(100c) Dept. of Homeland Security's Voluntary Chemcial Assessment Tool (VCAT)

The Voluntary Chemical Assessment Tool (VCAT) is a new DHS program that allows owners/operators in the chemical sector to conduct an all-hazards risk assessment of their facilities.

Presentation summary:

Background on VCAT - Who provided input on the design of VCAT?

Who can use VCAT? - Owners/Operators - CFATS & Non-CFATS Facilities - Special considerations for non-USA facilities

What does VCAT provide? - Assessment checklists ? best practices and US standards - Vulnerability Analysis - Prioritization by: Threat, Asset(s) affected, and vulnerability exploited - Cost-to-benefit analysis of proposed remediations - Project plan tracking for proposed remediations - Company-wide roll-up reports and tracking

How is industry information used by DHS? - Only non-specific, aggregate data is used to generate sector-wide report - Cannot be used for purposes of regulation - Cannot be shared with other entities for purposes of regulation

How is industry information protected? - All data is treated as Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII ) - Industry users own their data and can remove at any time - Industry users can keep their facilities anonymous

How can industry personnel get VCAT accounts for their company?