Security advisory
Understand the exposure before choosing the response.
A risk assessment helps the client identify vulnerabilities, prioritise practical controls and define the right personnel, procedures and security posture.
Risk assessment
Good security decisions start with a clear risk picture.
Bravo Delta lists risk assessment as a core service and describes the involvement of an audit risk manager at the start of relevant contracts. The purpose is to identify risks and translate them into practical controls, responsibilities and deployment requirements.
An assessment can support a new security contract, an event plan, a review after an incident or a client deciding whether current arrangements remain appropriate.
Consider known concerns, incident history, environmental factors and credible exposure.
Examine entrances, exits, boundaries, movement routes, restricted areas and weak controls.
Understand registers, access decisions, escalation, communication and current responsibilities.
Prioritise personnel, process, equipment or operational changes based on the findings.
What the process may include
The team may hold a client consultation, review available site information, walk the relevant areas, identify key access points and discuss current procedures. The depth of the assessment depends on the complexity of the site or assignment.
From findings to an operating plan
The value of an assessment is in what happens next. Findings should guide the service scope, staffing, post instructions, briefings and any improvements the client needs to make before deployment.
Prepare for the assessment
Gather site plans where available, operating hours, access procedures, incident records, current guard instructions and a list of the people or assets requiring protection.