Gary A. Gordon is a Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S in Civil Engineering, and MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. Prior to academia, Dr. Gordon had a lengthy career in transportation operations, security and infrastructure design and construction, to include in the U.S. Army Reserve. During his career he held positions as Assistant Federal Security Director-Surface Transportation for DHS/Transportation Security Administration and Assistant Chief Engineer-Design & Construction of a former Class I Northeast Railroad. He is a co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation, co-author of Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and Securing Integrated Transportation Networks and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Transportation Security. Richard R. Young is Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Pennsylvania State University. He holds a B.S. in Operations Management from Rider University, M.B.A. from Albany University, and Ph.D. in Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Young is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport of the United Kingdom and is accepted to practice before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. Prior to academia, he held various supply chain management positions in industry. Dr. Young is on the editorial boards of several leading supply chain journals, a Fulbright German Research Scholar, and he received the 2008 Distinguished Educator Award of the National Défense Transportation Association. He is co-author of the book Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation.

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• Section I – The evolution of transportation security1. What is transportation security and why do we want to secure it?2. Transportation security before and after 9/113. The regulatory environment and government agency roles 4. Who are the parties involved and what are their relationships5. What are the components and economics of transportation security?Section II – Exposure6. Nature of people and the goods transported7. Threats, vulnerabilities and risk8. What is the difference between natural and manmade disasters9. Assessing Risks10. Cyber threats and risksSection III – Transportation modes, interrelationships and supply chain resilience11. Highway and motor carrier12. Freight and passenger rail13. Bus and rail transit14. Maritime15 – Aviation16. Intermodal transportation17. PipelineSection IV - What is being done about transportation security?18. Regulatory compliance and partnered initiatives19. Risk models and methods and industry best practices20. Physical vs. operational security measures21. Where do we go from here?

Gary A. Gordon is a Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S in Civil Engineering, and MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. Prior to academia, Dr. Gordon had a lengthy career in transportation operations, security and infrastructure design and construction, to include in the U.S. Army Reserve. During his career he held positions as Assistant Federal Security Director-Surface Transportation for DHS/Transportation Security Administration and Assistant Chief Engineer-Design & Construction of a former Class I Northeast Railroad. He is a co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation, co-author of Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and Securing Integrated Transportation Networks and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Transportation Security. Richard R. Young is Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Pennsylvania State University. He holds a B.S. in Operations Management from Rider University, M.B.A. from Albany University, and Ph.D. in Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Young is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport of the United Kingdom and is accepted to practice before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. Prior to academia, he held various supply chain management positions in industry. Dr. Young is on the editorial boards of several leading supply chain journals, a Fulbright German Research Scholar, and he received the 2008 Distinguished Educator Award of the National Défense Transportation Association. He is co-author of the book Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation.

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• Section I – The evolution of transportation security1. What is transportation security and why do we want to secure it?2. Transportation security before and after 9/113. The regulatory environment and government agency roles 4. Who are the parties involved and what are their relationships5. What are the components and economics of transportation security?Section II – Exposure6. Nature of people and the goods transported7. Threats, vulnerabilities and risk8. What is the difference between natural and manmade disasters9. Assessing Risks10. Cyber threats and risksSection III – Transportation modes, interrelationships and supply chain resilience11. Highway and motor carrier12. Freight and passenger rail13. Bus and rail transit14. Maritime15 – Aviation16. Intermodal transportation17. PipelineSection IV - What is being done about transportation security?18. Regulatory compliance and partnered initiatives19. Risk models and methods and industry best practices20. Physical vs. operational security measures21. Where do we go from here?

Gary A. Gordon is a Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S in Civil Engineering, and MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. Prior to academia, Dr. Gordon had a lengthy career in transportation operations, security and infrastructure design and construction, to include in the U.S. Army Reserve. During his career he held positions as Assistant Federal Security Director-Surface Transportation for DHS/Transportation Security Administration and Assistant Chief Engineer-Design & Construction of a former Class I Northeast Railroad. He is a co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation, co-author of Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and Securing Integrated Transportation Networks and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Transportation Security. Richard R. Young is Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Pennsylvania State University. He holds a B.S. in Operations Management from Rider University, M.B.A. from Albany University, and Ph.D. in Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Young is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport of the United Kingdom and is accepted to practice before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. Prior to academia, he held various supply chain management positions in industry. Dr. Young is on the editorial boards of several leading supply chain journals, a Fulbright German Research Scholar, and he received the 2008 Distinguished Educator Award of the National Défense Transportation Association. He is co-author of the book Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation.

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• Section I – The evolution of transportation security1. What is transportation security and why do we want to secure it?2. Transportation security before and after 9/113. The regulatory environment and government agency roles 4. Who are the parties involved and what are their relationships5. What are the components and economics of transportation security?Section II – Exposure6. Nature of people and the goods transported7. Threats, vulnerabilities and risk8. What is the difference between natural and manmade disasters9. Assessing Risks10. Cyber threats and risksSection III – Transportation modes, interrelationships and supply chain resilience11. Highway and motor carrier12. Freight and passenger rail13. Bus and rail transit14. Maritime15 – Aviation16. Intermodal transportation17. PipelineSection IV - What is being done about transportation security?18. Regulatory compliance and partnered initiatives19. Risk models and methods and industry best practices20. Physical vs. operational security measures21. Where do we go from here?