Risk, Uncertainty and Everything Else

The Security Analysis and Risk Management Association (SARMA) just posted some presentations from their most recent conference (the 2nd National Conference on Security Analysis and Risk Management) on their website.  The titles of the available briefings as of 5/31/08 are:

• Charles Davis and Lisa Bendixen on ”Implementation of the NIPP and Sector Specific Plans.”  Ms. Bendixen presented this one, and I was the moderator.  Click for more information on the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, or NIPP.
• Robin Dillon, Catherine Tinsley and Matthew Cronin on ”Interpreting Past Events in Disaster Preparedness Decisions.”
• Geoff French on ”Intelligence Analysis for Strategic Risk Assessments.”  Mr. French also wrote a paper on this same subject as part of the GMU School of Law Criticial Infrastructure Protection Program Monograph entitled Elements of Risk (of which I have a paper on the definition of vulnerability coauthored with my doctoral advisor, Professor Bilal Ayyub)
• Benedict Conboy on “New York State’s Efforts to Link Threat, Consequence, and Vulnerability to CT Planning.”

Moreover, several Security Risk Analysis students from Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology wrote in their personal blogs about different sessions of the SARMA conference.  These blog entries are as follows:

• Maiselog: Trip to 2008 Security Analysis and Risk Management Conference (SARMA)
• Maiselog: 2008 Security Analysis and Risk Management Conference: Overview of First Day
• Maiselog: 2008 Security Analysis and Risk Management Conference: Crisis Management and Defense Support of Civil Authorities & GAO Forum
• Maiselog: SARMApedia: A Common Knowledgbase for Security Analysis and Risk Management
• Hodgepodgeblog: SARMA Day 1 Opening Remarks
• Hodgepodgeblog: SARMA Day 1 - Christopher T. Geldart
• Hodgepodgeblog: SARMA Day 1 - Brandon Wales
• Hodgepodgeblog: SARMA Day 1, Luncheon with the Honorable Joel Bagnal
• Hodgepodgeblog: SARMA Day 1, Technical Session 1 - Steven Mabeus and Kristine Paptanich
• Hodgepodgeblog: SARMA Day 1, Technical Session 3 - William McGill
• Hodgepodgeblog: SARMA Day 2, Plenary Session Speaker - Dirk Maurer
• Hodgepodgeblog: SARMA Day 2, Plenary Session Speaker - Cathleen Berrick
• Counter-Terrorism and Security: 2nd Annual National Conference on Security Analysis and Risk Management
• Counter-Terrorism and Security: Daniel Polsby - Dean of George Mason’s School of Law - on the CIPP
• Counter-Terrorism and Security: Ed Jopek - President of SARMA - Keynote Speech
• Counter-Terrorism and Security: Christopher T. Geldart — Director, Office of National Capital Region Coordination, FEMA — Opening Plenary Session
• Counter-Terrorism and Security: Brandon Wales - Deputy Director, HITRAC, DHS - 2nd Plenary Session
• Counter-Terrorism and Security: Celina Realuyo - Safeguarding Supply Chains from Geopolitical Risks
• Counter-Terrorism and Security: Bob Liebe - Risk Analysis Frameworks for Counterterrorism
• Counter-Terrorism and Security: Dirk Maurer — Deputy Assistant Secretary for Crisis Management and Defense Support of Civil Authorities, DoD — 3rd Plenary Session
• Counter-Terrorism and Security:  Cathleen Berrick - Director, Homeland Security and Justice Team, US GAO - 4th Plenary Session
• Panos Koutsikos: The 2008 National Conference on Security and Risk Management
• IST Building Post: Thoughts from the SARMA Conference (Day 1)

I am sure more conference presentations will be posted in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.  And be sure to look out for the third National Conference on Security Analysis & Risk Management that, judging by my calculations, is most likely to take place in May 2009.