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| Upcoming Events: | | | | 2/14 | | SARMA Board of Directors Meeting | | |
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| Meet Our Newest DirectorsSARMA is pleased to introduce Michael Chipley (pictured, left) as our new Director and Executive Vice President, and Anthony Beverina (right) as our new Director. |
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5th Annual Conference Wrapup
We hope everyone enjoyed our 5th Annual Conference from 13-15 September:
Security Risk 10 Years After 9/11: How Far Have We Come and What Lies Ahead?
We will post conference presentations soon |
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| President's CornerDear Fellow SARMA Members,
When Congress recently reached an agreement to fund the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2012, FEMA's preparedness grants took a significant cut of more than $660 million, largely due to a lack of metrics for measuring the effectiveness of these programs. At the same time, Congress also eliminated individual allocations for state, urban area, transit, and port security grants, and instead created a single pool of grant funds in the process directing FEMA to allocate these funds based on "threat, vulnerability, and consequence to assist high-risk urban areas, States, local and Tribal governments, and other homeland security partners in preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism."
In taking this stance, Congress has placed a stake in the ground relative to the need for quantifiable metrics to guide future federal investments in homeland security at the state and local level. SARMA agrees with this. In the current budget environment, we believe the United States cannot continue to allocate scarce security dollars without: 1) a better understanding of current risks (i.e., the scope of the problem); 2) accounting for existing capabilities to mitigate these risks; 3) identifying gaps in current capabilities; 4) developing an ability to analyze the effectiveness of alternative solutions for addressing these gaps; and 5) implementing quantifiable metrics for gauging the impact of the options chosen.
Because public sector budgets will continue to shrink in the years ahead, we must spend scarce security dollars in the most informed and meaningful way possible. SARMA stands ready to assist as a non-partisan source of advice and information on risk management tools and techniques to those working to shape sound security policies in this challenging environment.
Wishing you all the best in the New Year,
Kerry
Kerry L. Thomas
President
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SARMA is . . .
A non-profit professional association serving those responsible for analyzing and managing security risks to systems, structures, operations and information systems from man-made threats.
SARMA provides . . .
A collaborative and open environment to promote the further development, standardization, and professionalization of the security analysis and risk management disciplines. |
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| By providing an open and independent forum for communication, SARMA encourages better risk management practices and creates opportunities for collaboration among federal, state and local government agencies. |
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| As the nation's leading industry association
for security analysis, SARMA represents and promotes the interests of the profession across all sectors. It is private industry's first and best resource for security analysis and risk management information. |
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| Individual security practitioners and aspiring security analysts count on SARMA for education, training, networking and information sharing to increase their knowledge and advance their careers. |
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