Physical Security and Safety

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threat decompoSition

BOBBY E. RICKS AND THOMAS D. SCHNEID

As a security manager, assessing the potential threats is essential to

providing adequate security for your facility. reat decomposition is

about identifying threats most likely to affect your operation. Potential

actions include theft, pilferage, espionage, sabotage, bombing, arson,

compromise of data or trade secrets, kidnapping or assassination of

key personnel, disruption of operations, and embarrassment. Liaison

with law enforcement and other security managers in your area will

help identify some risks and the likelihood of problems occurring

from those risks. Most operations have limited resources, and the pri-

oritization of threats allows you to address concerns most detrimen ...