API 780: Security Risk Assessment (SRA) for Petroleum, Petrochemical & Energy Infrastructure Training Course

Scheduled Dates

Online

17 - 21 Aug 2026

Online

$4,950

16 - 20 Aug 2027

Online

$4,950

Why Choose this Training Course?

This API 780: Security Risk Assessment (SRA) for Petroleum, Petrochemical & Energy Infrastructure training course provides an advanced and structured understanding of the Security Risk Assessment (SRA) methodology developed by the American Petroleum Institute for the protection of petroleum, petrochemical, and energy infrastructure. This training course enables professionals to apply a systematic and risk-based methodology to identify, evaluate, and mitigate security threats affecting critical industrial facilities and hazardous material systems.

The oil and gas industry operates complex infrastructure that may be exposed to intentional threats including terrorism, sabotage, insider threats, cyber intrusion, theft of hazardous materials, and deliberate disruption of supply chains. API 780 provides a structured methodology for identifying critical assets, evaluating adversary capabilities and motivations, assessing vulnerabilities, and determining the appropriate level of security countermeasures. This training course provides practical guidance on applying the five-step SRA methodology to real-world industrial facilities including refineries, petrochemical plants, pipeline networks, storage terminals, and energy distribution infrastructure.

Participants will gain practical expertise in threat intelligence analysis, asset characterization, scenario development, vulnerability assessment, risk ranking, and security mitigation planning. The training course also addresses integration of SRA results with existing process safety management systems, emergency preparedness frameworks, and enterprise risk management practices to enhance the resilience and protection of critical infrastructure.

This API 780: Security Risk Assessment (SRA) for Petroleum, Petrochemical & Energy Infrastructure training course will highlight:

Applying the API 780 five-step Security Risk Assessment methodology
Identifying and prioritizing critical assets and infrastructure dependencies
Evaluating threats, adversaries, and credible attack scenarios
Conducting vulnerability assessments and security risk ranking
Developing layered security countermeasures and risk mitigation strategies

What are the Goals?

At the end of API 780: Security Risk Assessment (SRA) for Petroleum, Petrochemical & Energy Infrastructure this training course, you will learn to:

Understand API 780 security risk assessment methodology
Identify critical assets and infrastructure dependencies
Analyse threats, adversaries, and attack scenarios
Evaluate vulnerabilities and security risk levels
Develop effective security mitigation strategies

Who is this Training Course for?

Security risk assessment and infrastructure protection require multidisciplinary collaboration among security, operations, engineering, and safety professionals. This training course provides a structured methodology that supports professionals responsible for protecting critical industrial facilities and managing security risks affecting hazardous material operations.

This API 780: Security Risk Assessment (SRA) for Petroleum, Petrochemical & Energy Infrastructure training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

Security and Infrastructure Protection Professionals
Process Safety and Risk Management Engineers
Operations and Plant Management Personnel
Asset Integrity and Reliability Engineers
Emergency Response and Crisis Management Professionals
Engineers and Specialists Involved in Facility Risk Assessments

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This training course is delivered through expert-led technical presentations, structured discussions, and detailed case-based analysis of security events affecting petroleum and petrochemical facilities. Participants will learn how the API 780 methodology is applied in practice through real-world examples involving asset characterization, threat evaluation, vulnerability identification, risk ranking, and the development of countermeasure strategies. Industry best practices, regulatory frameworks, and lessons learned from major security incidents are integrated throughout the training course.

Organisational Impact

Organizations that send their employees to this training course will significantly enhance their ability to manage security risks affecting critical energy infrastructure.

Improved capability to conduct structured security risk assessments
Enhanced protection of critical infrastructure and hazardous material assets
Better prioritization of security investments and mitigation measures
Improved integration between security, safety, and operational risk management
Strengthened resilience against intentional attacks and malicious activities
Increased compliance with international security and infrastructure protection standards

Personal Impact

Participants attending this training course will strengthen their professional expertise in security risk assessment and infrastructure protection.

Deeper understanding of industrial security risk management frameworks
Enhanced ability to identify threats and vulnerabilities in complex facilities
Practical skills in applying structured risk assessment methodologies
Improved competence in evaluating and prioritizing security risks
Stronger capability to design and recommend mitigation strategies
Expanded professional expertise in security management for energy infrastructure

Daily Agenda

Day 1: Security Risk Management in the Petroleum & Energy Sector

Security threats and risk drivers affecting energy infrastructure
Overview of the API 780 Security Risk Assessment methodology
Risk management principles for industrial security
Understanding the security risk equation (Threat × Vulnerability × Consequence)
Security events affecting petroleum facilities (release, theft, sabotage, disruption)
Types of adversaries and threat actors affecting energy infrastructure
Integration of security with process safety and operational risk management
Overview of the five-step API SRA methodology

Day 2: Asset Characterization and Critical Infrastructure Analysis

Step 1 of API 780: Characterization of facilities and operations
Identification of critical assets in petroleum and petrochemical operations
Analysis of asset functions, hazards, and operational importance
Identification of infrastructure dependencies and interdependencies
Evaluation of potential consequences of asset compromise
Consequence analysis including safety, environmental, economic, and reputational impacts
Ranking asset criticality using consequence severity criteria
Screening assets for inclusion in detailed security risk assessment

Day 3: Threat Identification and Adversary Analysis

Step 2 of API 780: Threat assessment methodology
Identification of potential adversaries and threat categories
Analysis of adversary capabilities, motivation, and intent
Evaluation of historical threat information and intelligence sources
Threat ranking criteria and threat scoring methodologies
Asset attractiveness analysis from the adversary perspective
Development of credible threat–asset pairings
Determination of likelihood of attempted attacks

Day 4: Vulnerability Assessment and Security Risk Evaluation

Step 3 of API 780: Vulnerability assessment methodology
Identification of vulnerabilities in facility design and operations
Evaluation of existing security countermeasures and safeguards
Application of layered protection strategies (deter, detect, delay, respond, recover)
Development of credible attack scenarios for critical assets
Evaluation of likelihood of successful attack execution
Step 4 of API 780: Risk analysis and risk ranking
Application of security risk matrices and prioritization of risk scenarios

Day 5: Risk Treatment, Security Countermeasures and Strategic Protection

Step 5 of API 780: Risk treatment and mitigation planning
Identification of security countermeasure strategies
Evaluation of countermeasure effectiveness and reliability
Cost-benefit analysis for security investments
Determination of residual risk and verification of risk reduction
Prioritization of security improvements and mitigation measures
Integration of SRA results into facility security plans and management systems
Continuous monitoring, review, and periodic reassessment of security risks

Certificate

On successful completion of this Training Course / Online Training Course, a PetroKnowledge Certificate / E-Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.

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