New Web-Based Tool Helps Conduct Vulnerability Assessments

A powerful web-based analytical tool that promotes security for food manufacturers, distributors, and their allied suppliers will soon be available from AIB International.

               AIB RED identifies facility vulnerability, helps you develop a plan to minimize threats, and allows you to manage that plan in response to incidents at your location.

              AIB RED’s adaptability is one of its greatest strengths. In its simplest form, AIB RED guides an in-depth process of self-analysis and correction that will quickly pay for itself at a single facility. AIB RED has the range to manage multiple locations so that a large corporation with numerous facilities can standardize its planning and monitor a consistent and effective food defense program at each location.

 AIB RED helps you:

  • Conduct a vulnerability assessment and identify possible risks
  • Devise defenses against these risks
  • Develop a comprehensive food defense plan for a single plant or for multiple corporate locations
  • Monitor the progress of individual facilities

         AIB RED determines your vulnerability to outside threats using a list of more than 250 questions. AIB RED then analyzes your “yes,” “no,” or “not applicable” answers to calculate risk, the probability of an incident, and how serious the result might be.

This analysis is based on STRAEC Risk Methodology developed for the chemical industry, one of the most vulnerable and highly regulated manufacturing segments in the United States.

AIB  RED integrates risk assessment, reports, checklists, and management tools into a single high-tech product available on the Internet. Because AIB RED can be updated in real-time it will never be outdated. Only an Internet connection and password are required to access all of AIB RED’s capabilities. AIB RED’s security features protect your plan and data after you create it.

   After every facility completes its vulnerability assessment, a corporate manager can use AIB RED to conduct a cost/benefit analysis of suggested security improvements. For example, if installing fences at each facility would mitigate security risks, the manager could use AIB RED to compare the installation cost against the perceived value the fences would add to the corporation’s overall security, look at other alternatives, and make a decision based on real numbers instead of guesswork.

 AIB RED also offers these features:

  • Attach documents, spreadsheets, and photographs to AIB RED as you work through the vulnerability assessment to build a comprehensive evaluation and plan
  • Build checklists to correct and monitor progress and procedures
  • Adapt and edit the questions and categories in AIB RED’s vulnerability assessment to the unique requirements of your plant or corporation
  • Add additional users as auditors and allow them to answer questions, but without complete access to the system
  • Review past audits
  • Prioritize faults for corrective action
  • Establish a baseline risk for each area of the audited facility

            Call AIB International, 785-537-4750 to check on availability. An annual license fee for AIB RED is $995 per facility. Renewals are $750. Contact AIB to discuss pricing for a multi-site subscription.