Risk Analysis and the Security Survey

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.

James F. Broder, CFE, CPP, FACFE, has more than 40 years experience in security and law enforcement. He has worked as a security executive, instructor, and consultant as well as having served in Vietnam as a Police Advisor in the Counter Insurgency Directorate, Vietnamese National Police. A former FBI Special Agent and employee for the US State Department, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington D.C. Mr. Broder is considered to be one of the most highly respected security authorities in the United States.

Part I: The Treatment and Analysis of Risk1: Risk2: Vulnerability and Threat Identification3: Risk Measurement4: Quantifying and Prioritizing Loss Potential 5: Cost/Benefit Analysis6: Other Risk Analysis Methodologies7: The Security Survey: An Overview8: Management Audit Techniques and the Preliminary Survey9: The Survey Report10: Crime Prediction11: Determining Insurance Requirements Part II: Emergency Managment and Business Continuity Planning12: Emergency Management: A Brief Introduction13: Mitigation and Preparedness14: Response Planning15: Business Impact Analysis16: Business Continuity Planning17: Plan Documentation18: Crisis Management Planning for Kidnap, Ransom, and Extortion19: Monitoring Safeguards20: The Security Consultant Appendix A: Security Survey Work SheetsAppendix B: Sample Kidnap and Ransom Contingency PlanAppendix C: Security Systems Specifications