- 8-10 pages total excluding cover and bibliography
- 300 pts
The SRA degree examines the threat-risk-consequence matrix across a wide and diverse threat-
from personal and organizational security to national and global security. This assignment
focuses on one of the major threat categories that dominates the news cycle, the threat of foreign
and domestic terrorism and criminal activity.
Purpose: Select one of the following terrorist or crime organizations from the list below or
submit one you are interested in assessing. Then select the agency point of view you are going
to use to protect U.S. interests. You are tasked with completing an intelligence risk assessment
from the perspective of your agency and its impact on the U.S.
Target Audience: Your briefing will be to the President and the National Security Council.
Because your target audience is at the highest level of government, your writing should also
focus on high-level issues. In other words, stay out of the weeds. Think big and write big – and
most importantly – write to your audience, but give enough detail that the reader walks away
with a clear understanding of the top three risks presented by the chosen organization.
Topic Selection: You will submit your top three organizations that you wish to research. The
teaching team will select one and inform you of your selection. This is a first come first served
selection, however since there is not enough topics to go around, there will be flexibility. Wait to
hear from the teaching team before investing time into the project.
Note: Your topic selection must include at least one outside source for each of your top three topics and a
draft scoping statement, you can change it as you refine your research.
