August 5, 2002

The Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) released the Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool (VSATª) for wastewater utilities, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 23.

VSATª provides a comprehensive, intuitive system for wastewater utilities seeking to analyze their vulnerability to both intentional threats and natural disasters. VSATª organizes data, supports vulnerability analyses, documents the analyses, and presents complex information in an easy-to-understand format for the full suite of potential utility assets including physical plant, employees, knowledge base, information technology, and customers. This invaluable software tool includes reference libraries of both potential threats and security countermeasures, and provides an enduring method for managing the information generated by security vulnerability assessments.