Risk Analysis and the Security Survey

by Broder, James F.

• ISBN13: 9780750670890
• ISBN10: 0750670894
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Summary

Risk Analysis and the Security Survey, Second Edition provides an understanding of the principles of risk analysis to security students and professionals, which will help them produce more effective, results-oriented security surveys geared to the ever-changing needs of the organization. This new edition provides the readers, professional and practitioners alike with new information essential to meeting their professional obligations with regard to crisis management planning, business continuity planning, disaster response and recovery as well as many other issues facing the security industry today. This book is a "must have" for all security professionals studying risk analysis and loss control. the most fundamental philosophy of risk control, design and implementation is to make the security program as self-sufficient as possible in all matters pertaining to security. This includes the two-sided coin of risk control: (1) the protection of assets by identifying, analyzing and prioritizing the risk, and (2) contingency and disaster recovery planning.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Risk	1	(6)
Vulnerability and Threat Identification	7	(14)
Risk Measurement	21	(8)
Quantifying and Prioritizing Loss Potential	29	(6)
Cost/Benefit Analysis	35	(6)
The Security Survey: An Overview	41	(10)
Management Audit Techniques and the Preliminary Survey	51	(18)
The Survey Report	69	(12)
Crime Prediction	81	(16)
Determining Insurance Requirements	97	(10)
Business Impact Analysis	107	(26)
Business Continuity Planning	133	(22)
Plan Documentation	155	(12)
Response Planning	167	(36)
Crisis Management Planning for Kidnap, Extortion, or Ransom	203	(10)
Monitoring Safeguards	213	(6)
The Security Consultant	219	(124)
APPENDICES
A. Security Survey Work Sheets	231	(22)
B. Danger Signs of Fraud, Embezzlement, and Theft	253	(8)
C. Professional Practices for Business Continuity Planners	261	(46)
D. Sample BIA Introduction Letter	307	(2)
E. Sample Kidnap and Ransom Contingency Plan	309	(18)
F. How to Establish Notice	327	(6)
G. Handling Media Inquiries	333	(2)
H. Security System Specifications	335	(6)
I. Sample Introduction Memorandum: Disaster Recovery Planning	341	(2)
Index	343