HLS 6040 Week 3: Understanding Sector Capabilities and Conducting a Vulnerability Assessment

HLS 6040 WEEK 3: UNDERSTANDING SECTOR VULNERABILITIES AND CONDUCTING A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT Student’s Name: Professor’s Name: Course Title: Date: Vulnerability Assessment Plan for Critical Infrastructure in New York City Identified Threats 1 Drug and Substances Related Activities in the Port of New York and New Jersey. 2 Active Shooters in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Regional Transit System. 3 Surveillance Gaps in the Indian Point Nuclear Generation Station. 4 Sea-based Terrorist Attacks in the Port of New York and New Jersey. 5 General Crime around the Regional Transit System. Risk Assessment Table Attack/Threat Means Criticality (C) (1-10) Vulnerability (V) (1-10) Threat Probability (TP) (1-10) Risk Assessment (Total) C*V*TP Drug and Substances Related Activities 9 9(81) 9 729 Active Shooters 2 2(4) 4 16 Surveillance Gaps 9 8(72) 9 648 Sea-based Terrorist Attacks 8 8(64) 7 448 General Crime 4 8(32) 5 160 1 - Least (Critical, Vulnerable, Threat Probability) to 10 - Most (Critical, Vulnerable, Threat Probability) Conducting the Assessment: Vulnerability Assessment The locks to the New York and New Jersey port lack any form of security - despite the port being the third largest port in the United States - to guard the locks. Port marshals are also non-existent. The port is therefore too exposed to any of the above threats (Zimmerman, 2009). The Indian Point Nuclear Generation Station is also a potential target for attack due to surveillance gaps especially in failure to cordon off the perimeter wall of the power plant. It is thus vulnerable to any attack - be it an active shooter or walk-in suicide bomber. The New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Regional ...