Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent establishment of the
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), considerable efforts have been made to …

Quantifying vulnerability to critical infrastructure has not been adequately addressed in the
literature. Thus, the purpose of this article is to present a model that quantifies vulnerability. …

One key element of our nation's infrastructure is our communities' drinking water supplies.
Growing consumption by expanding populations, industrial and public pollution, the tragedies …

The purpose of this paper is to present an application of the infrastructure risk analysis
model to a small municipality. The paper begins by decomposing the water system along the …

Computational models and simulations often involve representations of decision-making
processes. Numerous methods exist for representing decision-making at varied resolution …

This paper presents a logical structure to address the topic of this special issue: Risk Analysis
Validation and Trust in Risk Management. We do that by presenting a systems approach …

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are an essential element of an organization’s ability to
monitor its strategic health, helping to ensure the strategic goals of the organization are …

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are critical measures for determining the health of a
manufacturing plant in relationship to the plant’s goals. In today’s competitive environment, …

Early in the lifecycle of a large-scale system, there are a variety of sources of enterprise risk
to be identified and addressed as well as opportunity to improve enterprise resilience at a …

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) allows a utility operator to monitor and
control processes that are distributed among various remote sites. The goal of this thesis is to …