GSN 2010 Awards: Everette “Reid” Hilliard, Assistant Director, Justice Protective Services, Emergency and Planning Services, Department of Justice (DOJ)

Mr Hilliard and his team received their Trophy for work on the DHS Interagency Security Committee in completing the Physical Security Criteria for Federal Facilities document, and sister document, the Design-Basis Threat Report. He describes how risk management comes into the equation, as federal leadership has to decide if evolving site specific needs for their respective agencies determine they must exceed the baseline requirement, or if conditions permit them to deviate downward.