assessments

The Government Accountability Office has published a review of the physical security and cybersecurity risk assessments the U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducts for critical infrastructure, such as the Infrastructure Survey Tool used by the Protective Security Advisor (PSA) program. The review includes an overview of DHS’s risk assessment practices, discusses private sector representatives’ views of the usefulness of the assessments, and describes how the risk information influences DHS’s strategic planning and private sector outreach.