Author Description

Risk is a key organizing principle for homeland security strategies, programs, efforts, and activities. The Department's risk management process, by which risk information is gathered, aggregated, analyzed, and communicated, must be supported by precise and unambiguous language. The DHS Risk Steering Committee (RSC) has initiated a DHS Risk Lexicon Project. The DHS Risk Lexicon provides a set of terms for use by the homeland security risk community, and represents an important milestone in building a unified approach to homeland security risk management and enabling integrated risk management for the Department.