Terrorist Risk Assessment

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses a risk assessment for the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) and explains that the assessment follows the Department of Homeland Security's Risk Analysis and Management for Critical Asset Protection (RAMCAP) methodology. The paper discusses how the proposal includes the prioritized screening of assets and the characterization of types of terrorist activity resulting in an integrated response mechanism to the threat of terrorism across the State of New Jersey. The paper offers a list of operational principles that the NJOEM should adopt within its organizational structure.

Outline:
Abstract
Overview
Asset Characterization & Screening
Threat Characterization
Consequence Analysis
Vulnerability Analysis
Risk Assessment
Risk Management/Counter-Measures

From the Paper:

"The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) is a multi-bureau section of the State of New Jersey's governmental apparatus. The 3 bureaus that comprise the NJOEM are the Communications Bureau, the Emergency Preparedness Bureau, and the Recovery Bureau and the NJOEM resides within the New Jersey State Police infrastructure (Organization, 2007). While the NJOEM has always existed to respond to emergencies of all types including terrorism, terrorism and terrorist acts have received greater emphasis within the NJOEM following the well-documented events of 9/11. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines terrorism in the following manner: "the unlawful use of force against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in the furtherance of political or social objectives" (Emergency, 2007)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Emergency response to terrorism. (1999). Department of Homeland Security (online). Retrieved Jun.27, 2007 from: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/ertss.pdf
• Krischenbaum, A. (2004). Chaos Organization and Disaster Management. New York: Marcel Dekker.
• Organization. (2007). New Jersey Office of Emergency Management. (online). Retrieved Jun.27, 2007 from: http://www.state.nj.us/njoem/
• Parachini, J. V., Davis, L. E., & Liston, T. (2003). Homeland Security : A Compendium of Public and Private Organizations' Policy Recommendations. Santa Monica, CA: Rand.
• Risk management approaches to protection. (2005). National Infrastructure Advisory Council (online). Retrieved Jun.27, 2007 from: http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm

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