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With terrorist security of critical assets becoming a vital aspect of railway systems, this paper reviews the existing international policy frameworks and also risk assessment methodologies. This information fed into development of a risk assessment methodology (RAMPART Methodology) specifically addressing metro and light rail systems (mass transit). The uniqueness lies in differentiating itself using the following nine factors and parameters: qualitative vs quantitative approach; detail (depth of data/information levels disaggregation); scope (e.g. what threats/assets/sector covered?); what is target user group (legislators, management, technocrats, etc); definition of asset criticality; degree of subjectivity in whole RA process; is resilience (countermeasures) included?; are interdependences included; and common taxonomy/terminology. With terrorist security of critical assets becoming a vital aspect of railway systems, this paper reviews the existing international policy frameworks and also risk assessment methodologies. This information fed into development of a risk assessment methodology (RAMPART Methodology) specifically addressing metro and light rail systems (mass transit). The uniqueness lies in differentiating itself using the following nine factors and parameters: qualitative vs quantitative approach; detail (depth of data/information levels disaggregation); scope (e.g. what threats/assets/sector covered?); what is target user group (legislators, management, technocrats, etc); definition of asset criticality; degree of subjectivity in whole RA process; is resilience (countermeasures) included?; are interdependences included; and common taxonomy/terminology.
Author(s): Matsika E, O'Neill C, Battista U, Khosravi M, Laportec AS, Munoz E
Editor(s): TRA
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Transport Research Arena TRA2016
Year of Conference: 2016
Pages: 1345-1354
Online publication date: 27/06/2016
Acceptance date: 01/12/2015
Date deposited: 25/05/2016
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.207
DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.207
Series Title: Transportation Research Procedia
