Building a Digital Forensic Laboratory

Appendix B. Risk Assessment Template

The example Risk assessment form should be completed by a competent and authorized person for each task that will involve the deployment, to a location outside the laboratory, of a member of the staff when a task is being considered. If the risk cannot be reduced to an acceptable level, the task should not be accepted. The reasons for completing this form include documenting the details of the member(s) of the staff that will undertake the deployment, detailing the known risks and the measures that can be taken to mitigate them and recording the risk that remains. All of this is important in carrying out the risk assessment and will also support the Heath and Safety and Quality Assurance requirements.