Forfatter

Sasan Zarghooni-Hoffmanna and Marja Ylönenb

Årstall

2023

Utgiver

Research Publishing, Singapore

Publikasjonstype:

Notat

Fulltekst:

http://doi: 10.3850/978-981-18-8071-1_P381-cd

Omtale:

https://www.rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/esrel2023/html/P381.html

Kommentar:

The 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023), 3 – 8 September 2023, Southampton, UK

Antall sider:

8

Publiseringsspråk:

Engelsk

Land publikasjonen kommer fra:

Norge

NSD-referanse:

5960

Disse opplysningene er sist endret:

25/8 2025

Sammendrag
The aim of this paper is to provide new insights into cross-sectoral, cooperative aspects of societal security. Societal security can be defined as the continuous outcome of a resilience-based system-of-systems whose purpose is to protect society against a wide range of risks. One of its subsystems is the field of customs. The role of customs agencies in societal security is not well understood. In particular, the cross-sectoral, cooperative aspects have been overlooked both in official guidance and in practice. This paper analyzes the contributions of the Norwegian Customs (NC) to societal security from a system-of-systems perspective, using data from governance documents, official reports, and a list of the NC's collaborators. The main findings are that (1) customs is a node in societal security, and its role much wider than earlier recognized; that (2) the current framework for societal security does not adequately account for agencies whose normal contributions are outside their own sector; and that (3) this lack of understanding impedes efficient and effective measures. Insights on societal security as a system-of-systems are summarized in a jigsaw puzzle analogy.

Keywords: Societal security, Risk, Resilience, System-of-systems, Customs, Critical functional capabilities.