“Identifying Critical Infrastructure”

*Begin by become familiar with the five main steps of the risk management process. *Then read “Identifying Critical Infrastructure: What to Protect (pages 10-12) for background and then the case study “A Tale of One City” (pages 17-18) from Assessing and Managing the Terrorism Threat. https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bja/210680.pdf In the case study scenario, you are the chief of police for a community of 75,000. The mayor has tasked you with conducting a risk assessment of critical infrastructure within your jurisdiction. You learn that the mayor has raised questions regarding your department’s recent risk assessment report. Prompt: Draft a 2 page paper summarizing the information that you would present to the mayor. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: *Explain to the mayor the five main steps to risk management that your team applied in the risk management process. Provide details about how these steps relate to the case study. *Identify the key community partners that your team worked with. *Identify the regional law enforcement partners that your team worked with. *List the critical infrastructures that were identified within the jurisdiction in order of significance to the community, from least significant to most significant. Referring to the case study, explain why they were listed in that order. *Using a scale of low, moderate, and high, identify the threat level (T), vulnerability level (V), and criticality level (C) as described in the scenario (Risk = T x V x C). *What did the team identity as the major critical infrastructure risk for the community? Explain why they identified this particular risk. *Explain the importance of objective assessment in this process. Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be submitted as a 2-page Microsoft Word document, double spaced, with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. Remember to include a references page and cite any research in APA format.