There are four different roles one or more Food Defense Qualified Individuals must do or oversee: 
 

1. The preparation of the food defense plan as required in § 121.126; 

2. The conduct of a vulnerability assessment as required in § 121.130; 

3. The identification and explanation of the mitigation strategies as required in § 121.135; and 

4. Reanalysis as required in § 121.157.
    

• IA Food Defense Plan Preparation and Reanalysis course satisfies the training for 1 and 4 above.

• IA Conducting Vulnerability Assessments Using Key Activity Types course or IA Conducting Vulnerability Assessments course satisfies the training for 2 above. You could take either course, or both.

• IA Identification and Explanation of Mitigation Strategies course satisfies the training for 3 above.