Fundamentals of Vulnerability Assessments using CARVER
Master the CARVER Methodology to Strengthen Your Security Posture
In today’s complex threat landscape, identifying and prioritizing vulnerabilities is crucial for protecting critical assets, infrastructure, and personnel.
🔴 The Risk? Organizations often struggle to determine which vulnerabilities pose the greatest threat, leading to inefficient security resource allocation and increased exposure to attacks.
✅ The Solution? Red Cell Security’s Fundamentals of Vulnerability Assessments Using CARVER Course provides a proven, systematic approach to evaluating and prioritizing threats.
The CARVER methodology (Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability, Vulnerability, Effect, and Recognizability) is widely used in military, security, and risk management sectors to analyze potential attack targets, infrastructure risks, and operational security gaps.
This one-day training program equips participants with practical skills to conduct effective vulnerability and target assessments—essential for law enforcement, security professionals, corporate risk teams, and facility managers.
Course Highlights:
🛡️ Introduction to Vulnerability Assessments – Learn why vulnerability assessments are critical for security planning, threat detection, and risk management.
🎯 Introduction to Target Assessments – Understand how attackers identify, assess, and prioritize targets using real-world adversary tactics.
📊 Overview of the CARVER Methodology – Learn the six dimensions of the CARVER matrix and how to apply them in real-world security scenarios.
🔴 Criticality Assessment (C) – Determine which assets, personnel, or facilities are most essential to operations and most attractive to adversaries.
🚪 Accessibility Assessment (A) – Evaluate how easily an adversary could reach and exploit a target based on security layers and environmental factors.
♻️ Recuperability Assessment (R) – Assess how quickly an organization can recover from an attack or security breach, and identify weak points in resilience.
🔓 Vulnerability Assessment (V) – Identify structural, procedural, and technological weaknesses that adversaries can exploit.
💥 Effect Assessment (E) – Measure the potential impact of an attack, including financial, operational, and reputational damage.
🕵️ Recognizability Assessment (R) – Understand how visible or noticeable a target is to potential attackers, and apply strategies to reduce exposure.
🛠️ Hands-On Application & Case Studies – Apply CARVER in real-world security scenarios, using interactive exercises and real-life case studies.
Why Choose Red Cell Security’s CARVER Training?
🔹 Expert-Led Instruction – Learn from experienced security professionals with military, intelligence, and corporate risk backgrounds.
🔹 Real-World Applications – Gain practical skills that apply to physical security, cybersecurity, infrastructure protection, and executive security.
🔹 Tailored for Security & Risk Professionals – Ideal for law enforcement, corporate security teams, facility managers, and operational risk specialists.
🔹 Actionable Takeaways – Leave with a structured framework for assessing and prioritizing security risks in any environment.
Course Details:
📅 Duration: One-day intensive training
📍 Format: In-person and virtual options available
🏆 Certification: Certificate of Completion awarded
💰 Tuition: $350 per student (Group and corporate discounts available!)
Take the First Step in Mastering Vulnerability & Target Assessments!
🎯 Don’t leave security to chance. Learn how to think like an adversary, prioritize security risks, and protect what matters most.