Managing Vulnerability

Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Floor Plan

Use the organization you selected in Week One.

Complete the Week Three sections of the Security Assessment Worksheet.

Write a 1,050- 1,400-word paper that discusses how security officials manage identified vulnerabilities regarding natural, man-made, and technological threats. Include the following in your paper:

• The role and effectiveness of on-site security personnel
• Appropriate countermeasures based on risk and vulnerabilities
• How to communicate priorities effectively to stakeholders
• A cost estimate and a description of the benefit in relation to the selection of countermeasures
• Risk management options
• Recovery and operational backup plans
• How to evaluate the effectiveness of the security program
• The completed Week Three section of the Security Assessment Worksheet, submitted as an appendix in the paper

Create a representation of the organization’s floor plan that includes the current security countermeasures.

Include this representation as an appendix to your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Instructions

Create a representation of your selected organization’s basic floor plan demonstrating the current security countermeasures. You can create a basic floor plan using the shapes and clipart available in Microsoft^® Word.

Access these functions in Microsoft^® Word by going to the Insert tab and selecting the Shapes dropdown menu. For earlier versions of Microsoft^® Word, click the View menu, select Toolbars, and enable the Drawing Toolbar.

Use straight lines to form interior and exterior walls and adjust their size until they resemble the building that houses the organization. Add different shapes for specific security countermeasures and define the countermeasures in a symbol key. You may also add bubble arrows for more detail as indicated in the example below. You do not need to use the same symbols as in the example.

Organization Name and Address			Montgomery public school 116 Federal dr. Montgomery Al.
	Week 1: Threat and Risk Assessment Paper					Week 2: Vulnerability Paper	Week 3: Managing Vulnerabilities and Applying Countermeasures Paper
Threat	Risk				Priority Rank	Vulnerabilities	Countermeasures & Cost
	Probability	Criticality		Total
Guns	5/10	8/10		13/20	1	High accessibility and cheap cost of acquiring one
Bombs	4/10	4/10		8/20	2	Old structures and buildings. Less exit doors
Arson	2/10	3/10		5/20	3	The location of the school. The westerly winds