Security Vulnerability Assessment
A global economy, the explosion of technology, and the availability of weapons of mass destruction have forever changed the landscape of risk management in American business. The need to assess the vulnerability of your facility to intentional sabotage, theft, or loss of key company assets cannot be over-emphasized. Threat assessment is only a part of the larger, more complex process of risk management. RRS utilizes a team approach to assess existing levels of security and develop cost-effective ways of creating a more secure facility.
RRS provides a practical approach to conducting a SVA following the guidelines established by the American Chemistry Council and the Center for Chemical Process Safety. The SVA process identifies and quantifies chemicals and assets a terrorist may find as high value and high payoff targets. RRS has the risk management experience with a wide-range of industries and facilities, each facing threats unique to their environment.
In addition to providing SVAs for facilities that handle chemicals, RRS has the expertise to provide security assessments for other industries and entities. These include:
RRS also provides SVA services for small chemical companies that do not meet the requirements for a comprehensive security assessment. RRS follows the ACC Tier 4 methodology for small companies.
RRS can assist you in developing the relationship among threats, critical assets, attack probability and consequence of loss by evaluating specific threats, determining security performance levels, and recommending cost-effective solutions.
The RRS tiered phased approach includes:
Phase 1 - Pre-Planning
- Select of site personnel to serve on the SVA team
- Collection of facility information
- Evaluation of site chemicals for use as chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction
Phase 2 - Planning
- Team assembly and introduction to the SVA process and training
- Outline team member duties and responsibilities
- Develop scope and team objectives
- Review collected information
Phase 3 - Assessment
- Initial hazard identification and facility characterization
- Chemical and asset prioritization
- Attack consequence and target attractiveness evaluation
- Classification of potential targets
- Review mitigating, aggravating, and adversarial factors
- Develop annotated target list
Phase 4 - Gap Analysis
- Detailed site security evaluation based on annotated targets
- Identification of gaps between existing and desired levels of security
- Development of recommendations to meet desired levels of security
- Consult with site experts to verify recommendations
Phase 5 - Implementing Countermeasures
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