Automated, all-hazard risk assessment tool launched

Alion Science and Technology has collaborated with the ASME Innovative Technologies Institute, LLC (ASME-ITI) to develop an automated, all-hazards vulnerability and risk assessment tool to analyze and manage risks to infrastructure assets and systems.

Risk Analysis and Management for Critical Asset Protection (RAMCAP) is the process cited in the Department of Homeland Security's National Infrastructure Protection Plan for analyzing risks associated with terrorist attacks. Alion, an employee-owned, technology solutions company, and ASME-ITI have automated the manual, paper-based RAMCAP process and extended the methodology with the development of RAMCAP Plus, a Web-based tool that evaluates a wide assortment of risks, including terrorist attacks, natural and unintentional hazards and common crimes.

"RAMCAP Plus provides a mechanism for computing the likelihood of a threat occurring, a robust cost-benefit analysis tool, a business continuity assessment tool and a limited analysis of risks due to interdependencies with other infrastructures," said Rear Adm. Richard E. Brooks (USN, Ret.), Alion Group senior vice president and manager of the company's National Security Group.

"RAMCAP Plus is designed specifically to assist private sector owners and operators of infrastructure assets to perform risk management exercises to support internal decision-making purposes."

RAMCAP Plus will enable users to conduct an all-hazards risk assessment, starting with the identification of critical assets and culminating in the management of risk for the entire facility.

http://www.ramcapplus.com/

•Date: 9th May 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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