Risk Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection : Assessing, Integrating, and Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities and Consequences.
Provides background on the responsibilities of the DHS Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate to integrate threat assessments with vulnerability assessments to identify and manage the risk associated with possible terrorist attacks on the nation's critical infrastructure...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2005.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Provides background on the responsibilities of the DHS Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate to integrate threat assessments with vulnerability assessments to identify and manage the risk associated with possible terrorist attacks on the nation's critical infrastructure; and reviews the status of DHS implementation of its critical infrastructure. Defines the terms "threat," "vulnerability," and "risk" and discusses how they fit together in a systematic analysis; describes processes and techniques that have been used to assess them; and discusses how the results of that analysis can inform resource allocation and policy. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |