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Security of commerce ports
Port security is part of a broader definition concerning maritime security. It refers to the defense, law and treaty enforcement, and Counterterrorism activities that fall within the port and maritime domain. It includes the protection of the seaports themselves and the protection and inspection of the cargo moving through the ports. Security risks related to ports often focus on either the physical security of the port, or security risks within the maritime supply chain. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Port securityA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Agricultural land systems importance for supporting food security and sustainable development goals: A systematic reviewInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Port Security ManagementThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Port and maritime security: A research perspectiveCited 26 times
- Go sideways: Supply chain securityA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Border security in the United StatesA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Port and maritime security: A research perspective
‘Port of call’: Towards a criminology of port security
A Framework for Sustainable Port Security
Beyond a series of security nets: applying STAMP & STPA to port security
Supply Chain Security: Agency Theory and Port Drayage Drivers
Comprehensive cyber security for port and harbor ecosystems
U.S. Port Security Policy after 9/11: Overview and Evaluation
Port security/safety, risk analysis, and modeling
🆕 Influential since 2022
Agricultural land systems importance for supporting food security and sustainable development goals: A systematic review
Smallholder farmers’ challenges and opportunities: Implications for agricultural production, environment and food security
Enhancing Network Visibility and Security with Advanced Port Scanning Techniques
Cocaine and the port: Utopias of security, urban relations, and displacement of policing efforts in the port of Piraeus
The impact of neurotechnology on maritime port security—hypothetical port
📚 Books worth reading
Port Security ManagementKenneth Christopher · 2009- 📕Policing, Port Security and Crime ControlYarin Eski · 2016
Risk and the war on terrorLouise Amoore, Marieke de Goede · 2008- 📕Risk Management in Port Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain SecurityKhalid Bichou, Michael Bell · 2009
- 📕Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals for Screening Cargo at Ports of EntryCommittee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals, National Research Council Staff · 2010
- 📕Maritime securityStephen L. Caldwell · 2007
- 📕Safe Port ActU. S. Congress · 2006
Global Supply Chain SecurityJames Giermanski · 2012
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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