2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Apr 16, 2024  
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HSEM 330 Risk Assessment for HSEM (5 credits)



Prerequisite Current enrollment in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Homeland Security Emergency Management program.

Course Description
This course develops foundational skills to identify, analyze, and evaluate risk in an organization within the context of all-hazards emergency management.

Student Outcomes
1.0 Analyze and differentiate between the public and private roles and responsibilities for risk management.
1.1 Assess supply chain and vendor vulnerability and security risks.

2.0 Define and differentiate threats and hazards related to public and private organizations.
2.1 Articulate the impact of threats and hazards on the risk assessment and mitigation process.

3.0 Develop a hazard analysis and vulnerability assessment of existing private and public organizations using a standard risk assessment process appropriate for the selected organization.
3.1 Conduct a gap analysis of plans and response systems.
3.2 Identify and prioritize potential business impacts of an event within the framework of the Business Impact Analysis planning lifecycle.

4.0 Compare and contrast the terms threat, vulnerability, likelihood, and consequence.
4.1 Articulate the probability of occurrence and impacts on the organization.

5.0 Demonstrate the role of risk mitigation using examples of risk reduction strategies.

6.0 Analyze the risk and nature of threats to the nation’s critical and information management infrastructure.

7.0 Compare and contrast the roles and responsibilities of public and private organizations involved in hazard vulnerability, risk identification, risk assessments, and risk mitigation.

8.0 Develop agency and organization specific tools to evaluate domestic security challenges facing the United States and other industrialized nations.
8.1 Identify best practices to benchmark programs and plans.
8.2 Identify critical operations as part of a comprehensive risk analysis case study.
8.3 Order and map the required practices to coordinate all resources for preparing, responding, and recovering from an incident.
8.4 Order and map standard activities for incident preparedness, response and recovery.



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