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Vincent J. Bove, CPP PRESENTATION AND
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Security Vulnerability Assessment

Facilities demand professional security vulnerability assessments (SVA) by a board certified professional which identify and evaluate potential areas of loss and develop countermeasures. The most critical concern is people and secondary concerns include infrastructure, equipment, data, inventory and proprietary information.

Improperly executed assessments can be devastating to an organization and are:

  • Piecemeal
  • One Dimensional
  • Reactive Rather Than Proactive
  • Unprofessionally Diagnosed

Security vulnerability assessments compliment sound risk management principles of prevention, reduction, spreading, transferring and acceptance. A properly executed SVA is a comprehensive evaluation of an enterprise with recommendations that include:

  • Personnel Security
  • Physical Security
  • Crisis Management / Emergency Planning

The SVA delivers a profile, probability and criticality which includes specific threats, weaknesses, liabilities, negligence and gross negligence ramifications, replacement costs, downtime due to emergencies, insurance rates, emergency planning, evacuations, disaster awareness, law enforcement and community partnerships, mutual aid agreements, employee training, luminosity studies, OSHA policies, financial controls, business continuity and the impact of an incident on the companies reputation, marketplace and survival.

The U.S. Department of Justice, in a special report on facility vulnerability assessments, offers a prototype model for certified experts which includes:

  • Unusual Occurrence Reports
  • Existing Threat Assessment Information
  • Results From Past Surveys And Audits
  • Building Blueprints And Plans For Future Structures
  • Operational Procedures