1. 1 st Seminar Session on Risk and Security Issues Center for Risk and Security The George Perkins Marsh Institute Conference Room May 13 th, 2005

2. Presenters  Claudia Araiza, M.A., “Review of Homeland Security and Defense Research”  Elise Weaver, Ph.D., "Preliminary Models for Homeland Defense Vulnerabilities: The Case of Stephen Flynn's Insights"  Joseph Sarkis, Ph.D., “An Inquiry into the Coordination between Private and Public Actors and Institutions when Responding to Emergency Events"

3. Review of Homeland Security and Defense Research

4. Main Areas of Research Main Areas of Research  Critical Infrastructure  Cyber-Terrorism  Economic Impact Modeling and Analysis  Emergency Response  Emergency Supply Planning  Dirty Bomb Analysis  Chemical-, Nuclear- and Bio-terrorism

5. Distribution of Security Investments PSC: Public Service Commissions PSC: Public Service Commissions Source: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, 2004 Source: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, 2004

6. Disaster-related Research   The September 11th Attacks on America: Relationships Among Psychological Distress, Posttraumatic Growth, and Social Support in New York   Quantitative Models of Social and Economic Consequences   Inter-Organizational Dynamics of Urban Search and Rescue   Understanding and Managing Extreme Events   Use of Spatial Data and Geographic Technologies in Response to the September 11 Terrorist Attack   Community Response in a Terrorist Disaster   Human Resource Allocation and Staffing Decisions Through an Integrated Scheduling Model: An Application to Emergency Operations Center

7. Critical Infrastructure Research  A Framework for Sustainable Port Security  Diagnostic Tools to Estimate Consequences of Terrorism Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure  Game Theoretic Models for Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection  The Cyber Defense Technology Experimental Research Network  Transportation

8. USC’s DHS Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events  Agent Based Simulations for Disaster Rescue  Arming Aviation Security Professionals with the Latest Tools & Technologies  Countering the Threat of Weapon Attacks on Commercial Aircraft  Probabilistic Representation of the Threat and Consequences of Weapon Attacks on Commercial Aircraft  Risk Models of Emergency Response  Simulation-Based Analysis of Aviation Security  Urban Events Visual Display and Monitoring Framework

9. Future Research Four areas were identified as potential case studies: the airline industry, the power grid, the chemical industry and terrorism insurance coverage. Within these cases, there are a range of issues to be studied. They include: Shoring up the weakest link Identifying sources of interdependence Modeling the risks Evaluating indirect losses such as business interruption Alternative risk-sharing mechanisms as well as international comparisons Behavioral research on decision processes and choice Understanding institutional arrangements for specific problem contexts Public-private cooperation in the United States and abroad Source: Report on a Roundtable held by the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, 2004.

10. CRS Current Research  GENERALIZED RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR SECURITY AND PROTECTION  ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE