Title: Port Security Risk Assessment Tool (PSRAT)

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Title Port Security Risk Assessment Tool
(PSRAT) Author Tony Regalbuto Chief, Office of
International Domestic Port Security
Assessments United States Coast
Guard Economy USA
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• The U.S. Coast Guard created the Port Security
  Risk Assessment Tool (PSRAT), a risk assessment
  tool to enable Captains of the Port (COTP) to
  assess terrorism risk facing targets within their
  area of responsibility.

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• Overview
• What is PSRAT?

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• The Port Security Risk Assessment Tool (PSRAT),
  is a relative risk ranking tool that enables
  users to assess infrastructure geographically.

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• The tool is a Microsoft Access 2000 based
  application.
• Input screens are used to capture data needed for
  analysis.
• All data is stored in the Access database.

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• Using The Tool

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• How does PSRAT work?
• PSRAT converts subjective evaluations into
  quantitative risk values
• Uses the equation
• Risk Threat x Consequence x Vulnerability
• Consequences, Threats, and Vulnerabilities are
  assessed for specific attack scenarios.

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• Using PSRAT
• for Risk Management

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• PSRAT helps decision makers identify relative
  risk within their port.
• PSRAT has helped Coast Guard COTPs communicate
  port security priorities to stakeholders and
  partners by
• (1) identifying the key drivers of risk and
• (2) evaluating risk-reduction measures.

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• PSRAT as a risk management tool can help
• Identify critical infrastructure
• Estimate the effectiveness of countermeasures
• Define risk management strategies
• Allocate resources

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• Users can look back at the individual risk scores
  and evaluate what actions would reduce a
  particular score.
• For example, the risk associated from the
  possible ramming of a cruise ship by a deep draft
  vessel could be mitigated by relocating the
  cruise ship to a less accessible berth.

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• In summary, PSRAT
• Allows your chief port security officer (or other
  user) to identify critical infrastructure and key
  resources within an area of responsibility
• Determine the risk of specific attack scenarios
  against a list of discrete targets
• Provide a report of prioritized security risks
  within an area of responsibility
• Estimate the effectiveness of countermeasures
• Assist in evaluating where resources could be
  most effective in safeguarding against the risks

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• https//homeport.uscg.mil

Click on the IPS Program link
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• For further technical assistance in developing
  PSRAT please contact
• Mr. Matt Mowrer
• ABS Consulting
• mmowrer_at_absconsulting.com