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Planning: Vulnerability Assessment

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Vulnerability Assessment

Once you've formed your planning team, the next step is to conduct a vulnerability assessment that will guide you as you write your plan. This process will take into account all types of hazards and threats that could potentially affect your organization. A vulnerability assessment considers potential emergencies, current resources, current capabilities and potential impacts.

A good place to start assessing your organization’s vulnerability is to conduct a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis.