To ensure the proper level of protection for an existing or planned facility, ARA designed the Decision Support Tool-Interagency Security Criteria (DST-ISC).

The DST-ISC is a mission-critical software tool developed for building security committees and project design teams. DST-ISC helps evaluate designs based on key elements that determine the level of protection for a facility.

Decision Support Tools for training and software application

ARA developed DST-ISC to lead building security committees and project design teams through a series of pertinent questions about each facility regarding target attractiveness, collateral damage, and impact of loss. After the questions are completed, DST-ISC computes an overall, composite score which determines the level of protection for the facility.

ARA developed a tutorial that highlights key features and teaches planners how to utilize the software.