Today, six Security and Risk Analysis (SRA) Club members and myself attended the first day of the 2nd Annual National Security Analysis and Risk Management Conference hosted by SARMA and George Mason Law School’s Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Program. My intentions are not to summarize the speakers events, but they are instead to share specific points. As Matt wrote in his previous post, SARMA is an acronym for the Security Analysis and Risk Management Association, a two-year old organization of risk management and security professionals working to standardize risk methodologies across industry. After listening to homeland security advisers to the President, critical infrastructure directors, FEMA experts, scientists, analysts, and engineers on topics such as “Risk Analysis Frameworks for Counterterrorism” and “Cyber Warfare and Governments’ Awakening”, my mind was swarming with new thoughts and ideas.

The SRA major was created to address the growing need for security professionals. Being situated in the College of IST, the SRA major also produces students comfortable working with the latest technology. What I don’t believe the creators of the major directly intended by situating the SRA major in the College of IST is that its students would be equipped to develop the risk and security tools currently nonexistent in industry. These future technologies might not only assess and manage risk but also provide recommendations to the decision makers, especially those in charge of homeland security. I personally would love to see future SRA entrepreneurs creating technology for the SRA industry.

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