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Edward Markey: Q&A

Edward Markey has been a Massachusetts congressman since 1976. As a Democrat, he sits on the Select Committee on Homeland Security, where he speaks often about airline, chemical, biological and nuclear facilities security.

By Julie Hanson

• Close the dangerous cargo loophole, which enables unscreened, uninspected cargo to be loaded aboard passenger planes.
• Provide first responders with adequate funding, leading the nonpartisan council on foreign relations to report that the United States is "drastically underfunded" and "dangerously unprepared" for another terrorist attack.
• Mandate the tough security measures needed to safeguard nuclear power plants from terrorist attacks.
• Dramatically improve port security measures.

What role would you like to see corporate CSOs playing in the national discourse on security? Security executives have a vital role to play in the effort to strengthen homeland security. CSOs are experts when it comes to protecting their own operations, and more than 80 percent of critical infrastructure is privately owned. We need the expertise of CSOs, both in advisory capacities and on the ground, if another attack occurs.

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