Risk and the Theory of Security Risk Assessment

• Author : Carl S. Young
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 28 January 2020

This book provides the conceptual foundation of security risk assessment and thereby enables reasoning about risk from first principles. It presents the underlying theory that is the basis of a rigorous and universally applicable security risk assessment methodology. Furthermore, the book identifies and explores concepts with profound operational implications that have traditionally been sources of ambiguity if not confusion in security risk management. Notably, the text provides a simple quantitative model for complexity, a significant driver of risk that is

• Author : Douglas Landoll
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 19 April 2016

The Security Risk Assessment Handbook: A Complete Guide for Performing Security Risk Assessments provides detailed insight into precisely how to conduct an information security risk assessment. Designed for security professionals and their customers who want a more in-depth understanding of the risk assessment process, this volume contains real-wor

• Author : Betty E. Biringer,Rudolph V. Matalucci,Sharon L. O'Connor
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 12 March 2007

Proven set of best practices for security risk assessment and management, explained in plain English This guidebook sets forth a systematic, proven set of best practices for security risk assessment and management of buildings and their supporting infrastructures. These practices are all designed to optimize the security of workplace environments for occupants and to protect the interests of owners and other stakeholders. The methods set forth by the authors stem from their research at Sandia National Laboratories and their practical

• Author : John M. White
• Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
• Release : 22 July 2014

Security Risk Assessment is the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource available on how to conduct a thorough security assessment for any organization. A good security assessment is a fact-finding process that determines an organization’s state of security protection. It exposes vulnerabilities, determines the potential for losses, and devises a plan to address these security concerns. While most security professionals have heard of a security assessment, many do not know how to conduct one, how it’s used, or how

• Author : Mark Talabis,Jason Martin
• Publisher : Newnes
• Release : 25 January 2021

In order to protect company's information assets such as sensitive customer records, health care records, etc., the security practitioner first needs to find out: what needs protected, what risks those assets are exposed to, what controls are in place to offset those risks, and where to focus attention for risk treatment. This is the true value and purpose of information security risk assessments. Effective risk assessments are meant to provide a defendable analysis of residual risk associated with your key

• Author : Genserik Reniers,Nima Khakzad,Pieter Van Gelder
• Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
• Release : 20 November 2017

This book deals with the state-of-the-art of physical security knowledge and research in the chemical and process industries. Legislation differences between Europe and the USA are investigated, followed by an overview of the how, what and why of contemporary security risk assessment in this particular industrial sector. Innovative solutions such as attractiveness calculations and the use of game theory, advancing the present science of adversarial risk analysis, are discussed. The book further stands up for developing and employing dynamic security

• Author : Douglas Landoll
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 25 January 2021

The Security Risk Assessment Handbook: A Complete Guide for Performing Security Risk Assessments provides detailed insight into precisely how to conduct an information security risk assessment. Designed for security professionals and their customers who want a more in-depth understanding of the risk assessment process, this volume contains real-wor.

• Author : Evan Wheeler
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 20 April 2011

Security Risk Management is the definitive guide for building or running an information security risk management program. This book teaches practical techniques that will be used on a daily basis, while also explaining the fundamentals so students understand the rationale behind these practices. It explains how to perform risk assessments for new IT projects, how to efficiently manage daily risk activities, and how to qualify the current risk level for presentation to executive level management. While other books focus entirely

• Author : Xinming Ou,Anoop Singhal
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 06 November 2011

Protection of enterprise networks from malicious intrusions is critical to the economy and security of our nation. This article gives an overview of the techniques and challenges for security risk analysis of enterprise networks. A standard model for security analysis will enable us to answer questions such as “are we more secure than yesterday” or “how does the security of one network configuration compare with another one”. In this article, we will present a methodology for quantitative security risk analysis

• Author : Anna M. Doro-on
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 03 June 2014

Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations details a quantitative risk assessment methodology for systematically analyzing various alternatives for protecting underground rail, oil and gas pipelines, pipeline freight transportation, and other tunnel systems from terrorism threats and other disasters. It examines the engineering, environmental, and economic impacts and addresses both direct and collateral damage. The book describes how to employ the methodology of quantitative psychology for effectively assessing risk in homeland security, defense actions,

• Author : John McCumber
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 12 August 2004

Assessing and Managing Security Risk in IT Systems: A Structured Methodology builds upon the original McCumber Cube model to offer proven processes that do not change, even as technology evolves. This book enables you to assess the security attributes of any information system and implement vastly improved security environments. Part I delivers an overview of information systems security, providing historical perspectives and explaining how to determine the value of information. This section offers the basic underpinnings of information security and

• Author : Jean Boltz
• Publisher : DIANE Publishing
• Release : 01 October 1999

Federal agencies, like many private organizations, have struggled to find efficient ways to ensure that they fully understand the info. security risks affecting their operations and implement appropriate controls to mitigate these risks. This guide is intended to help Federal managers implement an ongoing info. security risk assessment (RA) process by providing examples, or case studies, of practical RA procedures that have been successfully adopted by four org's (multinat. oil co., financial serv.co,, regulatory org's., and computer hardware and

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 25 January 2021

• Author : David L. Russell,Pieter C. Arlow
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 16 March 2015

A comprehensive and practical guide to security organization and planning in industrial plants Features Basic definitions related to plant security Features Countermeasures and response methods Features Facilities and equipment, and security organization Topics covered are applicable to multiple types of industrial plants Illustrates practical techniques for assessing and evaluating financial and corporate risks

• Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release : 06 June 2016

The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident for improving safety and security of commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. This study was carried out in two phases: Phase 1, issued in 2014, focused on the causes of the Fukushima Daiichi accident and safety-related lessons learned for improving nuclear plant systems, operations, and regulations exclusive of spent fuel storage. This Phase 2 report focuses on