Metrics and Methods for Security Risk Management

Security problems have evolved in the corporate world because of technological changes, such as using the Internet as a means of communication. With this, the creation, transmission, and storage of information may represent security problem.

Metrics and Methods for Security Risk Management is of interest, especially since the 9/11 terror attacks, because it addresses the ways to manage risk security in the corporate world. The book aims to provide information about the fundamentals of security risks and the corresponding components, an analytical approach to risk assessments and mitigation, and quantitative methods to assess the risk components. In addition, it also discusses the physical models, principles, and quantitative methods needed to assess the risk components. The by-products of the methodology used include security standards, audits, risk metrics, and program frameworks. Security professionals, as well as scientists and engineers who are working on technical issues related to security problems will find this book relevant and useful.

• Offers an integrated approach to assessing security risk
• Addresses homeland security as well as IT and physical security issues
• Describes vital safeguards for ensuring true business continuity

Security managers with both IT security and physical security responsibilities; counterterrorism practitioners

About the Author

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I The Structure of Security Risk

Chapter 1 Security Threats and Risk

1.1 Introduction to Security Risk or Tales of the Psychotic Squirrel and the Sociable Shark

1.2 The Fundamental Expression of Security Risk

1.3 Introduction to Security Risk Models and Security Risk Mitigation

1.4 Summary

Chapter 2 The Fundamentals of Security Risk Measurements

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Linearity and Non-linearity

2.3 Exponents, Logarithms and Sensitivity to Change

2.4 The Exponential Function ex

2.5 The Decibel (dB)

2.6 Security Risk and the Concept of Scale

2.7 Some Common Physical Models in Security Risk

2.8 Visualizing Security Risk

2.9 An Example: Guarding Costs

2.10 Summary

Chapter 3 Risk Measurements and Security Programs

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The Security Risk Assessment Process

3.3 Managing Security Risk

3.4 Security Risk Audits

3.5 Security Risk Program Frameworks

3.6 Summary

Part II Measuring and Mitigating Security Risk

Chapter 4 Measuring the Likelihood Component of Security Risk

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Likelihood or Potential for Risk?

4.3 Estimating the Likelihood of Randomly Occurring Security Incidents

4.4 Estimating The Potential for Biased Security Incidents

4.5 Averages and Deviations

4.6 Actuarial Approaches to Security Risk

4.7 Randomness, Loss, and Expectation Value

4.8 Financial Risk

4.9 Summary

Chapter 5 Measuring the Vulnerability Component of Security Risk

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Vulnerability to Information Loss through Unauthorized Signal Detection

5.3 Vulnerability to Explosive Threats

5.4 A Theory of Vulnerability to Computer Network Infections

5.5 Biological, Chemical and Radiological Weapons

5.6 The Visual Compromise of Information

5.7 Summary

Chapter 6 Mitigating Security Risk: Reducing Vulnerability

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Audible Signals

6.3 Electromagnetic Signals

6.4 Vehicle-borne Explosive Threats: Barriers and Bollards

6.5 Explosive Threats

6.6 Radiological Threats

6.7 Biological Threats

6.8 Mitigating the Risk of Chemical Threats (briefly noted)

6.9 Guidelines on Reducing the Vulnerability to Non-Traditional Threats in Commercial Facilities

6.10 Commercial Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM)

6.11 Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Weapons

6.12 Summary

Epilogue

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

Appendix H

Index