DHS Risk Lexicon

Developed by the Intra-Departmental DHS Risk Steering Committee (RSC), the purpose of the DHS Risk Lexicon Project is to establish and make available a comprehensive list of terms and meanings relevant to the practice of homeland security risk management and analysis. Accomplishing this goal improves the capability of the Department and its components to assess and manage homeland security risk. To support integrated risk management for the Department, the DHS Risk Lexicon:

• Promulgates a common language to ease and improve communications for the Department and its partners;
• Facilitates the clear exchange of structured and unstructured data, essential to interoperability amongst risk practitioners; and
• Garners credibility and grows relationships by providing consistency and clear understanding with regard to the usage of terms by the risk community across the Department and its components.

Read the DHS Risk Lexicon (PDF, 60 pages - 447 KB)