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June 12-14, 2007
Falls Church, VA

NOTE: On-line registrations for this workshop are now closed. Space is available for walk in registrants. To register the day of the workshop, please bring your payment and the attached registration form

At the CARVER Methodology - Target Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment workshop you will become proficient in the use of the CARVER methodology to assist you in the analysis and examination of the interrelationships between assets, threats, vulnerabilities and countermeasures that protect a facility. CARVER is a unique analytical tool because it facilitates both a qualitative and a quantitative assessment of a facility's vulnerabilities based on offensive and defensive methodologies. Using a combination of classroom and field exercises, you will learn and apply the principles of this methodology.

During the CARVER Methodology - Target Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment workshop you will conduct an actual vulnerability assessment at a government or private sector facility with active cooperation from local law enforcement. This workshop, taught by leading counter-terrorism and security experts, provides you with a methodical and practical approach identifying assets most attractive to attack by an adversary based upon the following key factors:

Criticality - Identify critical assets, single points of failure or "choke points"

Accessibility - Determine ease of access to critical assets

Recoverability - Compare time it would take to replace or restore a critical asset against maximum acceptable period of disruption

Vulnerability - Evaluate security system effectiveness against adversary capabilities

Effect - Consider scope and magnitude of adverse consequences that would result from malicious actions and responses to them

Recognizability - Evaluate likelihood that potential adversaries would recognize that an asset was critical

Attendees learn more about Vulnerability Assessments at San Antonio’s Alamodome

What You Will Learn

• How to employ the principles of the CARVER methodology to conduct your own field exercises for your - or your client's - facility or an asset of that facility
• How to use the results of the assessment to formulate and prioritize risk reduction recommendations
• How to prepare a Vulnerability Assessment report
  

What Previous Attendees Said About This Workshop:

"This course brings all walks of security together, it provides a wealth of experience to bear on how this methodology can be applied.  The field work was eye opening."  Robert Hargesheimer, US Navy, Site Installation Manager

"Loved the interaction of students and instructor.  Varied attendees gave many points of view and shared experiences." Henry Britt, The Response Group

"Valuable class.  Provided a good mix of backgrounds and experience and presented material in a manner that was great for novices and pros alike."  J. Phil Harmon, Washington Group International, Manager, Read Team Operations

"Excellent course for developing a fundamental understanding of the Carver Target Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment Process." Kevin Nowak, U.S. Department of Energy, Security Specialist

"Great course!  Exceeds expectations and professional requirement.  The training will have a positive and dynamic impact on the scope and depth of information processing." Mark. K Gerwig, NSWC Crane, EOD Project Specialist

"Worth every penny!  There are no other courses available that teach the fundamentals of doing a TA and VA." Tracy DeWitt, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Adjunct Faculty

Please note:

• Dress for this 3-day workshop is casual.
• To maximize the training experience, attendees are asked to bring a laptop computer, pre-loaded with MS Excel.

Who Should Attend

• Federal, state and local security and operations managers
• U.S. civil agencies, government building/facilities managers, and companies with critical infrastructure to be protected
• Anyone involved in guard protection services, law enforcement, corrections, or other types of security providers and consultants
• Any professional responsible for conducting and documenting security evaluations and audits

Previous Attendees Include:

3M Government Markets, International Business Manager ACE Engineering American Electric Power, Director of Physical Security Antietam Battlefield, Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor Army Management Staff College, Professor, Installation Management Army Research Laboratory, General Engineer Arup Risk, Consulting Associate BAE Systems, Sr. Principal Systems Engineer Battelle, Principal Research Scientist Boeing, Senior Manager, Advanced Homeland Security Brookhaven National Laboratory, Deputy Manager, Safeguards & Security Division Brooks Development Authority, Science & Natural Resources Manager Bureau of Economic Analysis, Public Affairs Specialist Bureau of Reclamation, Physical Security Engineer CA Public Utilities Commision CACI/National Security Research, Senior Analyst for CIP Calgary Police Service Cincinnati Police Department, Terrorism Early Warning Group CRA Inc., Anti-Terrorism Instructor CTI Consulting, Director, Security Services County of Sonoma, California, Facilities Manager D-2-1 Special Warfare Training Group (A), Anti-Terrorism Instructor Delaware Transit Corporation, Security Officer Department of the Army, Forced Protection Department of Defense, Ft. Meade, Chief, Facilities Security Manager Department of Energy Savannah River Plant, Plant Security Department of Labor, Physical Security Specialist Department of State Health Services DHS/FLETC, Security Specialist DoT, Office of Hazardous Material Safety Federal Reserve Board, Manager, Safety & Health Fort Sam Houston, US Army, Chief, Food Defense & Safety Branch Fulton County, GA Government - Mental Health Department, Director of Specialty Services General Dynamics, Program Manager Good Harbor Consulting, Vice President Harford Sheriff's Office, Major Haverstick Government Solution, Account Executive - Security Hemispheres Security Investigation, Director Herndon Police, Emergency Services Unit Houston Airport System, Airport Security Investigator HQDA, ODCS, G-2 DAMI-8XM, Assistant Security Manager ICF Consulting, Project Manager Independent Contractor, Independent Security Contractor Indian Health Service, Lawton, Indian Hospital, Facility Manager Intrado, Security Supervisor L3 Communications, Director, DoD Sales Los Alamos National Laboratory, Technical Staff Member Los Angeles Port Police, Police Officer II L. Robert Kimball & Associates, VP Business Development MADICO, Technical Sales Specialist Massachusetts Department of Correction, Director of Secure Technologies Minneapolis Police Department, Lieutenant, Homeland Security, Special Operations Division Montana Department of Justice, Critical Infrastructure Analyst Montgomery County Police, Crime Prevention Mt. Weather Police Dept., Security Specialist Navy Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS), Special Agents New York City Fire Department, Paramedic

NJ Department of Community Affairs, Research Analyst NJ Office of Counter-Terrorism, Special Investigator NSA, Threat/Vulnerabilities Analyst NSWC Crane, EOD Project Specialist OAS International, Senior Manager Oak Ridge National Lab, National Security Directorate Oracle, Senior Director Orlando, Florida Police Department, Detective Parsons, Facility Security Officer Patterson & Associates, Principal Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF, Physical Security Specialist Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Specialist Prince William, Co., Police Department PSEG, Security Manager Raleigh Police Department, Master Office RMC, Inc., Force Protection Specialist Royal Netherlands Army SAIC, Sr. Operations Officer San Antonio, TX SWAT Team, Sergeant Shoshone County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Southwest Tennessee Community College, Adjunct Facility State of Louisiana, Critical Infrastructure Manager State of Montana Disaster Emergency Services, CI Program Manager TSA, ASI US Army Corps of Engineers, Anti-Terrorism Officer, MAJ US Border Patrol Tactical Unit, Acting Supervisory Border Patrol Agent United States Coast Guard, Supervisor of Port Security Assessments URS Group, Inc., Principal Engineer U.S. Army, Physical Security Branch NCOIC US Department of Energy, Security Manager US Department of State, Desk Officer US Department of State, Physical Security Project Officer US Navy, Site Installation Manager US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations US Postal Inspection Service, Program Manager/Postal Inspector US Supreme Court Police, Police Officer US Southern Command, CIP Analyst Warwick, RI Police, Patrol Officer Verizon Wireless, National Account Manager Viable Security Strategies (Postal Inspection Service), President (Formerly with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service) Vision Networks, Inc., Business Development & Counterterrorism Program Manager Washington State Patrol, Lieutenant West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, Food Program Manager/Training Officer West Virginia National Guard, State Security Manager

About the Telemus Solutions Instructors

Leo E. Labaj - Vice President, Infrastructure Protection Services

Mr. Labaj is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, the Air National Guard and the Central Intelligence Agency. He has managed research and development programs and applied science projects for the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Intelligence Community, and federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Mr. Labaj has over 30 years of government and commercial experience in directing and supporting operational, technical and research efforts involving security planning, counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, counter-insurgency, weapons proliferation, weapons of mass destruction, arms and contraband interdiction, special operations, explosives and hazardous materials disposal, and quality assurance.

Leo West - EOD and Counterterrorism Specialist

Mr. West came to Telemus Solutions from the FBI where he served as an FBI Supervisory Agent retiring with over 26 years experience in the U.S. Departments of Justice and Treasury, having gained extensive experience directing and conducting various counter-terrorism, criminal and crime scene investigations as a manager, investigator, and expert forensics specialist in the field of explosives and hazardous devices. He is a current certified Bomb Technician and qualified Court Expert in explosives and hazardous devices, having spent 17 years as a “street agent” and 9 years as an Examiner in the FBI Laboratory’s Explosives Unit.

Course Syllabus

Course hours are 8:30am to 4:30pm, daily.

Section 1: Introduction - Why We Are Here

Section 2: TAVA Course Objectives

• Discuss the tools and knowledge necessary to conduct a Vulnerability Assessment

Section 3: History of CARVER

• Learn how CARVER originated and why has it evolved into leading VA methodology

Section 4: Introduction to CARVER Methodology

• Discuss the difference between a Vulnerability Assessment and Target Analysis

Section 5. Threat Assessments

• What is a Threat Assessment and how does it affect the Vulnerability Assessment
• Develop a Threat Assessment and the Threat Spectrum

Section 6. Design Basis Threat

• Define the characteristics and capabilities of an internal or external threat

Section 7. Pair Wise

• Become proficient in developing a Threat Spectrum through the use of pair wise comparisons

Section 8. Target Analysis (TA)

• Define a target through the offensive analysis of a system, sub-system, complex, and asset

Section 9. Vulnerability Assessment (VA)

• Understand the VA Philosophy, Benefit/Value & Complexity
• VA Process
• Phases & Steps
  a. Planning
  b. Data Collection
  c. Assessment
  d. Analysis and Recommendations
• Security System Effectiveness
• Introduction to IT and Computer Security
• VA Reporting Elements
• Risk Reduction Plan
• CARVER Matrix

Section 10. Vulnerability Assessment Practical Exercises

• Classroom – Threat Assessment and target attractiveness
• Live Field Exercise

Course Sponsors

Organizational Sponsors

Telemus Solutions provides customized security consulting, advisory, research and training services to both public and private sector markets throughout the world. Our company headquarters is located in Falls Church, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C., with branch offices in Boston and Miami. For more information on Telemus Solutions please call (703) 893-0550.

Martin, Blanck & Associates, Inc. (MB&A) was founded in 1988 by Dr. Edward Martin – a retired Public Health Service Rear Admiral, and has grown to a comprehensive federal health consulting firm with 18 partners, with each partner averaging more than 25 years of experience. The MB&A Team combines skillful strategic planning, broad policy-making abilities and operational nuts and bolts management experience in DoD, VA, and HHS health systems to assist clients with their business development needs in the federal health arena.
 

Medical Planning Resources, Inc. provides consultative services for medically managing the threats associated with complex emergencies, natural and man-made disasters and asymmetrical events. Medical Planning Resources is dedicated to the mission of providing expert medical advice to help Prepare, Respond, and Recover from Complex Emergencies, Disasters, and Asymmetrical Threats…Worldwide.

The Carbon Project is pioneering innovative software technologies that can handle increasing amounts and types of complex, dispersed geospatial information. By simplifying these data across a broad spectrum of users, we make the world of geospatial information accessible and usable to everyone, everywhere.

Media Sponsors

Homeland Defense Journal is a monthly magazine now in its fifth year of print.  Our subscriber base of over 28,000 readers has been developed entirely from within the homeland security sector.  Our readers are federal, DoD, state and local executives and decision-makers charged with the development, testing and deployment of solutions.  Homeland Defense Journal focuses on programs, projects, funding, grants, R&D, and lessons-learned.
 

Physical Security Handbook

Special Note to Security Course attendees: Physical Security Handbook published by Homeland Defense Journal
is now available

The Integrated Physical Security Handbook (And Reference Center) By Don Philpott and Shuki Einstein Published by: Homeland Defense Journal  Why is this site here and what is this book all about? (www.physicalsecurityhandbook.com) The Integrated Physical Security Handbook is a manual for commercial and government building and facility security managers who are responsible for developing their security plans based on estimated risks and threats -- natural or terrorist. This book was produced under the leadership of the Homeland Defense Journal and written by a team of nationally recognized A&E and security experts. This site offers a subscription to the handbook, quarterly updates and on-line library. The cost for subscription ranges from $99 to $149 per year.

The Integrated Physical Security Handbook is the essential handbook for facility security managers and all managers and supervisors tasked with the security and safety of the buildings in which they operate and the people with whom they work. It sets out how to manage change and how to conduct crucial threat and risk assessments, the basis for all integrated physical security planning. Then, using checklists and standard practices, it provides a hands-on, how-to guide that leads you in a user-friendly way through all the steps and processes needed to evaluate, design and implement an effective integrated physical security system. For details, visit our web site at www.physicalsecurityhandbook.com

Registration Fee

NOTE: On-line registrations for this workshop are now closed. Space is available for walk in registrants. To register the day of the workshop, please bring your payment and the attached registration form

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CANCELLATION POLICY: You may designate a substitute in writing any time before the event. If you need to cancel your registration, you must send your notice in writing and will be subject to a $100 processing fee. No cancellations or transfers are accepted within 3 weeks prior to the event start date or later. PLEASE NOTE: No shows will be liable for the entire registration fee.

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Contact Us

• For registration information, please contact Katie Smith, (703) 807-2758
• For general information, please contact Laura Johnson, (703) 807-2747

 

Workshop Location/ Hotel Accommodations

Falls Church, VA:

The classroom training of the workshop will be held at Telemus Solutions, Inc. at 7600 Leesburg Pike, West Bldg., Ste. 400 in Falls Church, VA 22043. Parking is complimentary.

Nearby hotels include:

Residence Inn by Marriott
(703) 573-5200 x 606
8125 Gatehouse Road
Falls Church, Virginia 22042
Ask for Telemus Solutions Corporate Rate
Julie Renz

Doubletree Hotel
(703) 893-1340
7801 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, Virginia, 22043-2497
Located across from Telemus Solutions office (about 1/8 mile walk). 

The Doubletree is across Leesburg Pike about 1/8 mile away. Leesburg Pike is a major road, but there is a cross walk at a street light to get to the opposite side. When walking out of the hotel, head right and across the Pike to get to 7600.

Comfort Inn Tysons Corner
(703) 448-8020
1587 Spring Hill Rd.
Vienna, VA 22182

Homestead Tysons Corner
(703) 356-6300
8201 Old Courthouse Road
Vienna, VA 22182

On-Site Training

Have a Large Staff to Train? Can't Make These Dates? Tight Travel Budget?

Homeland Defense Journal can provide threat assessment training, wherever and whenever you need, including on-site at your facility. Our staff will cost-effectively implement training customized to your needs. If you have group of attendees, we can bring this course to you and help save you time, travel costs, and more!

To request a proposal and schedule training, e-mail Laura Johnson, VP of Conferences & Strategic Planning, at ljohnson@marketaccess.org or call (703) 807-2747.

2007 Event Schedule

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