Airspace security metrics: Design for assessing the impact of airspace security incidents

During the past three years, the System Operations Security organization of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) has focused on developing metrics and associated automation tools to assess the impact of airspace security incidents on the National Airspace System (NAS). This organization has also explored ways to measure their progress in mitigating the impact of airspace security incidents on all NAS users.