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CERT Resilience Management Model—Mail-Specific Process Areas: Mail Revenue Assurance (Version 1.0)

September 2014 • Technical Note
Julia H. Allen, Greg Crabb (United States Postal Service), Pamela D. Curtis, Nader Mehravari, David W. White

This report describes a new process area that ensures that the USPS is compensated for mail that is accepted, transported, and delivered.

Publisher:

CERT
CMU/SEI Report Number

CMU/SEI-2014-TN-011

DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
10.1184/R1/6572186.v1
Subjects

Abstract

Developing and implementing measurable methodologies for improving the security and resilience of a national postal sector directly contribute to protecting public and postal personnel, assets, and revenues. Such methodologies also contribute to the security and resilience of the mode of transport used to carry mail and the protection of the global mail supply chain. Since 2011, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) has collaborated with the CERT Division at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) to improve the resilience of selected U.S. Postal Service (USPS) products and services. The CERT Resilience Management Model (CERT-RMM) and its companion diagnostic methods served as the foundational tool for this collaboration.

This report includes one result of the USPIS/CERT collaboration. It is an extension of CERT-RMM to include a new mail-specific process area for revenue assurance. The purpose is to ensure that the USPS is compensated for all mail that is accepted, transported, and delivered.