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Human Reliability Analysis And The SWOT Analysis

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This essay will be evaluating the strengths and the limitations of the human reliability analysis and the SWOT analysis in the context of the challenges posed by surveillance technologies to the privacy of individuals. What this written response aims to discover is which of the two analytical techniques mentioned above will be better to employ in the context of surveillance technologies.
The strengths that the human reliability analysis technique has in identifying the specific threats on the selected security challenge is that it is an effective and systematic way of identifying potential human errors, making sure all credible errors are considered as well as identifying risk control measures in relation to the reliability on surveillance …show more content…

It brings information in a framework and provides a good starting point for further analysis to improve surveillance in an environment. It lists specific actions that can or should be taken. Another strength in this technique that it lists the strengths and weaknesses of surveillance in an organisation as well as broader opportunities and threats in the environment. It also helps with prioritising strengths and weaknesses in the organisations surveillance and helps lists possible vulnerabilities so that they can circumvent threats they face. Limitations to this technique include the fact that it only focuses on a single goal without weighing the costs and benefits of employing new surveillance technology to the privacy of individuals. As it is only one state of a business planning process, this technique provides limitations for complex issues and would require more in-depth analysis and research to make decisions. As the SWOT analysis covers strengths and weaknesses , opportunity or threat, it can make it difficult to address factors that could be neither a strength or weakness or …show more content…

In doing this, the organisation would need to examine possible consequences to either avoid or reduce the impact of a surveillance breach and recommend safeguards and contingency plans to prevent errors or detect and correct them. Analysts that use this technique can examine historical data on previous accidents and near miss records in surveillance to find out what happened or what could go wrong and establish if it is currently under better control. By also using a quantitative assessment in this technique, analysts are able to estimate the likelihood of such consequences occurring. What this analytical technique does not cover for organisations in terms of surveillance technology is the consideration of the privacy of individuals. The data analysts collect is strongly dependant on the assumptions they make. Analysts must gather and make sure all credible errors are considered to list all possible predictions. Lack of data can provide a limitation in quantitative assessment if there is lack of data regarding the performance of surveillance technology. This can also affect privacy to individuals if analysts do not take into consideration of their

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