The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Risk Management Process Training Program (FedRMPTP), has been selected as a Finalist in the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program.
On October 19, 1995, six months after the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, President Clinton issued Executive Order 12977, creating the Interagency Security Committee (ISC) to address continuing government-wide security for federal facilities.
(Remembering the April 19, 1995 tragedy in Oklahoma when a truck bomb exploded outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building injuring hundreds and leaving 168 people dead. Courtesy of NBC News and YouTube. Posted on Apr 20, 2015.)
Prior to 1995, minimum physical security standards did not exist for nonmilitary federally owned or leased facilities.
The ISC’s mandate is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of physical security in and the protection of buildings and nonmilitary federal facilities in the United States.
The Interagency Security Committee’s policies, standards, and best practices are designed for Federal security professionals responsible for protecting nonmilitary federal facilities in the United States.
The ISC standards apply to all nonmilitary federal facilities in the United States—whether government-owned, leased, or managed; to be constructed or modernized; or to be purchased.
This ISC standard defines the criteria and processes that those responsible for the security of a facility should use to determine its facility security level and provides an integrated, single source of physical security countermeasures for all nonmilitary federal facilities.
The Standard also provides guidance for countermeasure customization for federal facilities.
Approximately 350,000 federal facilities across the country require a comprehensive risk assessment methodology.
As such Facility Security practitioners must address the threats, consequences and vulnerabilities of 33 undesirable events identified in The Risk Management Process for Federal Facilities: An Interagency Security Committee Standard Appendix A: The Design-Basis Threat (DBT) Report, June 2017, 11th Edition.
The Design-Basis Threat Report defines an undesirable event as:
“AN INCIDENT DIRECTED TOWARDS A FEDERAL FACILITY THAT ADVERSELY IMPACTS THE OPERATION OF THE FACILITY, THE MISSION OF THE AGENCY, OR PERSONNEL.”
Facility Security practitioners must address all 33 undesirable events in order to deliver a comprehensive risk assessment of their federal facility.
However, very often facility security practitioners do not always take into account all of the undesirable events when conducting risk assessments due to lack of expertise or available resources.
This leaves their facilities vulnerable to risk, exposed to unnecessary expense, lacking in efficiencies and non-compliant with federal standards.
Is Your Federal Facility In Compliance with Executive Order 12977
The Federal Risk Management Process Training Program is the first ISC certified training course offered to security and law enforcement professionals that that have the unique responsibility of protecting Federal facilities.
FedRMPTP is delivered in an interagency collaborative effort by experienced senior instructors from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The course curriculum was developed from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Interagency Security Committees’ Risk Management Process for Federal Facilities: An Interagency Security Committee Standard and its appendices.
FedRMPTP instructs participants on the criteria and processes of:
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Determining a facility security level, identifying a baseline level of protection
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Identifying and assessing risks
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Determining the highest achievable level of protection
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Implementing countermeasures that protect critical assets within federal facilities
The program extrapolates essential knowledge from over 900 pages of documentation within the Interagency Security Committee Standards and Appendices into collaborative exercises, hands-on interactive training, with instruction by security and risk management subject matter experts.
Course participants are provided the first ISC certified and approved Risk Management Process Tool designed by the team to:
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Automate the process of calculating facility security levels
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Identifying the relevant countermeasures associated with the various types of threats
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Saving those conducting risk assessments time and resources as well as providing a means of documenting outcomes
In addition to the three-day training program, the team also offers assistance in setting up Security Risk Assessment Programs, Facility Site Visit Support, and single agency training.
In August 2020, the Federal Risk Management Process Training Program conducted its 50th class session. This is a significant milestone of achievement for the program.
This accomplishment is noteworthy as the class was conducted virtually due to COVID-19.
Until 2020, the Federal Risk Management Process Training Program was presented in an in-person classroom environment. The instructors believed this was the most effective means of conveying the curriculum.
COVID-19 made the classroom teaching approach infeasible. The realities of the pandemic demanded, in a relatively short period of time, the program team to convert the in-person only training to a comprehensive virtual course.
This allowed for the continuation of the course offering to security professionals despite travel bans and social distancing requirements.
The program team believes the virtual training to be as successful as the in-person training. Most importantly, the program can now continue to support agencies need to protect Federal personnel, facilities, and meet compliance requirements.
The Federal Risk Management Process Training Program (FedRMPTP) is the first Interagency Security Committee (ISC) certified training course offered to security and law enforcement professionals who have the unique responsibility of protecting Federal facilities.
Since its inception in 2010, the training program has conducted over 51 training sessions and trained 1185+ security and law enforcement professionals across 77 Federal department and agencies, grades ranging from entry level through the Senior Executive Service.
The Federal Risk Management Process Training Program released its FY21 Schedule includes both virtual and planned in-person training classes at various locations across the United States.
Federal facilities are required to meet the compliance requirements set forth in Executive Order 12977:
“… to enhance the quality and effectiveness of security in and protection of buildings and facilities in the United States occupied by Federal employees for nonmilitary activities…”
This order is the authority to ensure that agencies comply with federal facility security directives.
FedRMPTP provides a path for security practitioners to understand risk assessment methodologies and processes that can then be applied for compliance purposes.
The creation of the virtual offering of the Federal Risk Management Process Training Program means Federal Facilities have training available to them in order to meet those compliance requirements.
The team’s ultimate goal is to provide federal facility risk assessment training to all agencies to empower them to establish timelines for phased compliance metrics and successfully meet compliance requirements.
The benefits of the program are noted in the participants’ comments:
“This training will help me to identify the appropriate countermeasures to mitigate the assessed risk at my facilities.”
“I feel better equipped when selecting and implementing countermeasures.”
“My department’s facilities are more secure.”
“I am now able to conduct assessments that are clear and concise based on isc guidelines.”
And comments by participants on how the program reinforced their commitment to public service:
“the risk management process training program helped me assess risks facing federal facilities and find ways to mitigate and share knowledge with my fellow employees.
“By showing you can save the public tax money by applying risk management principles.
FedRMPTP at a Glance
FedRMPTP certifies students on the Risk Management Process course of instruction and the Risk Management Process Tool.
Both of which are the first to be certified by the Interagency Security Committee (ISC).
Students develop the ability to prepare accurate federal facility risk assessments utilizing the Interagency Security Committee Risk Management Process.
How You Will Benefit
Using the Interagency Security Committee’s Risk Management Process: And Interagency Security Committee Standard policy documents, participants will be able to:
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Master how to determine a Facility Security Level
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Identify a Baseline Level of Protection
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Assess risks
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Determine the Necessary or Highest Level of Protection
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Implement customized Countermeasures
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Master how to determine threat, vulnerability and consequence utilizing the Design-Basis Threat Report
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Become proficient in customizing the Risk Management Process Tool
Who Should Attend
Anyone involved in the risk management decision-making process for the security of a facility and practitioners who participate in the development of security countermeasures, to include:
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Security Officials, Chairpersons, Facility Security Committees
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Real Estate Acquisition Specialists, Federal Security Supervisors and Managers
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and others involved with Federal facility acquisition, construction, and renovation projects
FedRMPTP Named a Finalist in Third Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program
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FedRMPTP Takes Platinum in the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program
Department of Justice
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Best Federal Government Security Program
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Federal Risk Management Process Training Program
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FedRMPTP certifies students on the Risk Management Process course of instruction and the Risk Management Process Tool certified by the Interagency Security Committee (ISC).
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Students develop the ability to prepare accurate federal facility risk assessments utilizing the Interagency Security Committee Risk Management Process.
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FedRMPTP was also recognized in the 2019 and 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Programs respectively.
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