Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

CDSE-0042

Organization's ID:

ED603

Organization:

Center for Development of Security Excellence

Location:

Online

Length:

16 weeks (35 hours)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Graduate	3	homeland security

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to cover the ways in which the senior security manager can use the principles of risk analysis and risk management to better position a defense organization, process, or mission to anticipate and mitigate adverse events and consequences as well as choose which new opportunities to pursue.

Learning Outcomes:

Discuss risk management philosophies and methodologies used across agencies
Discuss challenges in determining vulnerabilities of programs, operations, facilities, or organizations
Compare strengths and weaknesses of vulnerability assessments and risk assessment tools
Develop a quantifiable cost-benefit analysis to protect assets
Develop a comprehensive and balanced risk analysis and propose recommendations to agency leadership
Theorize how multiple layers of security impact overall risk reduction

General Topics:

Course overview
Introductions: Instructor and students
Introduction to Risk Analysis and Management and its background
History/evolution of risk in personal, institutional, and leadership decision making
Risk theory and lexicon
Risk Case Study: Hijacking of the USS Pueblo
Risk component: Threats and Hazards
Risk component: Assets and Consequences/Impacts
Risk component: Vulnerabilities
Analyzing, weighting, and prioritizing data
Cost-benefit analysis
Combining risk, vulnerability, and consequences/impact measures
Risk mitigation: Countermeasures
Risk Communications
In-depth examination of a risk assessment model: FORCEPRO
Decision makers and risk management
Representative vulnerability and risk assessment models and tools
The “future” of risk management