BioRAM
The Biological Facility Risk Assessment Methodology (BioRAM) is designed to help a facility achieve a risk-based, graded protection strategy for their dangerous biological agents, as well as other facility assets. The biosecurity risk a facility faces is established by examining the relationship between the Consequences of a bioterrorism attack (using a particular biological agent stored/used at the facility), and the Threat posed by the adversary who wishes to acquire the biological agent from the facility. The potential Consequences of a bioterrorism attack include the impact on public or agricultural health, economies, and psychological well-being. The potential Threat an adversary poses to a facility’s dangerous pathogens is based upon how attractive the asset is to the adversary (for biological agents, a combination of how effectively and easily the pathogen can be turned into a weapon, and the type of consequences (population, economic, psychological) the pathogen would render); the attractiveness of the facility as a source of the agent or other asset; and the skills and tools of the adversary class being analyzed. The level of biosecurity risk the facility faces, as well as the current security posture and associated vulnerabilities, are analyzed. This analysis results in a recommendation of which biosecurity protection measures should be implemented to ensure an appropriate graded protection strategy at the facility.
Those who are interested in the details of laboratory biosecurity as well as other components of the Sandia International Biological Threat Reduction programs should go to www.biosecurity.sandia.gov.
BIO-RAM Fact Sheet
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