Risk Analysis and the Security Survey, 4th Edition

As there is a need for careful analysis in a world where threats are growing more complex and serious, you need the tools to ensure that sensible methods are employed and correlated directly to risk. Counter threats such as terrorism, fraud, natural disasters, and information theft with the Fourth Edition of Risk Analysis and the Security Survey.  Broder and Tucker guide you through analysis to implementation to provide you with the know-how to implement rigorous, accurate, and cost-effective security policies and designs. This book builds on the legacy of its predecessors by updating and covering new content.  Understand the most fundamental theories surrounding risk control, design, and implementation by reviewing topics such as cost/benefit analysis, crime prediction, response planning, and business impact analysis–all updated to match today’s current standards.

This book will show you how to develop and maintain current business contingency and disaster recovery plans to ensure your enterprises are able to sustain loss are able to recover, and protect your assets, be it your business, your information, or yourself, from threats.

*Offers powerful techniques for weighing and managing the risks that face your organization *Gives insights into universal principles that can be adapted to specific situations and threats *Covers topics needed by homeland security professionals as well as IT and physical security managers

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Risk
Chapter 2 Vulnerability and Threat Identification
Chapter 3 Risk Measurement
Chapter 4 Quantifying and Prioritizing Loss Potential
Chapter 5 Cost/Benefit Analysis
Chapter 6 Other Risk Analysis Methodologies
Chapter 7 The Security Survey: An Overview
Chapter 8 Management Audit Techniques and the Preliminary Survey
Chapter 9 The Survey Report
Chapter 10 Crime Prediction
Chapter 11 Determining Insurance Requirements
Chapter 12 Emergency Management – A Brief Introduction
Chapter 13 Mitigation and Preparedness
Chapter 14 Response Planning
Chapter 15 Business Impact Analysis
Chapter 16 Business Continuity Planning
Chapter 17 Plan Documentation
Chapter 18 Crisis Management Planning for Kidnap, Ransom, and Extortion
Chapter 19 Monitoring Safeguards
Chapter 20 The Security Consultant
Appendix A Security Survey Work Sheets
Appendix B Sample Kidnap and Ransom Contingency Plan
Appendix C Security Systems Specifications