Watermark: The Alumni Magazine of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security Center for Information Systems. Fall 2019

Watermark is published semiannually for the alumni of Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS).Topics in this issue: Regional Alumni Chapters; CHDS Alum Represents 9-1-1 Dispatchers in D.C.; APEX 2019 in Review; CHDS instructor Wins Outstanding Professor Award; Protecting the Home Front; CHDS Emergence Program Drives Change; Emergence Alumna Making a Difference: Interagency Radio Communication; Emergence Alumna Making a Difference: Scaling Decontamination Services; Emergence Alumna Making a Difference: Sharing Information in the Big Easy; Emergence Alumnus Making a Difference: Unified Communication for Effective Change; NPS-CHDS Alumna Addresses Faux Families on the Southern Border; From Thesis Research to Presidential Policy; Applying Emergency Response Techniques to the Opioid Epidemic; Homeland Security 2.0; It’s Not What You Think; PELP Speaker Series Addresses the Future of Cybersecurity; HSx Pilot Program Takes Off; Homeland Security Digital Library; Class Notes; APEX 2019 Photo Album; Alumni Photo Album; Welcome to the CHDS Family; Educational Resource