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New Vulnerability Assessment Tool for Wastewater Utilities Now
Available
August 5, 2002
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The Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) released the
Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool (VSATª) for wastewater utilities, funded by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 23.
VSATª provides a comprehensive, intuitive system for wastewater utilities
seeking to analyze their vulnerability to both intentional threats and natural
disasters. VSATª organizes data, supports vulnerability analyses, documents the
analyses, and presents complex information in an easy-to-understand format for
the full suite of potential utility assets including physical plant, employees,
knowledge base, information technology, and customers. This invaluable software
tool includes reference libraries of both potential threats and security
countermeasures, and provides an enduring method for managing the information
generated by security vulnerability assessments.