New from DHS: Risk Lexicon

DHS Risk Lexicon

The Department of Homeland Security has just released the September 2008 DHS Risk Lexicon, which defines 73 terms that are fundamental to homeland security. "The DHS Risk Lexicon makes available a common, unambiguous set of offical terms and definitions to ease and improve the communication of risk-related issues for DHS and its partners. It facilitates the clear exchange of structured and unstructured data that is essential to the exchange of ideas and information amongst risk practitioners by fostering consistency and uniformity in the usage of risk related terminology for the Department."

An overview of the lexicon is provided at the Homeland Security Watch blog.