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Threat Assessment
Companies and organizations
of all types and sizes face a variety of environmental,criminal and
political threats. The ability for management to properly determine the
probability of occurrence and the impact of any threat is critical to the
development of proper strategies to neutralize the threat and minimize the
risks.
I.G.S. Consulting's unique
Crisis Management and Threat Assessment program helps company
managers evaluate the impact and probability of potential criminal,
environmental and political threats. Once they are properly identified,
threats are classified into levels that reflect the seriousness of the
consequences. I.G.S. Consultants then assist the company in developing a
contingency plan to deal with the identified threat in an orderly,
systematic fashion. This process is a major factor in helping companies meet
their requirements for emergency preparedness.
I.G.S. Security has
developed the Threat/Impact Grid illustrated above. It is the tool that is
used to measure the probability of a threat occurring against the effect it
would have should it occur. Once a threat has been positioned on the grid,
it is assigned a value between 1 (Highest) and 5 (Lowest). The value helps
determine the action steps required to deal with the threat, as shown below.
|
Assessment Level |
Threat Level |
Action Steps |
| LL |
5 |
Low priority review subject
to environmental change |
| LM, LL
|
4 |
Ongoing review; Permanent
agenda item |
| LH, HL, HM,
MM |
3 |
Develop action plan,
resource allocation |
| MH, HM |
2 |
Action plan, precautionary
measures, resource allocation |
| HH |
1 |
Action plan, precautionary
measures,
fallback plan, assume worst case scenario,
resource allocation |
Crisis Management is an
organized orderly approach to managing crisis situations. It is the natural
offshoot of the threat assessment process. In order to be effective, the
model and process require total commitment from top management! There are
two elements to crisis management: Management Structure and
Managing the Crisis.
The Management Structure
process involves designing the most cost effective organizational structure,
the selection of the permanent members of the crisis management team and
developing and training the team to function as a cohesive unit. Managing a
crisis centers around designing and conducting a complete crisis audit as
well as developing contingency plans that include objectives, assumptions, a
trigger mechanism and action steps.
I.G.S. consulting experts
have the experience to assist companies and organizations in implementing
these programs.
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