Automated Security Risk Analysis Tool for USAF Installation Security

The demands of deployments and home station security have severely overtasked Air Force Security Forces. Previous standards-based security doctrine was not flexible enough to allow commanders to manage limited resources to achieve acceptable, balanced risk tailored to the mission and priorities. Security Forces needed to change the paradigm of how they do business, to truly transform. USAF Security Forces are now moving to a risk-based approach to installation security, and are using a standardized model called ForcePRO to identify risks and develop risk management strategies. Developed by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contractors at Tyndall AFB, Florida, the ForcePRO model and software application were field tested at over 50 Air Force installations in the US, Europe and Southwest Asia. ForcePRO facilitates a thorough, repeatable, and understandable physical security analysis that documents the assets, threats, vulnerabilities and risks facing an installation. It aids in developing risk mitigation strategies to reduce risks exceeding the installation commander's risk tolerance.