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Feb 11
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How Do You Assess the Quality of Your Security Risk Management?

One element that is often missing or inadequate is how to ensure, and to assess the effectiveness of security risk management and...

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Nov 9, 2020
1 min

SRA Methodology

This methodology has minor adaptations from ‘FIGURE 11.3 Expansion of AS/NZS 4360:2004 Risk Management Process for Security Risk...

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Nov 2, 2020
1 min

The SRMBOK Framework

The following Framework graphics have been adapted from the SRMBOK organizational resilience model in SRMBOK (FIGURE 11.2). The main...

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Oct 26, 2020
1 min

Other Security Frameworks

Security Frameworks The following is a partial list of sources for security-related frameworks. Their presence here is not an...

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Oct 19, 2020
2 min

Security Risk Assessment Definitions

These definitions are not comprehensive. Please consider them simply as brief clarifications to indicate their use in this blog. Unless...

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Julian Talbot

Oct 12, 2020
1 min

A Vulnerability Analysis Framework

Vulnerability Analysis A vulnerability assessment is the process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing (or ranking) the...

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Oct 5, 2020
2 min

Threat Assessment Tools

Attacker Perspective When considering how various attackers might view your organization, it may be helpful to plot them on a matrix like...

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Sep 28, 2020
1 min

The Right Tool For Each Job

When security risk assessments start to get too complex or time consuming, it is usually because the wrong tool is being applied to the...

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Sep 21, 2020
1 min

Case Study: Australian Risk Management Capability Maturity Model

Another risk maturity model worth considering is the Australian Government Commonwealth Risk Management Capability Maturity Model.¹ This...

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Sep 14, 2020
2 min

The SRMBOK Maturity Model

Security Risk Management Body Of Knowledge (SRMBOK) The SRMBOK maturity model addresses the following four levels: Level 1 INITIAL Level...

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Sep 7, 2020
1 min

Security Risk Assessment Reports - Two Ways

Report Headings Example 1 The following is one example of how to structure a Security Risk Assessment. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS TABLE OF...

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Aug 31, 2020
1 min

How to Structure a Security Risk Assessment Request

Project Brief Headings Example The following is one example of how to structure a consultant's brief or request for quotation to conduct...

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Aug 24, 2020
1 min

How to Structure a Security Plan

Security Plan Headings Example The following is one example of how to structure a Security Plan. You can download a template from...

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Aug 17, 2020
1 min

The Real Cost of Risk Treatments

The Nature of Risk Treatments Here are several levels of expenditure to consider when implementing treatments: Sunk costs – funds that...

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Aug 10, 2020
1 min

Writing Treatment Plans

Treatment Plans - A Brief Template The following headings may be suitable for many treatment registers. Serial (Treatment ID) Treatment...

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Aug 3, 2020
1 min

Which Risk Treatment to Choose? An 8-step Process

Eight Step Process For Selecting Risk Treatments The following process can help identify treatments for complex risks. It can be used for...

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Jul 27, 2020
1 min

The ISO-31000 Approach to Risk Treatment

Selecting Risk Treatments ISO31000 suggests applying one or more of the following approaches to treating risks: Avoiding the risk by...

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Jul 20, 2020
1 min

How to Document Complex Treatments?

📷 The following elements provide an example of a high level overview of complex risk treatments. Each risk treatment in theTreatment...

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Jul 13, 2020
1 min

How to Communicate Risk Visually

Communication and consultation is an iterative, two (or more) way process, which applies at all stages of risk management....

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Jul 6, 2020
1 min

How to Structure a Security Briefing

Security Briefings The five paragraph order technique, also known as SMEAC, is a technique used by many military agencies to deliver a...

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