Expert Witness Blog
In What the Defendant Can Do Wrong, security management and risk management expert witness Ira Somerson, BCFE, CPP, CSC, writes that the mission of security management (loss prevention) will be below a standard security industry practice if it fails to:
■ Identify reasonably foreseeable risks.
■ Test and continue to monitor the existing security program in response to the foreseeable levels of risk.
What Should a Risk Assessment Consider?
In conducting risks assessments, the process should include:
Operational aspects of a facility and its “inherent” risks.
■ Perceptions of the facility or operation by the public.
■ Perceptions of the facility or operation by its employees and contractors.
■ Public statements and lifestyles of high-profile executives and employees.
■ Demographics (“social disorder”) of the community where the facility is located.
■ Demographics of the facility’s work force.
■ Nature of neighboring properties.
■ Access roads to facility.
■ Police and/or a facility’s incident history.
■ Facility management of its property and resources.
■ Efficiency of a facility’s existing security strategy.