Modeling Terrorism Risk to the Air Transportation System An Independent Assessment of TSA's Risk Management Analysis Tool and Associated Methods

• Main Author: Morral, Andrew R. (auth)
• Other Authors: Price, Carter C. (auth), Ortiz, David S. (auth), Wilson, Bradley (auth), LaTourrette, Tom (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: Transport industries; Database design & theory; Political control & freedoms; Terrorism, armed struggle; Transportation Studies; Political Science; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

RAND evaluated a terrorism risk modeling tool developed by the Transportation Security Administration and Boeing to help guide program planning for aviation security. This tool-the Risk Management Analysis Tool, or RMAT-is used by TSA to estimate the terrorism risk-reduction benefits attributable to...