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While CAIRA concentrates
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sessing supporting energy sys-
tems (electricity, fossil fuels, steam
and non-drinking water), anoth-
er assessment tool developed by
HSS, called Asset Based Risk Anal-
ysis or ABRA, focuses on the asset
itself.
Most often both the ABRA and
This in turn allows decision mak- CAIRA are used in tandem.
ers to plan for and seek hard-to-get
And in this case, the assets and ener-
funding.
Doug Haines, President at HSS
gy systems would not be governed
Further they can go to bed at night know- by regulatory government statute
ing that countermeasures they have or part of Homeland Security’s stra-
implemented will effectively reduce tegic critical infrastructure protec-
the risks to personnel and facilities.
tion program.
Both of which translate
directly to organizational
productivity and cost sav-
ings.
CAIRA was selected as the
Best Risk Analysis Method-
ology in Homeland Security
for 2018, by industry experts,
and received a Platinum ‘AS-
TORS’ Award from American
Security Today.
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