Incident management is the process of detecting, responding to, documenting and investigating incidents across the organization. It’s an essential aspect of security risk management as it aims to mitigate against risks with high probability impact towards the organization assets. The…
Business enterprises should be seen to be taking robust action against wrongdoers, this sends the right signals and discourages further wrongdoing. In the process of analysing wrongdoing to effectively combat crime, a business should expound on its risk analysis to…
Insider threats are risks that come from people within a company. These people may be employees, partners, contractors, or anyone else who has access to critical assets and can inadvertently or intentionally cause serious damage to the organization. Insider threat…
Security risk management good practice entails determining how to address the key risks in the most effective and cost efficient manner. Some failed security programs are attributed to poor cost analysis. Simply put if you fail to keep costs under…
A basic understanding of business finance will ensure that the security manager appreciates the value that the security program brings to an organization, as well as the cost of the program on the business bottom line. Generic business management skills,…
Over time there has been a shift in how organizations have handled security risk management owing to evolving security challenges influenced by emerging and evolving crime descriptors. For instance the risk of cybercrime is growing rampant as organisations adopt modernized…
Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is based on the notion that the physical environment can be manipulated to produce behaviour effects that will reduce the opportunity, incidence and fear of crime especially that of an opportunistic nature. In crime…
Nurturing a security culture and subtly influencing positive change where necessary is a critical process for business organizations. Security awareness is one of the best strategy towards creating and maintaining a holistic security culture within the business. The culture of…
Community development by business enterprises is a crime prevention strategy that cannot be ignored. A case example where this strategy should be adopted is in developing countries that are exposed to a range of social and environmental challenges. Where failure…