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Risk Analysis and the Security Survey, 3rd Edition
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Risk Analysis and the Security Survey, 3rd Edition

by Gene Tucker, James F. Broder
February 2006
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
392 pages
12h 13m
English
Butterworth-Heinemann
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Risk Measurement
‘‘Risk can not always be eliminated. Properly identified, however, it can
usually be managed.’’
—Risk Assessment Guidelines, General Security, ASIS International, 2003
Risk measurement (qu antification) is an essential element for later use in determining
the impact (cost) of an unfavorabl e event on the enterprise. It can also aid in predicting
how often such an event may occur in a given period of time. Two necessities fo r
performing risk measurement and quantification are a quantitative means of expressing
potential cost and a logical expression of frequency of occurrence. Both must admit low as
well as high frequen cies of event ...
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ISBN: 9780750679220