Methods and systems for assessing security risks

US8255262B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HNTB Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey L. Siegel · Chicago, US
• Charles H. Quandel · Chicago, US
• W. Robert Moore · Naperville, US
• Douglas Wayne Morrison · Cameron, US
• Glen A. Herman · Olathe, US
• Robert Marros · Chicago, US
• Michael Richard Ostrom · Blue Springs, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 20, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The assessment of security risks associated with linear corridors, such as transportation corridors and utilities corridors, is provided. Initially, a site is selected for evaluation. Survey data and context sensitive information, such as demographic information, environmental information, corridor asset information, and the like, is collected for the site. Linear corridors are identified within the data, and critical assets within each linear corridor are also identified. Security risks associated with linear corridors may then be assessed using the survey data and context sensitive information. In addition, mitigation strategies, response strategies, and recovery strategies may be developed for the security risks assessed for the linear corridors.