Includes bibliographical references and index.

The quest for a theory of intelligence / Claudia Hillebrand and R. Gerald Hughes -- Rapid urbanisation and security : holistic approach to enhancing security of urban spaces / Ksenia Chmutina and Lee Bosher -- Energy security / Petra Dolata -- Evolving biosecurity frameworks / Caitriona McLeish -- Resilience and national security / Gail Ridley -- Proxy wars and the contemporary security environment / Vladimir Rauta and Andrew Mumford -- Resilience and critical infrastructure : origins, theories and critiques / Chris Zebrowski -- Intelligence and organised crime : paradigms and paradoxes / John Buckley -- Cyber security / Scott Jasper and James Wirtz -- Securing state secrets / Patrick F. Walsh -- The rise of smart machines : the unique peril of intelligent software agents in defense and intelligence / Nina A. Kollars -- The more things change : HUMINT in the digital age / David V. Gioe -- Drones : opportunities, threats and challenges / Peter Lee -- Invisible battlegrounds : on force and revolutions, military and otherwise / Michael Warner -- Globalisation and intelligence / Zakia Shiraz -- Capacity building and security sector reform / Paul Jackson -- Privatisation / Damien Van Puyvelde -- Criminality, terrorism and the changing nature of conflict : the dynamics of the nexus between crime and terrorism / Angela Gendron -- Secret interventions and clandestine diplomacy / Huw Dylan -- Social media intelligence (SOCMINT) / David Omand -- Corporate intelligence / Arthur Weiss -- The ethics of intelligence / Ross Bellaby -- Risk, security and international law / Robert Dover -- The changing media / Peter Busch -- Terrorism and the news media : symbiosis, control and framing / Alexander Spencer -- Two worlds, one common pursuit : why greater engagement with the academic community could benefit the UK's national security / Robert Dover, Michael S. Goodman and Martha White -- The ethics of whistle-blowing, leaking and disclosure / Seumas Miller.

This handbook provides a detailed analysis of threats and risk in the international system and of how governments and their intelligence services must adapt and function in order to manage the evolving security environment. This environment, now and for the foreseeable future, is characterised by complexity. The development of disruptive digital technologies; the vulnerability of critical national infrastructure; asymmetric threats such as terrorism; the privatisation of national intelligence capabilities: all have far reaching implications for security and risk management. The leading academics and practitioners who have contributed to this handbook have all done so with the objective of cutting through the complexity, and providing insight on the most pressing security, intelligence, and risk factors today. They explore the changing nature of conflict and crises; interaction of the global with the local; the impact of technological; the proliferation of hostile ideologies and the challenge this poses to traditional models of intelligence; and the impact of all these factors on governance and ethical frameworks.0.