(Optional) Identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities in animal slaughtering and processing facilities.

Identification should include facilities engaged in

• slaughtering animals
• preparing processed meats and meat byproducts
• rendering and/or refining animal fat, bones, and meat scraps
• cutting and packing meats.

Process/Skill Questions:

• What are the risks to animal slaughtering and processing facilities?
• What are the vulnerabilities of animal slaughtering and processing facilities?
• What are the assets affected?
• What are examples of meat byproducts?
• How is animal fat rendered?
• What types of facilities are used to slaughter and process livestock?
• What are the risks of a cyberattack on these facilities?
• How much oversight does, or should, the USDA have over thwarting a scare (e.g., bovine spongiform encephalopathy [BSE], commonly known as mad cow disease) to preclude a public reaction?