It isn’t so much what role the private sector plays in the determination of risks related to the challenges at the local level. It becomes more of what isn’t the private sector doing and why aren’t they contributing resources to Homeland Security. The private sector continually dedicates resources, funding, and personnel in support of Homeland Security and the operations associated with the partnership. “Within homeland security, there are five partnership archetypes that encompass the types of relationships we share with the private sector” (Department of Homeland Security, 2014, p. 61). These partnership archetypes allow Homeland Security and private sector organizations to utilize such models when challenges, roles, and responsibilities are defined. When challenges, roles, and responsibilities are not defined the problem increases, therefore the flexibility of the models can occur to achieve the desire outcome. The archetypes contribute to the private sector in the determination of risks related to the six challenges associated with Homeland Security. This is because the models can be applied to any situation or involvement between the two at the local level. When a model isn’t achievable, the method or intertwining or conjoint models helps achieve in determination.
