
Influencing Enterprise Risk Mitigation
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Key Features
- The author intertwines many years of personal experience with research and statistics to create actionable risk mitigation recommendations
- Covers a broad spectrum of threats—from family and community hazards to global disasters
- Uses real-world examples to illustrate the return on security investment and influence business management decisions
Readership
Mid- to upper-level security managers; security and risk management practitioners; first responders, law enforcement and protection professionals, or anyone who may be charged with the safety of people during an incident, crisis, or disaster
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Interdependent Communities Require Protection
Introduction
What’s Past is Prologue
Chapter 1. The Psychology of Security
1.1 Begin at Home
1.2 People are the Tipping Point
1.3 Brand Reputation
1.4 Safety and Security Sustainability
1.5 We are Survivors
Chapter 2. The Geography of Risk
2.1 Assessing Priorities and the Strategic Game Plan
2.2 All-Hazards Mitigation
2.3 Just-In-Time Preparedness
2.4 Mapping Strategy to Stakeholder Requirements
Chapter 3. Who’s Who in the Zoo?
3.1 Insider and Outsider Risks
3.2 Layered and Integrated Security Solutions
3.3 Inspect Who You Expect
Chapter 4. Prioritizing Risk Mitigation
4.1 Prioritizing Prevention
4.2 Piloting New Security
4.3 Integration
4.4 Galvanizing Resources
4.5 Documenting Pilot Results
Chapter 5. Estimating Return on Security Investment
5.1 Charting a Course for Prevention and Mitigation Investment
5.2 Communicating the Big Picture
5.3 Charter Summary: The Elevator Speech
5.4 Costs, Losses, and Benefits Determine Return on Investment
5.5 Measure Twice, Cut Once, and Report
5.6 Exception Detection Enables the Core Business
5.7 Estimating Net Return on Investment
Chapter 6. Leveraging Data to Lead with Good Practices
6.1 Surveys and Benchmarks
6.2 Case Study: Using Benchmarks to Support a Security Proposal
6.3 Leadership Courage and Collaboration
6.4 Identifying Good Practices
6.5 A Converged Approach
Chapter 7. Governance for Sustainability
Chapter 8. Resilience
8.1 Responsibility Ensures Resilience
8.2 Resilience Requires Preparedness
8.3 Learning Our Way
8.4 The Value Opportunity
8.5 Evolving Individual and Organizational Behavior
Epilogue
How Do We Make Sure this Never Happens Again, Globally?
About the Author
About Elsevier’s Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio
References
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 160
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2013
- Published: September 11, 2013
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780124172432
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124172333
About the Author
Francis D'Addario

Francis was named as one of the top 25 "Most Influential People in Security" of 2009 by Security magazine, and was a CSO magazine 2007 Compass Award honoree.
He is also the critically acclaimed author of Not a Moment to Lose…Influencing Global Security One Community at a Time (2010), The Manager’s Violence Survival Guide (1995), and Loss Prevention through Crime Analysis (1989).
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