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Fact:
Porter developed
and implemented
Sound Transit’s
security
methodology
which provides
a standard by
which threats
are evaluated
and rated.
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reviews and security certifications of
all projects within Sound Transit’s $54
Billion Capital Expansion Program; a
program which delivers high-capacity
transit service extensions and additions
set to open nearly every year
starting in 2019 through 2041.
Porter also is an instructor for the
U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT) Transportation Safety Institute
(TSI) and routinely teaches courses
throughout the United States. He
is well regarded as an instructor and
is often consulted as a subject matter
expert in a variety of transit security
related topics.
BRANDEN PORTER HAS DONE AN
exceptional job during his time at
Sound Transit as the transit system
security manager.
Porter was the Public Safety Division’s
point person for Safety and Security
Certifi cation of both the U-Link
and Angle Lake extension. For context
about the scope of that work, Porter has
had to verify all certifi able items that
have been identifi ed as security critical;
verify that all the security criteria in
the Design Criteria Manual has been
achieved; and that all resolutions identifi
ed in the Th reat and Vulnerability
Assessments have been implemented.
Porter has completed all of the necessary
design reviews for East Link,
Lynnwood Link, and has begun work
on the Federal Way Extension, along
with each of these three extensions’
preliminary threat and vulnerability
assessments.
Porter is adept at managing expectations
of local jurisdictions and internal
teams. Porter is currently leading
the team responsible for the design
“Threats against transit systems are continually
changing and evolving. Being able to effectively evaluate the
threats and determine the actual risk to the agency is very
important. Since risk mitigation projects can be costly, it’s
important to understand the agency’s risk tolerance levels and
make sure we are considering the risk verse costs. When we
do this, we can prioritize the risk mitigation projects to ensure
we are allocating budgets to mitigate the right risks from a
business standpoint and at times this can be very challenging.”
Branden Porter,
MS, PSP, WSOCSSD
System Security
Manager
Sound Transit
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