Automated Critical Asset Management System (ACAMS)

ACAMS is a secure web-based information management tool being utilized to enhance the assessments and information gathered through the Kentucky Community Preparedness Program (KCPP) completed in summer 2007.

KCPP was a partnership between the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security and the Department of Criminal Justice Training to implement an initiative designed to strengthen the security of small and medium-sized communities in Kentucky by locating and eliminating potential vulnerabilities.  The program focused on prevention of hostile acts and crime through a system of risk assessments and recommendations for security.  Participating communities were eligible for $10,000 towards the implementation of the assessment team’s recommendations.  Upon completion of the program in the summer of 2007, 158 communities have been assessed in over 118 counties of the Commonwealth.

Beginning in fall 2007, the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security partnered with the Kentucky State Police to train analysts and regional law enforcement critical infrastructure/key resource (CI/KR) specialists to carry out CI/KR assessments and relationship building between the public and private sector as means of supporting information gathering and sharing with the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center.  Focus of the program follows the recommendations of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP).  More information on the NIPP can be found at www.dhs.gov/nipp.