Carver plus Shock Software from the FDA

The FDA has released a software program to help food suppliers assess possible agroterrorism threats to their operations.

From the FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released a new tool to help growers, packers, processors, manufacturers, warehousers, transporters, and retailers in the food industry determine the vulnerability of individual food facilities to biological, chemical, or radiological attack.
The software program, called the CARVER + Shock Software Tool, is a science-based prevention strategy to safeguard the food supply. This tool is an example of the type of approach currently being developed as part of a broader food protection strategy currently r development by FDA.

From the FDA:

The CARVER tool also evaluates a seventh attribute—the psychological impacts of an attack or "shock" attributes of a target. For example, the psychological impact tends to be greater when a large number of deaths is involved or if the target has historical or cultural significance.
CARVER + Shock is the latest in a series of food defense efforts by FDA following the terrorist attacks of September 2001.

TK: I downloaded the software and it seems to be fairly complex and involved. The CARVER software refers to six attributes used to evaluate targets for attack.
Criticality: What impact would an attack have on public health and the economy?
Accessibility: How easily can a terrorist access a target?
Recuperability: How well could a system recover from an attack?
Vulnerability: How easily could an attack be accomplished?
Effect: What would be the direct loss from an attack, as measured by loss in production?
Recognizability: How easily could a terrorist identify a target?