SEC310Wk4
The foundation of the protecting our nation’s critical infrastructures and key resources is the risk management framework. Risk is the possibility of an unwanted event – the chance of losing something. The goal in risk management is to mitigate loss from a natural or manmade disaster.
For this assignment, read Chapter 3, “The Strategy: Managing Risk,” PDF attached
Instructions
Write a 2–4 page paper in which you:
- Analyze the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and Risk Management Framework, including Figure 3 – Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Framework on page 15 of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, and conclude how it has been designed to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure.
- Determine the purpose of the feedback loop design and argue how it strengthens or weakens the model. Justify your response.
- Decide if taking a “risk management” approach is suitable for protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure. Support your response.
- Choose the one step that is the most important or has the greatest impact on the other steps of the Risk Management Framework and describe why.
- Discuss your thoughts on the effectiveness of the NIPP, and suggest one change you would make to the plan. Support your response.
- Use the Internet, or your supplemental resource list to locate at least three quality resources for use in this assignment.
