July 2019 AST Magazine AST July 2019 Magazine | Page 66

During
the quantitative analysis, each level of experience
it 35 be
www.AmericanSecurityToday.com
July nor
2019 - can
Edition
item that is evaluated is given a num- manipulated to achieve a specific
ber value; therefore, it provides stan- result.
dardization.
That’s what lab tests are all about. They
Since those values don’t change re- measure certain things and the results fall
gardless of who’s doing the assessing, within or outside of certain parameters.
it fixes the other three problems of
Because of this standardization,
qualitative analysis.
quantitative numbers can be trust-
It provides consistency over time, ed.
is not dependent on a person’s
A quantitative risk
analysis and vulner-
ability
assessment
methodology
called
CAIRA (Critical Asset
and Infrastructure Risk
Analysis, pronounced
Sear-Ra) has been de-
veloped by Haines Se-
curity Solutions (HSS)
in identifying and
measuring risks and
determining the most
cost-effective counter-
measures for mitigat-
ing those risks.
A typical assessment
team is made up of
64