The Security Risk Assessment Handbook, 3rd Edition

13 Security Risk Assessment Project Management

A security risk assessment is a project—a rather unique project that requires a specific skill set and activities, but a project, nonetheless. For the security risk assessment to result in a successful effort, the project must be well managed. In this chapter, the fundamental elements of project management are discussed. These elements are planning, tracking, correction, and reporting.

13.1 Project Planning

A project manager has the ultimate responsibility for the successful completion of a project. Success is defined in terms of customer satisfaction, technical quality of the work, and completion within budget and time constraints. In order to ensure a successful project, the project manager must ...