ABSTRACT
Business-Continuity Programs Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 enterprise resilience availability-related risks operational risks ASIS SPC. 1-2009 emergency management interoperability life safety true rst responders NFPA 101 Life Safety Code shelter-in-place re prevention re suppression standpipe
Introduction Security is linked to the profession, methodologies, and strategies of risk management. A security practitioner’s understanding of risk management provides insight into how risk is addressed by senior executives in business and government and how their decisions aect security duties, functions, planning, and budgets in both sectors. At the same time, risk management methodologies can be applied by security practitioners to help them think as a businessperson while planning and implementing security strategies. is chapter explains that, whereas risk management advanced strategic thinking in insurance planning, enterprise risk management takes risk management to the next level of strategic thinking. e latter sections of this chapter describe natural disasters and human-made events/hazards and the methods applied to manage and mitigate these risks.
