Harmonized Threat and Risk Assessment Training Course – Calgary

Master Threat & Risk Assessment the Way It’s Actually Done in the Field

You’ve been asked to perform a risk assessment, and you have no idea what to do. Maybe you’re responsible for security, are expected to defend your decisions, and you need a better method than the one you use now. This course will give you a tried-and-true methodology developed by Canada’s most credible national agencies for performing a TRA. You will be trained using adult learning methods and acquire a proven, structured approach to understanding and managing risk.

What You’ll Learn

This hands-on course walks you through the complete Harmonized Threat & Risk Assessment Methodology (HTRAM), including:

An academic review of a spectrum of TRA methodologies in use today with a focus on the HTRAM
Identifying and valuing critical assets (physical, informational and intangible)
Assessing and scoring physical protective systems
Identifying and assessing real-world threats, not hypothetical ones
Identifying and analyzing vulnerabilities across integrated systems
Applying qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods
Calculating true risk
Delivering recommendations executives can actually use

During the training, each student will perform a TRA in the field and produce a report. The instructor will identify targets for students and groups of students to evaluate for a TRA. After the submission of a report, each student obtains a certificate of participation. Once students get to the real world, the instructor will make himself available for consultation as required.

You’ll leave this training with a repeatable, defensible process, not a course binder that will just collect dust on a shelf.

Why Risk Matters

Most organizations don’t fail because they lack security tools. They fail because they misunderstand their risk. Most don’t even use the correct terminology.

This course helps you:

Expose real gaps in your security posture
Strengthen operational resilience
Align security with business priorities
Move from reactive to deliberate risk management
Turn security into a business enabler—not an obstacle

Who Should Attend

Security managers and practitioners
Business managers who must understand and use TRAs
Government and critical infrastructure personnel
Corporate risk and compliance professionals
Anyone responsible for producing, defending or interpreting a TRA

We expect candidates who work in security or a related field. If you’re expected to brief leadership or justify risk decisions, this is your lane.

About the Instructor

This course is led by Len Babin, CPP, a former RCMP Superintendent and executive-level security leader with decades of experience across government and industry. He has served as Director of Security for the Alberta Electric System Operator and has led or contributed to Threat & Risk Assessments for organizations including the Alberta power grid, Supreme Court of Canada, Parliament of Canada, major banks, extraction companies internationally, and national defence projects. He is the founder and principal at Primoris Associates Inc.

His work spans multi-billion-dollar infrastructure initiatives, high-security government facilities, and international advisory roles, including security design and public security reform projects abroad. He is board-certified in security management (ASIS CPP) and brings deep, practical expertise in governance, critical infrastructure protection, and integrated physical and IT security.

In short, this is instruction from someone who has applied HTRAM where the stakes are real, not theoretical.

Event Details

Location: Commissionaires’ Building, 1107 53rd Ave NE, Calgary

Times: 09:00 to 16:30

Scope: 3-days of learning and producing a TRA report

Coffee breaks and lunch provides (please indicate any allergies upon registration)

Limited to 12 participants. A second course will be held in November of 2026 if needed.

Certificate of attendance provided

Final Word

Every organization thinks it understands its risk.

Most are wrong.

After this course, you won’t be.

Contact: Len Babin, info@primorisinc.ca

TRA Training Course Calgary