewhere.  Getting that product from point A to point B in a timely, cost-effective way is important to everyone in the transportation industry.  But the attacks against America both domestically and abroad have shown that we are as vulnerable as ever, and one way to secure our business interests is to secure our transportation networks. 

That is the subject of this excellent book, written by three veterans of the industry and featuring a foreward by Tom Ridge, the first Secretary of Homeland Security.  Using their years of experience, the authors develop in the book the concept of Total Security Management, and use compelling case studies to illustrate their point that a secure business is a successful business.  The book breaks down the global transportation process, shows where value is added along the way, and how to maximize that value while minimizing risk, not only from terrorism but from other less malicious but equally damaging impacts.  The book further demonstrates the financial benefits of investing in security, and also how to protect physical corporate assets, whether they be fixed or goods in transit.  A "Book of the Month" of the American Society for Industrial Security in December 2006, this book is a must for anyone working in or around global transportation industries.

Highly recommended.  FIVE STARS!