Risk Management Security: Improving the United States Air Force Protection Level Asset Security System.

摘要

This research paper will provide the framework for a risk management based security methodology, which can be directly applied to the current Air Force protection level asset security system. This risk management process will allow the Air Force to use a validated, systems approach to identify acceptable levels of security risk and employ appropriate, cost effective countermeasures to reduce the vulnerabilities associated with its protection level assets. In today's environment of decreased military spending and budget cuts, the Air Force is finding it increasingly more difficult to fund for additional or more advanced security countermeasures. Because of this, it must learn to balance the risk of loss or damage to its protection level assets against the cost of countermeasures and select a mix that will provide adequate protection. The risk management process can greatly assist the Air Force in determining how to protect these assets; to what extent; against what type of threat; and the costs and benefits of countermeasures.