Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wilson, Jeremy M

Titel

Securing America's passenger-rail systems

Ort / Verlag

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Preface -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What are the key rail-attack threats and their consequences? -- Chapter 3. Qualitative risk assessment for a notional passenger-rail system -- Chapter 4. Baseline security and operational characteristics of the notional rail system -- Chapter 5. Cost-effectiveness assessment of security-improvement options for the notional rail system -- Chapter 6. Rail-security policy considerations -- Appendix A. Qualitative risk assessment of rail-attack scenarios -- Appendix B. Cost-effectiveness assessment details -- References
• U.S. communities depend on reliable, safe, and secure rail systems. Each weekday, more than 12 million passengers take to U.S. railways. This book explains a framework for security planners and policymakers to guide cost-effective rail-security planning, specifically for the risk of terrorism. Risk is a function of threat, vulnerability, and consequences. This book focuses on addressing vulnerabilities and limiting consequences