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Security Vulnerability Analysis
The risk of deliberate acts–such as
terrorism, sabotage, vandalism and theft–that may cause the release of
highly hazardous chemicals from a process facility may dominate the risk
from accidental releases unless it is properly managed. The risk from
such acts must be assessed to determine if existing security measures
and safeguards are adequate or need improvement. Risk assessment is the
heart of a process security program.
Threat analysis is the first step in
risk assessment for deliberate acts. It is used to identify the sources
and types of threats and their likelihood. Once specific threats have
been identified, vulnerability analysis is used to identify threat
scenarios, i.e. how threats could be realized. The results of the
analyses are used to assist in making decisions on the levels of
safeguards and secureguards that are needed. This includes consideration
of:
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prevention
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inherent safety/security
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process design
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site security
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controls
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engineered safeguards
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mitigation
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emergency response
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buffer zones
Threat analysis considers the
motivations and capabilities of adversaries and facility security
factors are rated to develop a threat profile. Plants and processes are
divided into sectors and each credible threat within each sector is
considered. Vulnerabilities are identified by the team brainstorming
ways barriers can be penetrated and process containment breached.
Services Offered
Primatech provides facilitators to
lead a team of facility personnel in performing threat and vulnerability
analysis.
Primatech has developed and published approaches for
threat and vulnerability analysis. We have developed templates for use
with Primatech's software PHAWorks
to perform vulnerability analyses.
Primatech offers the training courses
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