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Overview of the Carver Plus Shock Method for Food Sector Vulnerability Assessments.

PB2009104873

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Catlin, M.; Kautter, D.
Page Count	14
Abstract	The CARVER plus Shock method is an offensive targeting prioritization tool that has been adapted for use in the food sector. This tool can be used to assess the vulnerabilities within a system or infrastructure to an attack. It allows you to think like an attacker by identifying the most attractive targets for attack. By conducting such a vulnerability assessment and determining the most vulnerable points in your infrastructure, you can then focus your resources on protecting your most vulnerable points. CARVER is an acronym for the following six attributes used to evaluate the attractiveness of a target for attack: (1) Criticality--measure of public health and economic impacts of an attack; (2) Accessibility--ability to physically access and egress from target; (3) Recuperability--ability of system to recover from an attack; (4) Vulnerability--ease of accomplishing attack; (5) Effect--amount of direct loss from an attack as measured by loss in production; and (6) Recognizability--ease of identifying target.
Keywords	Food industry Assessments Priority Vulnerability Attack Target Public health Economic impacts Criticality Accessibility Food production Carver Plus Shock Method
Source Agency	Food Safety and Quality Service
Corporate Authors	Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200909

Overview of the Carver Plus Shock Method for Food Sector Vulnerability Assessments.

Overview of the Carver Plus Shock Method for Food Sector Vulnerability Assessments.
PB2009104873

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Catlin, M.; Kautter, D.
Page Count	14
Abstract	The CARVER plus Shock method is an offensive targeting prioritization tool that has been adapted for use in the food sector. This tool can be used to assess the vulnerabilities within a system or infrastructure to an attack. It allows you to think like an attacker by identifying the most attractive targets for attack. By conducting such a vulnerability assessment and determining the most vulnerable points in your infrastructure, you can then focus your resources on protecting your most vulnerable points. CARVER is an acronym for the following six attributes used to evaluate the attractiveness of a target for attack: (1) Criticality--measure of public health and economic impacts of an attack; (2) Accessibility--ability to physically access and egress from target; (3) Recuperability--ability of system to recover from an attack; (4) Vulnerability--ease of accomplishing attack; (5) Effect--amount of direct loss from an attack as measured by loss in production; and (6) Recognizability--ease of identifying target.
Keywords	Food industry Assessments Priority Vulnerability Attack Target Public health Economic impacts Criticality Accessibility Food production Carver Plus Shock Method
Source Agency	Food Safety and Quality Service
Corporate Authors	Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200909