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Art and Science of Security Risk Assessment
Ira S. Somerson, CPP, CSC
Publisher: ASIS International

If you are responsible for protecting your company's assets, then you know that risk assessment means more than simply identifying security vulnerabilities; it also means measuring their likelihood, prioritizing them, assessing their risk of occurrence, and measuring their impact on your organization’s assets. Failure to consider all of these elements could constitute a violation of standard security industry practices. This valuable resource will help you develop the necessary strategies for conducting comprehensive risk assessments.

Ira S. Somerson, a leading provider of comprehensive security management services, Somerson’s security expert witness services have been used in over 1,000 cases nationwide. The majority of his security consulting work has involved analysis of premises liability and crowd control including potential threats and the design of appropriate defensive strategies in commercial, industrial, institutional and government environments.

Mr. Somerson has originated strategies in risk assessment, security expert, security system design, crime prevention, foreseeability studies, adequacy of security analysis, crisis management consultant, security awareness, executive protection, crowd control, fraud prevention and the development of security management training and orientation curricula.

He founded and operated a security consulting company providing security guard resources, crowd control services, alarm system installations, premises security consultant and service, central station alarm monitoring, and special business investigations for more than 20 years.

He is a recognized lecturer, an authoritative leader, and innovator in the security management profession. His articles have been published extensively. He has been cited in text books, chaired committees, and has lectured frequently at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania and at St. Joseph's University. He formerly taught security courses at Temple and West Chester Universities. He is currently on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Security Journal, published in Association with the ASIS Foundation by Perpetuity Press, Leicester, UK; the College Security Report, Rusting Publications; and Security Management Bulletin, Bureau of Business Practices.

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