In Global Supply Chain Security and Management, Professor Darren Prokop examines the relationship between securing a global supply chain, worldwide trade and the role of government as both a partner and policing organization. Historically, the primary goal of supply chain security was guarding against theft and damage. Today, supply chain managers and governments are discovering new roles for various technologies such as tracking devices and Big Data analytics. Global Supply Chain Security and Management: Appraising Programs, Preventing Crimes is published by Butterworth-Heinemann, 2017. Darren Prokop, Ph.D. is a professor of logistics in the College of Business & Public Policy at UAA and is the director of the Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management Program. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Manitoba in 1999.