New Technologies and Processes for the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program Toolkit
Abstract
The Department of Homeland Security - Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has partnered with FEMA to investigate and assess new technologies and processes for an updated Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Enterprise Platform (EP) for operational use. HSEEP is a capabilities and performance-based exercise program which provides a standardized policy, methodology, and terminology for exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. An integral part of HSEEP was the development of the HSEEP Toolkit, a web-based collection of tools for exercise scheduling, design, development, evaluation and Improvement planning. The current HSEEP toolkit does not facilitate information sharing or provide a seamlessly integrated exercise support system. In order to effectively update the capabilities of this HSEEP toolkit, an exhaustive assessment was performed that focused on: new system requirements; translation or the new system requirements and the results of an initial operation analysis into an improved HSEEP toolkit prototype aimed at exercise support; and the incorporation or science-based information and data via modeling and simulation (M&S) capabilities into the HSEEP exercise cycle.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 25, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA576661
Entities
People
- Adam S. Norige
- Carmen M. Pancerella
- Charles J. John
- Gabriel R. Elkin
- Jalal Mapar
- Karim Mahrous
- Keith Holtermann
- Lynn Yang
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology