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Book/Printed Material Modeling terrorism risk to the air transportation system : an independent assessment of TSA's risk management analysis tool and associated methods

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Title

  • Modeling terrorism risk to the air transportation system : an independent assessment of TSA's risk management analysis tool and associated methods

Summary

  • RAND evaluated a terrorism risk modeling tool developed by the Transportation Security Administration and Boeing to help guide program planning for aviation security. This tool, the Risk Management Analysis Tool, or RMAT, is used by TSA to estimate the terrorism risk-reduction benefits attributable to new and existing security programs, technologies, and procedures. RMAT simulates terrorist behavior and success in attacking vulnerabilities in the domestic commercial air transportation system, drawing on estimates of terrorist resources, capabilities, preferences, decision processes, intelligence collection, and operational planning. It describes how the layers of security protecting the air transportation system are likely to perform when confronted by more than 60 types of attacks, drawing on detailed blast and other physical modeling to understand the damage produced by different weapons and attacks, and calculating expected loss of life and the direct and indirect economic consequences of that damage. This report describes RAND's conclusions about the validity of RMAT for TSA's intended uses and its recommendations for how TSA should perform cost-benefit analyses of its security programs.

Names

  • Morral, Andrew R.
  • National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
  • Rand Corporation
  • RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center

Created / Published

  • Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2012.

Contents

  • Introduction. -- RMAT adversary model. -- RMAT defender model. -- RMAT data requirements and sources. -- RMAT model performance and management. -- Supporting TSA management and investment decisions with RMAT. -- Conclusions. -- Requirements for a TSA risk assessment. -- Bibliography.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Transportation Security Administration--Rules and practice--Evaluation
  • -  Aeronautics, Commercial--Security measures--United States--Evaluation
  • -  Aeronautics--United States--Safety measures--Evaluation
  • -  Risk management--Mathematical models
  • -  Terrorism--United States--Prevention

Notes

  • -  At head of title: RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references: pages 135-146.
  • -  The research described in this report was prepared for the Transportation Security Administration and conducted within the RAND National Defense Research Institute ... under Contract W74V8H-06-C-0002.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

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  • 1 electronic resource (xxii, 146 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HV6432

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021760971

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Chicago citation style:

Morral, Andrew R, U.S National Defense Research Institute, Rand Corporation, and Rand Homeland Security And Defense Center. Modeling terrorism risk to the air transportation system: an independent assessment ofTSA's risk management analysis tool and associated methods. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 2012. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021760971/.

APA citation style:

Morral, A. R., National Defense Research Institute, U. S., Rand Corporation & Rand Homeland Security And Defense Center. (2012) Modeling terrorism risk to the air transportation system: an independent assessment ofTSA's risk management analysis tool and associated methods. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021760971/.

MLA citation style:

Morral, Andrew R, et al. Modeling terrorism risk to the air transportation system: an independent assessment ofTSA's risk management analysis tool and associated methods. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 2012. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021760971/>.