@article{ref1,
title="Chemical facility vulnerability assessment project",
journal="Journal of hazardous materials",
year="2003",
author="Jaeger, Calvin D.",
volume="104",
number="1-3",
pages="207-213",
abstract="Sandia National Laboratories, under the direction  of the Office of Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice,  conducted the chemical facility vulnerability assessment (CFVA) project. The  primary objective of this project was to develop, test and validate a  vulnerability assessment methodology (VAM) for determining the security of  chemical facilities against terrorist or criminal attacks (VAM-CF). The project  also included a report to the Department of Justice for Congress that in  addition to describing the VAM-CF also addressed general observations related to  security practices, threats and risks at chemical facilities and chemical  transport.In the development of the VAM-CF Sandia leveraged the experience  gained from the use and development of VAs in other areas and the input from the  chemical industry and Federal agencies. The VAM-CF is a systematic, risk-based  approach where risk is a function of the severity of consequences of an  undesired event, the attack potential, and the likelihood of adversary success  in causing the undesired event. For the purpose of the VAM-CF analyses Risk is a  function of S, L(A), and L(AS), where S is the severity of consequence of an  event, L(A) is the attack potential and L(AS) likelihood of adversary success in  causing a catastrophic event. The VAM-CF consists of 13 basic steps. It involves  an initial screening step, which helps to identify and prioritize facilities for  further analysis. This step is similar to the prioritization approach developed  by the American Chemistry Council (ACC). Other steps help to determine the  components of the risk equation and ultimately the risk. The VAM-CF process  involves identifying the hazardous chemicals and processes at a chemical  facility. It helps chemical facilities to focus their attention on the most  critical areas. The VAM-CF is not a quantitative analysis but, rather, compares  relative security risks. If the risks are deemed too high, recommendations are  developed for measures to reduce the risk. This paper will briefly discuss the  CFVA project and VAM-CF process.",
language="",
issn="0304-3894",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}