Suggested course of action by IAB

Following two days of discussion, the IAB gave ASME four steps to take to aid risk assessment.

Recommendation 1: ASME should continue to advocate the use of risk analysis/assessment in public policy decision-making in homeland security. Activities to consider include the development of common terminology, methodology, metrics and performance test codes for risk.

Recommendation 2: Vulnerability analysis may emerge as an area of engineering specialty, and ASME should explore education opportunities and the development of vulnerability assessment tools, such as quantitative methods, guidelines and/or standards.

Recommendation 3: ASME should examine the Society's existing standards to ensure reliability in depth, while retaining efficiency. Risk and risk mitigation should be incorporated into standards where appropriate. New standards should be explored in areas such as threat mitigation, modeling and simulation, and chemical, biological, radiation detection and sensors.

Recommendation 4: ASME should consider developing guidelines and educational programs on emergency planning, rapid recovery and threat mitigation for various types of facilities in the private sector.

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