CASE STUDIES

Silver Shield (NV) Critical Infrastructure Protection Program

Since 2008, UER has managed and conducted operations in support of the Silver Shield program in coordination with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security. Silver Shield is the Critical Infrastructure Protection Program which provides the unifying structure for the integration of existing and future critical infrastructure protection efforts within the state of Nevada. Currently administered by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) in Southern Nevada, Silver Shield continues to conduct site visits to identify, capture, assess, and catalogue high priority Southern Nevada facilities as defined by DHS, and locations of interest as defined by the State Data Call. This consists of making initial contact with the owners/operators or designees of those facilities, systems, or assets which are representative of the area’s critical infrastructure, mass population centers, or sites that have symbolic importance. Facilities identified and assessed by Silver Shield teams are entered into the Automated Critical Asset Management System (ACAMS) and then populated into the Critical Infrastructure Protection System (CIPS) as developed for first responding agencies. High priority facilities are subject to a Phase II Vulnerability Assessment which include the Initial Asset Visit (IAV) in ACAMS with a completed MSHARRPP+V risk analysis and an Orator+ multi-media presentation. To date, Silver Shield has completed an excess of 1000 assessments statewide.