Security Risk Assessments

Protect What Matters Most

A Strategic Approach to Complex Risk Environments

Organizations today face a dynamic and complex risk landscape. From physical security challenges to digital vulnerabilities and geopolitical instability, risk is no longer isolated—it’s interconnected.

 

At Raven Rae Resilience, we empower organizations to confront these realities with a comprehensive, continuous, and proactive risk management approach. Our Security Risk Assessments (SRA) are designed to strengthen operational readiness, protect critical assets, and support strategic objectives across all domains.

 

The SRA framework encompasses the entire security lifecycle—prevention, protection, preparedness, readiness, mitigation, response, continuity, and recovery—ensuring your team is equipped for both expected and unforeseen disruptions.

 

Security is not a one-time checkbox. It is an evolving cycle of assessment, action, and adaptation.

Stages of a Security Risk Assessment (SRA)

Structured. Systematic. Strategic.

1. Define the Scope

  • Asset Identification: Catalog the physical, human, and digital assets essential to your operations.
  • Environment Review: Analyze the operational setting—offices, compounds, networks, and geopolitical surroundings.

2. Threat Identification

  • External Threats: Terrorist groups, cyber attackers, criminal organizations, or hostile actors.
  • Internal Threats: Insider risk, negligence, disgruntled employees, or accidental breaches.
  • Natural Disasters: Earthquakes, floods, storms, or pandemics that could interrupt operations.

3. Vulnerability Analysis

  • Physical Vulnerabilities: Weak points in perimeter security, access control, or surveillance.
  • Digital Vulnerabilities: Gaps in cybersecurity, outdated software, or unsecured networks.
  • Human Factors: Training gaps, poor security culture, or unclear procedures.

4. Risk Evaluation

  • Likelihood: Estimate the probability of each threat exploiting a known vulnerability.
  • Impact Assessment: Evaluate potential consequences—financial loss, physical harm, or reputational damage.
  • Risk Levels: Classify each risk as low, medium, or high to inform mitigation planning.

5. Control Recommendations

  • Preventive Controls: Enhanced access control, robust cybersecurity, better physical safeguards.
  • Detective Controls: Surveillance, auditing, and intrusion detection systems.
  • Corrective Controls: Crisis response plans, emergency protocols, and recovery playbooks.

6. Implementation of Controls

  • Prioritization: Focus resources on the most critical risks first.
  • Execution: Deploy controls through tested and practical methods.
  • Training: Ensure all staff understand and can apply new security measures.

7. Review and Monitoring

  • Continuous Monitoring: Live threat tracking, audits, and vulnerability scanning.
  • Regular Reviews: Periodic updates to the assessment based on new threats or organizational changes.

Let’s Talk Risk. We’re Ready When You Are.

Raven Rae Resilience provides expert-level Security Risk Assessments to help organizations reduce vulnerabilities, prepare for disruption, and protect their people and operations.

 

We specialize in risk mitigation, life support, humanitarian aid, security management, and crisis response across NGOs, IGOs, government bodies, and development organizations.

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