Conduct a Drinking Water or Wastewater Utility Risk Assessment

Vulnerability Self-Assessment Tool (VSAT) 6.0

Drinking water and wastewater utilities of all sizes can use VSAT to enhance their security and resiliency. Utilities can:

Identify the highest risks to mission-critical operations
Find the most cost-effective measures to reduce those risks

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VSAT Version 6.0 complies with the water sector risk assessment standard and can offer liability protection under the Department of Homeland Security’s Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act program. EPA strongly encourages drinking water and wastewater utility owners and operators to use VSAT 6.0 to conduct or update an all-hazards risk assessment.

VSAT 6.0 Training Videos
Basic	Advanced
Basic 1: Overview and Select Utility Assets Basic 2: Countermeasures & Threats Basic 3: Setup & Finish Basic 4: Refining Analysis File Basic 5A: Baseline Analysis–Consequence & Resilience Evaluation Basic 5B: Baseline Analysis – Likelihood of Threat & Damage Basic 6A: Improvement Analysis–Consequence Countermeasures Basic 6B: Improvement Analysis–Reassess Consequence & Likelihood Basic 7: Countermeasure Packages Basic 8: Adding Potential Countermeasure Cost Information Basic 9: Results & Reports Advanced Training	Advanced 1: Overview & Setup Advanced 2: Asset Overview Advanced 3: Asset Prioritization Advanced 4: Countermeasures Overview & Selection Advanced 5: Make & Edit Countermeasure Assignments Advanced 6: Threats Overview & Threat Selection Advanced 7: My Threats & Threat Assignment Advanced 8: Baseline Analysis Overview Advanced 9: Baseline Analysis Wizard Advanced 10: Improvement Analysis Overview Advanced 11: Re-evaluate Consequences Advanced 12: Re-evaluate Likelihood of Damage Advanced 13: Countermeasure Packages Advanced 14: Cost/Risk Summary & Countermeasure Package Reports Advanced 15: Review Results Advanced 16: Generate Reports