
166 ◾ Risk Assessment and Security
data. Additionally, FAS will eventually share crucial information with other modes
of transportation: rail, highway, and motor carriers.
System-Based Risk Management Asset Assessment is used in the FAS, utilizing
an analytical approach that seeks to develop technology and policy for preventive
measures to reduce the risks to those assets that are critical to the sector’s strategic
risk objectives. Risk assessments carry a large boundary of interpretations that vary
within industries. Moreover, the fundamental understanding of what properly con-
stitutes the risk assessment process can vary. In the context of homeland ...