Risk Assessment Introduction For this case analysis, the OCTAVE method for risk-based security strategic assessment will be used. The OCTAVE-S Method which fits particularly for the company that Ann organized and is tailored to suit the needs of small enterprises. This is designed for about 100 people or less. The Becoming Company is a full service provider for a line of developmental training and inspirational materials including videos, music, and books called Drive Change. The company was created by Ann Roger’s, who out of having her own anxiety disorder have managed to come up with a good business that can cater and help other people with the same disorders she has. The core objective of the business is to share her individualized means of therapy through selling the collected videos, and any other information’s necessary for the therapy. Assessment of Assets (Step 1) The Becoming Company utilized several assets to run the business. The purchase of a back computer which has a brand of Dell OptiPlex 390 for purposes of storing files, accounting records, and all necessary sales directly from the POS system. The computer uses a custom made program to run the business according to her needs and to make the accounting system easier and organized. She also purchased POS from InitiaTek which has its own program to run. It contains a set of self-contained drawer and sales register and tabulation and transaction software written in a particular program called C#NET.
MEDA AB is an international specialty pharmaceutical organization with its headquarters set in Stockholm, Sweden. MEDA specializes is offering cost effective pharmaceuticals in areas such as respiratory, cardiology, dermatology, pain and inflammation, central nervous system (CNS), and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines (MEDA AB, 2012, p. 18). MEDA’s vision is to “become a world-leading specialty pharma company with a focus on sustainable and profitable growth to provide value for our patients, shareholders and other stakeholders” (MEDA AB, 2014, para. 1). MEDA is currently present in
Risk assessment and threat assessment should go hand-in-hand.The outcome of the risk assessment and threat assessment should provide recommendations that maximize the protection of confidentiality, integrity and availability while still providing functionality and usability. The purpose of a risk assessment is to ensure sensitive data and valuable assets are protected. An organization should take a hard look at who has access to sensitive data and if those accesses are required. The security audit should monitor the companies systems and users to detect illicit activity.The security audit should
There is strengths and weaknesses; threats and vulnerabilities of every organization’s security system. These issues tend to be those of the same at national and global levels; crime and criminology tend to have an impact on it.
Whilst on placement with the Aberdeenshire Council Children and Families Team I adhered to the lone working policy to ensure my safety when out of the office working with clients. To minimise risks, in line with this policy I have my mobile phone with me at all times and ensure I write my day to day diary on the office board with names, times and addresses of where I will be going, and notify staff of my where-a-bouts (Aberdeenshire Council 2014).
When it comes to the protection and mitigating of any structure or organization risk analysis and vulnerability assessments must be conducts so as to know what’s to be protected, the threats manmade or natural disaster, ranking the potential of threat as well as the probability. In terms of critical infrastructure the risk analysis and vulnerability assessment has guidelines from Homeland Security Presidential Directive Number 7(HSPD-7).
While running businesses, owners must be aware of crucial security threats that their organizations are exposed to in order to formulate
The “STG” protocol started in the Florida Department of corrections in 1992 it made a huge effort to identify the levels of gangs in the prison population. There had been significant numbers of disruptive incidents and attributes to the gang activity with trends and increase of younger inmates in the Florida corrections facility. The STG are considered “two or more inmates acting together who pose a threat to the security or safety of staff and disruptive to the orderly management of the system”. What the Security Threat Group ‘STG” management initiative was the result of “blue prints” of gang activity in Florida. What Security Threat Intelligence Unit (STIU) is the national leader in STG identification, process, and assessments of gangs? The primary focus is for
Tami, I agree with a lot of your key elements on the Homeland Security Assessment process. The organizational overview which is a relevant and necessary detail of process that holds great value. For the assessment coordinator, it gives a brief outlook of the organization and enables you to formulate a plan of action to handle the actual issues in security or productivity. With the overview, new and existing data can be compared as well as the observation of negative patterns. I am also an advocate for utilizing surveys to analyze the feedback from the customers and employees. Surveys are meaningful and useful in collecting data from customers and stakeholders. When done correctly surveys research can produce significant results to a wide range
In choosing to perform a qualitative risk assessment for Phil Sharp Homes, we must also determine methods that will be used to perform the risk assessment. Since this is such a small business with only four employees, all employees will be involved in the risk assessment. As previously mentioned above, a majority of the assessment will be done by utilizing my ability to predict what the main threats are. In addition to that, we will be focusing on two additional methods. We will also utilize brainstorming for additional risk identification and developing consequence categories by using a risk matrix for analyzing the risks.
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States, a series of risk management evaluations were created by the US Federal Government to assess the future risks the homeland was going to face. When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was officially created in 2002, more effective risk management assessments were re-designed to evaluate the past and present dangers, prevent them and respond successfully to more terrorist attacks. Since 2001 until 2007, a development of risk assessment has been divided in phases to be able to reach a better formula that would analyze the risk within the homeland security and provide the appropriate fund to homeland security enterprise.
According to the Department of Criminal Justice, a Security Threat Group is any group of offenders the department reasonably believes poses a threat to the physical safety of other offenders and staff due to the very nature of said group. Also known as ‘gangs’, they are the biggest threat to our prison systems. In Texas alone, there are 12 recognized Security Threat Groups. They affect not only our prisons but also communities in the outside world, taking part in drug trafficking, human trafficking, burglaries, and money laundering.
Think of your organizational assets from the eyes of an attacker motivated by crime, espionage, hacktivism and even warfare. In other words, what are our Top Threats and how do we know? Interview the Chief Risk Officer and Business Unit leadership and ask them “what keeps you up at night?”. Then tie these answers to Corporate objectives and strategies in a Risk Register.
The reader will become familiarised with the term risk and it definitions from specifically the ISO 31000 standard of risk management and also the definition of risk from the criminology crime triangle. Which one of these two definitions that are the most suitable for usage within the security industry will be discussed and evaluated. How and why consequence is important when assessing risk priorities and determining where to allocate resources will be examined and answered.
Direct export access to China used to be difficult due to the complexity and slowness of the country 's customs rules and regulations. But with the relaxation in regulatory restrictions and the opening of its markets to foreign investors, China could become the next successful market for cognac and champagne importers. The elimination of tariffs in the wake of China 's accession to the World Trade Organization may encourage more cognac and champagne importers to the mainland, thereby skewing cognac/champagne import statistics in the near future. Last year, China ranked 20th in terms of cognac imports, with 1.2 million bottles (Export.gov). Since China became a member of the World Trade
The business risks for this project could be wasting money on programs that are not very effective, in enhancing employee performance, or