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Reserve Policies rsecurity Assessment of Operations Networks Finapclal AudltFln,>ngs_ Gybersecurity;Assessment of SCADA Networks Procurement PoliciesDivision of Drinking Water Emergency Notification Plan During this period, Consultant shall elicit preliminary input from local emergency planning agencies, as appropriate, to gain their perspectives on key issues for assessment. Consultant shall interview City staff and conduct several meetings and workshops. This task can be performed online if necessary, depending upon current COVID-19 social distancing requirements. In-person field assessments of City facilities shall observe health guidelines implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local health departments. It is anticipated that a maximum of one City employee and a maximum of two Consultant representatives, arriving in separate vehicles, shall attend the assessments. Appropriate personal hygiene, social distancing, and other recommendations of the City, the local health departments, and the CDC shall be observed. Consultant and City staff shall discuss and confirm, by consensus, critical assets and a representative subset of assets selected for the system RRA. Consultant shall also lead a Threat -Asset and Consequence -Vulnerability Workshop during this period as part of the J100 process and will provide an Out -Brief to management to present a summary of findings from the site visit and discuss next steps. Workshops shall be held remotely if necessary. Seven -Step RAMCAP Process Consultant shall closely follow the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and American Water Works Association (AWWA) J100-10 (R13) Methodology for Risk Analysis and Management for Critical Asset Protection (RAMCAP) Standard for Risk and Resilience Management of Water and Wastewater Systems. The seven -step RAMCAP process is designed to efficiently focus on what is most important for the utility to manage. After initial steps to understand the utilities' assets, Consultant shall identify those most critical, and characterize the threats faced by these most critical assets. The process shall undertake a screening whereby the City and Consultant shall rank and screen the highest priority threat -asset pairs to focus the RRA on the most significant threat -asset combinations. Consultant shall work with City to identify and quantify the worst reasonable consequences that can be caused by specific threats on the assets identified and carried forward for analysis. In the Vulnerability Analysis, Consultant shall evaluate how well each critical asset (and its protective systems) withstands each specified threat. In the Threat Analysis, Consultant shall perform an estimate of the likelihood (and frequency) that the hazards, whether human or natural, will occur. The Risk Analysis shall be performed to calculate the level of risk in clearly quantified terms where REV: 06-04-2020 MI ATTYIAGR.2020.0881AARC Consultants, LLC (Page 15 of 20)