Protective Security Advisor Program

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Protective Security Advisor Program

• Securing the Nations critical infrastructure
  one community at a time

Christine Figueroa National Capitol Region PSA
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Protective Security Advisor Mission

• The mission of the Protective Security Advisor
  (PSA) is to represent the Department of Homeland
  Security (DHS) and the Office of Infrastructure
  Protection (IP) in local communities throughout
  the United States. PSAs work with State Homeland
  Security Advisor (HSA) offices, serving as
  liaisons between DHS, the private sector, and
  Federal, State, territorial, local, and tribal
  entities acting as DHS on-site critical
  infrastructure and vulnerability assessment
  specialists. During natural disasters and
  contingency events, PSAs work in State and local
  Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) and often
  provide expertise and support to the IP
  Infrastructure Liaison Cell, working to support
  the Principal Federal Official (PFO) and Federal
  Coordinating Officer (FCO) responsible for
  domestic incident management. Additionally, PSAs
  provide support to officials responsible for
  special events planning and exercises, and
  provide real-time information on facility
  significance and protective measures to facility
  owners and operators, as well as State and local
  representatives.

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PSA Districts
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PSA Primary Responsibilities

• Assist with ongoing State and local CIKR security
  efforts coordinated by HSAs
• Support development of the national risk picture
  by identifying, assessing, monitoring, and
  minimizing risk to critical assets at the local
  and regional level
• Assist with the implementation and execution of
  the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)

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PSA Primary Responsibilities

• Upon request, facilitate and coordinate
  vulnerability assessments of local critical
  infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) through
• Site Assistance Visits (SAVs)
• Buffer Zone Plans (BZPs)
• Comprehensive Reviews (CRs)
• Computer Based Assessment Tool (CBAT)
• Characteristics and Common Vulnerabilities
  (CV)/Potential Indicators for Terrorist Attack
  (PI)/Protective Measures (PM) Reports
• Risk Mitigation Courses (Surveillance
  Detection/Soft Target Awareness)
• Enhanced Critical Infrastructure Protection
  (ECIP) Initiative
• Provide reach-back capability to DHS/National
  Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)

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ECIP Primary Goals

• The most recent focused effort began in September
  of 2007 and became known as the Enhanced Critical
  Infrastructure Protection (ECIP) Initiative.
• Identify protective measures currently in place
  at Tier 1/2 facilities and provide comparison
  across like assets and track the implementation
  of any new protective measures into the future
• Inform facility owners and operators of the
  importance of their facilities as an identified
  high-priority CIKR and the need to be vigilant in
  light of the ever-present threat of terrorism
• Establish or enhance existing strong
  relationships between Tier 1/2 facility owners
  and operators, the Department of Homeland
  Security (DHS), and Federal, State, and local law
  enforcement (LLE) personnel in order to
• Provide increased situational awareness regarding
  potential threats
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the current
  security posture at each facility
• Provide a constant Federal resource to facility
  owners and operators

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Current Efforts Future Vision

• PSCD is currently working to align all assessment
  forms in order effectively data mine and track
  facility information.
• Once aligned, PSCD will be able to provide
  facility owners and operators and Sector Specific
  Agencies (SSAs) with take away information
  summarizing the assessment results and how those
  results compare to similar assets in their
  specific sector.
• Sectors will be weighted according their specific
  level of assumed risk. Weights will be
  determined via a collaborative effort between
  subject matter experts, SSAs, and IP leadership.
• By implementing this approach, IP will
• then be able to more accurately track a
• facilitys or sectors progress over time.
• Additionally, facilities and sectors will be
• provided a benchmark to assess their
• overall security needs.

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Example of ECIP Results

• The graphics below depict the type of information
  provided to facility owners and operators
  following the completion of an ECIP visit. The
  graphic in gray depicts information currently
  provided to facilities following an assessment
  while the graphic in color depicts information
  PSCD will provide once assessments have been
  completed on at least 4 of assets in each sector
  under the aligned structure.

• Are there any perimeter fences?
• Yes
• No
• N/A

• Revised questions capture fence characteristics
  including
• Fence condition
• Fence height
• Outriggers

Reliance on Yes/No questions limits data mining
capabilities
Revised questions improve data mining
capabilities through the creation of indices for
each ECIP subject
YES
NO
Average of other facilities in same sector
Facility A
N/A
100
0
Least Vulnerable
Most Vulnerable
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PSA Survey Categories

• Building Envelope
• Sites Security Force
• IDS/CCTV
• Access Control
• Security Lighting
• Cyber Vulnerability
• Dependencies
• Additional DHS Products/Services
• Criticality Appendix
• Images
• Current Protective Measures

• Facility Information
• Contacts
• Facility Overview
• Information Sharing
• Site Personnel
• Protective Measures Assessment
• Criticality
• Security Management Profile
• Security Area (s) and Asset (s)
• Physical Security Delivery/ Vehicle Access
  Control
• Parking

(Red font are areas that we are collecting
metrics)
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IL Roles Responsibilities

• During contingency events, PSAs support the
  response, recovery, and reconstitution efforts of
  the State or States affected by the incident by
  serving as pre-designate ILs, Deputy ILs and the
  majority of the IP supporting staff forward
  deployed.
• Pre-designated for Pandemic Influenza
• Pre-designated for Bio Terrorism
• Pre-designated for Hurricane

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IL Roles Responsibilities

• IL responsibilities during an incident include
  the following
• Serving as the principal advisor to the JFO
  Coordination Group regarding national and
  regional CIKR incident-related issues
• Serving as the senior IP representative in the
  JFO and its area of operations
• Serving as the senior advocate within the JFO for
  CIKR issues and supporting the prioritization of
  protection and restoration efforts
• Serving as the liaison between national- and
  regional-level CIKR, the private sector, and the
  JFO
• Providing situational awareness on affected CIKR
  to the JFO Coordination Group
• Coordinating action on CIKR and Emergency Support
  Function (ESF) issues between the JFO
  Coordination Group and IP representatives located
  at critical operations centers
• Providing reach back through the IP Incident
  Management Cell (IP.IMC) to resources available
  through IP headquarters and the various IP
  Divisions

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Special Events

• Dedicated support for all NSSE SEAR Level 1,2
• Super Bowl
• UN General Assembly
• Americas Leadership Summit
• Papal Visit
• RNC DNC   

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PSA Support - Super Bowl 42

• SAVs for Primary Venue
• Site Survey and ECIP visits for Media Center, NFL
  Hotel, NFC Lodging, AFC Lodging, and AFC Hotel
• Surveillance Detection Training at the Primary
  Venue and Westgate Shopping Center
• Co-Chair critical infrastructure protection (CIP)
  working group in support of XLII
• CIP Table Top Exercise (TTX)   
• PSA manning leading up to and during event Joint
  Operations Center (JOC), Joint Intelligence
  Center (JIC), and Arizona Counter Terrorism
  Intelligence Center ACTIC (Tactical Liaison
  Officer TLO)

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Special Events on the Radar
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Contact Information psadutydesk_at_hq.dhs.gov 703-2
35-5724