Risk analysis and the security survey / James F. Broder.

ISBN:

9780080480725

Title:

Author:

Broder, James F.

Personal Author:

Broder, James F.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication Information:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 371 pages) : illustrations

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I The Treatment and Analysis of Risk; 1 Risk; 2 Vulnerability and Threat Identification; 3 Risk Measurement; 4 Quantifying and Prioritizing Loss Potential; 5 Cost/Benefit Analysis; 6 Other Risk Analysis Methodologies; 7 The Security Survey: An Overview; 8 Management Audit Techniques and the Preliminary Survey; 9 The Survey Report; 10 Crime Prediction; 11 Determining Insurance Requirements; PART II Emergency Management and Business Continuity Planning; 12 Mitigation and Preparedness.

Local Note:

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Subject Term:

Industries -- Security measures.

Risk management.

Crime prevention surveys.

Assistance in emergencies -- Planning.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2006

Publication Information:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.

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Summary

Risk Analysis and the Security Survey, Third Edition, provides an understanding of the basic principles of risk analysis.

Addressing such topics as cost/benefit analysis, crime prediction, and business continuity planning, the book gives an overview of the security survey, and instructs its readers on ways to effectively produce a survey that will address the needs of any organization. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with an eye toward the growing threat of global terrorism. It includes two new chapters, addressing such topics as disaster recovery planning, mitigation, and the evolving methodologies that are a result of the Homeland Security Act. The book will serve as a core textbook on understanding risk to the growing number of security and Homeland Security programs.

It is designed for students in security management courses, security managers, other security professionals as well as business professionals at all levels concerned with security, risk mitigation, and the management aspects of security operations.

- Covers Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Project Planning, Data Collection, Data Analysis and Report of Findings, and Prediction of Criminal Behavior- Presents updated statistical information and practical case examples - Helps professionals and students produce more effective results-oriented security surveys