Question 2

John is the newly appointed security manager of a private security company that provides security guard service to office buildings. The management requested John to conduct a risk assessment on the service provided to those buildings.

Alvin is a colleague of John and has been working in the private security company for over 20 years. Alvin advised John to just use a checklist of all office equipment and security measures of the company to carry out the risk assessment.

(a) If you were John, would you accept Alvin’s advice in conducting the risk assessment? Explain your answer. 

(b)What factors do you have to take into account in the process of risk assessment?

(c)After the risk assessment is completed, it is necessary to handle the risk identified. Describe the alternatives that are available for risk handling and use an example to illustrate each of the alternatives.