Office of Risk Management and Analysis

The Office of Risk Management and Analysis is responsible for synchronizing, integrating, and coordinating risk management and risk analysis approaches within the Department of Homeland Security.

Mission

The Office of Risk Management and Analysis will lead the Department’s efforts to establish a common framework to address the overall management and analysis of homeland security risk.

Strategic Objectives

To accomplish this mission, the Secretary has established the following strategic objectives for the office:

• Serve as the Department’s executive agent for national-level risk management analysis standards and metrics;
• Develop and embed a consistent, standardized approach to risk;
• Develop a coordinated, collaborative approach to risk management that will allow the Department to leverage and integrate risk expertise across components and external stakeholders; 
• Assess Department-level risk performance to ensure programs are measurably reducing risk across the country; and
• Communicate the Department's "risk story" in a manner that reinforces the value of the risk-informed approach.

Organization

The Office of Risk Management Analysis focuses on the following:

• homeland security risk doctrine and policy,
• integrated risk management, and
• integrated risk performance.

Risk Steering Committee
The Risk Steering Committee is a cooperative body formed to ensure that risk management is carried out consistently and comparably throughout the Department. Chaired by the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs and comprising component heads and other identified personnel, the committee assists in the framing of processes and procedures for the Department’s risk-management architecture, enabling collaboration and Department-wide agreement on risk-management efforts.