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Synchronize and Coordinate Protection 09 November 2021 FM 3-81 A-9 and the mission analysis to identify critical assets. Critical assets at each command echelon must be determined and prioritized. A-30. Protection cells and working groups can develop criticality, vulnerability, and threat probability values to help prioritize critical assets. Figure A-2 provides an example of how criticality, vulnerability, and threat probability values can help determine risk. Table A-1 provides an example of a protection risk analysis table. Figure A-2. Example criticality, vulnerability, and threat probability values Table A-1. Example protection risk analysis table Asset C (1–4) V (1–3) T (1–5) Risk Analysis Total C x V x T Command post 4 2 4 32 Signal nodes 3 2 4 24 Movement corridor 2 2 4 16 Population center 2 3 2 12 Legend: C criticality T threat V vulnerability A-31. The protection prioritization list is a key protection product developed during initial assessments. The protection cell and working group must use criticality, threat vulnerability, and threat probability to prioritize identified critical assets. Once the protection working group determines which assets are critical for mission success, it recommends protection priorities and establishes a protection prioritization list. It is continuously assessed and revised throughout each phase or major activity of an operation: Criticality is the degree to which an asset is essential to accomplish the mission. It is determined by assessing the impact that damage to, or destruction of, the asset will have on the success of the operation. Damage to an asset may prevent, significantly delay, or have no impact on the success of the plan. Catastrophic. Complete mission failure or the inability to accomplish the mission, death or total disability, the loss of major or mission-critical systems or equipment, major property or facility damage, mission-critical security failure, or unacceptable collateral damage. Critical. Severely degraded mission capability or unit readiness, total disability, partial disability, temporary disability, extensive damage to equipment or systems, significant damage environment, security failure, or significant collateral damage. Marginal. Degraded mission capability or unit readiness; minor damage to equipment or systems, property, or the environment; lost days due to injury or illness; or minor damage to property or the environment.