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Alion Develops Automated Risk Assessment Tool to Help Chemical Industry Comply With DHS Ruling

Posted on: Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 12:00 CST

Alion Science and Technology has developed a Web-based, risk management software tool that can help the chemical industry comply with a recent ruling published in the Federal Register by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). RAMCAP Plus™ is designed to help the chemical industry reach compliance by helping companies assess their chemical threshold levels.

The DHS "Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS) Appendix A" was accepted into Final Rule on Nov. 20 and requires that all chemical facilities, including universities and company labs, that have chemicals above threshold amounts perform up to three levels of risk assessment, depending on the amount of chemicals they manage. RAMCAP Plus™ is designed to automate DHS's RAMCAP™ (Risk Analysis and Management for Critical Asset Protection) methodology for completing these assessments.

RAMCAP Plus™ is a Web-based solution that evaluates an "all hazard" assortment of risks, including terrorist attacks, natural and unintentional hazards and common crimes. The software was engineered for industry officials to perform security vulnerability assessments, risk analysis and site security tasks quickly and easily for domestic and international facilities.

"RAMCAP Plus™ can help the chemical industry perform risk management exercises to support more effective decision-making," said Rear Admiral Richard E. Brooks (USN, Ret.), Alion Group Senior Vice President and manager of the company's Distributed Simulation Group. "Since RAMCAP Plus was built from the ground up around the DHS standards, it can help chemical facilities meet their reporting obligations while also helping them improve their risk profiles."

The RAMCAP Plus™ database characterizes chemical industry processes and system components to identify applicable threats and vulnerabilities. The database also provides a comprehensive list of all mitigation controls that can be applied to systems. Additionally, RAMCAP Plus™ has a user-friendly configuration with built in guidance and provides quantitative and qualitative custom reports with cost-benefit analysis.

RAMCAP Plus™ is industry tested and certified by the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) and meets CFATS Tier-4 SVA and SSP requirements. RAMCAP Plus™ is endorsed by the ASME Innovative Technologies Institute, LLC (ASME-ITI), which provides market-relevant engineering and technology-based products and services to the government, industry and academic markets.

About Alion Science and Technology

Alion Science and Technology (pronounced: ah-LYE-un) is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the Department of Defense, civilian government agencies and commercial customers. Building on 70 years of R&D and engineering experience, Alion brings innovation and insight to multiple business areas: defense operations; modeling & simulation; wireless communication; industrial technology; chemical, biological, nuclear & environmental sciences; information technology; and naval architecture and marine engineering. Based in McLean, Virginia, Alion has employee-owners at major offices, customer sites and laboratories worldwide. For more information, call 877.771.6252 or visit Alion online at www.alionscience.com.

This press release contains information about management's view of Alion's future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risk factors and uncertainties discussed in documents periodically filed by Alion with the SEC. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

Source: Business Wire

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