Strategies for Protecting National Critical Infrastructure Assets

Strategies for Protecting National Critical Infrastructure Assets eases the research burden, develops investigative protocols, and pulls together data into a comprehensive and practical guide, to help the serious reader understand advanced concepts and techniques of risk assessment with an emphasis on meeting the security needs of the critical national infrastructure. The text is divided into five major sections, which are further broken down by individual chapters, each addressing one element of risk assessment as well as focusing attention on applying the risk assessment methodology to a particular industry. This book establishes a new and acceptable approach for conducting risk assessments in a high–risk world.

• Helps the reader to understand advanced concepts and techniques of risk assessment
• Provides a quick, reliable, and practical "briefcase" reference to use in the office as well as on the road
• Introduces the elements of the risk assessment process by defining its purpose and objectives, describing the behavioural and physical sciences, the techniques employed in the process, and the measurement and evaluation tools and standards used to perform an objective risk assessment.

Developing solid, thorough infrastructure security assessments in diverse sectors

Drawing on the collective experience of many experts, this definitive reference presents the best methods, techniques, and measurements to help security analysts conduct objective security assessments. It helps readers understand advanced security assessment concepts in today′s high–risk world and identify, measure, and prioritize security risks. A comprehensive, practical guide, this resource:

• Describes a practical, proven approach that has been used in over 3,000 security assessments in thirty countries

• Features three primary sections: an introduction that helps analysts understand today′s challenging environment; an overview of security assessment methodology broken down into five specific elements; and details on tailoring the methodology to specific industries

• Defines the purpose of the security assessment process, the behavioral and physical sciences brought into play, the techniques used, and measurement and evaluation tools and standards

• Presents an S3E comprehensive, system–integrated methodology supported by user–friendly, step–by–step guidance that is complemented by a series of S3E Security Assessment Methodology matrices

• Includes chapters dedicated to specific infrastructure sectors: water; energy; transportation; chemical industry and hazardous materials; agriculture and food; banking and finance; and telecommunications

• Provides worksheets that facilitate the cataloging and documenting of research data

This book gives consultants, security practitioners, corporate security managers and directors, and others a reliable, hands–on "briefcase" reference to use in the office as well as in the field. It′s also an ideal text for upper–level students in related courses.