top of page
WELCOME
The Security Risk Management Aide-Memoire (SRMAM) is a short book based on the Security Risk Management Body of Knowledge (SRMBOK) with additional material, new research, and changes to reflect the 2018 ISO31000 Risk Management Standard update. You can read most of the chapters in the blog articles below, plus new material that will form the basis for a second edition in the coming years.
Search
Julian Talbot
Jun 18, 20221 min read
How to change culture
One school of thought says it takes five years to change an organisation's culture. Another view says you can do it over a weekend. Yet...
311 views0 comments
jt
Feb 11, 20212 min read
How Do You Assess the Quality of Your Security Risk Management?
One element often missing or inadequate is ensuring and assessing the effectiveness of security risk management and security assessments....
553 views3 comments
jt
Nov 9, 20201 min read
SRA Methodology
This methodology has minor adaptations from ‘FIGURE 11.3 Expansion of AS/NZS 4360:2004 Risk Management Process for Security Risk...
1,119 views1 comment
jt
Nov 2, 20201 min read
The SRMBOK Framework
The following Framework graphics have been adapted from the SRMBOK organizational resilience model in SRMBOK (FIGURE 11.2). The main...
1,271 views0 comments
jt
Oct 26, 20201 min read
Other Security Frameworks
Security Frameworks The following is a partial list of sources for security-related frameworks. Their presence here is not an...
294 views0 comments
jt
Oct 19, 20202 min read
Security Risk Assessment Definitions
These definitions are not comprehensive. Please consider them simply as brief clarifications to indicate their use in this blog. Unless...
180 views0 comments
Julian Talbot
Oct 12, 20201 min read
A Vulnerability Analysis Framework
Vulnerability Analysis A vulnerability assessment is the process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing (or ranking) the...
542 views0 comments
jt
Oct 5, 20202 min read
Threat Assessment Tools
Attacker Perspective When considering how various attackers might view your organization, it may be helpful to plot them on a matrix like...
204 views0 comments
jt
Sep 28, 20201 min read
The Risk Management Continuum
When risk assessments get too complex or time-consuming, it is usually because the wrong tool is being applied to the job. As security...
530 views1 comment
jt
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Case Study: Australian Risk Management Capability Maturity Model
Another risk maturity model worth considering is the Australian Government Commonwealth Risk Management Capability Maturity Model.¹ This...
212 views0 comments
jt
Sep 14, 20202 min read
The SRMBOK Maturity Model
Security Risk Management Body Of Knowledge (SRMBOK) The SRMBOK maturity model addresses the following four levels: Level 1 INITIAL Level...
335 views0 comments
jt
Sep 7, 20201 min read
Security Risk Assessment Reports - Two Ways
Report Headings Example 1 The following is one example of how to structure a Security Risk Assessment. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS TABLE OF...
143 views0 comments
jt
Aug 31, 20201 min read
How to Structure a Security Risk Assessment Request
Project Brief Headings Example The following is one example of how to structure a consultant's brief or request for quotation to conduct...
132 views0 comments
jt
Aug 24, 20201 min read
How to Structure a Security Plan
Security Plan Headings Example The following is one example of how to structure a Security Plan. You can download a template from...
292 views0 comments
jt
Aug 17, 20201 min read
The Real Cost of Risk Treatments
The Nature of Risk Treatments Here are several levels of expenditure to consider when implementing treatments: Sunk costs – funds that...
73 views0 comments
jt
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Writing Treatment Plans
Treatment Plans - A Brief Template The following headings may be suitable for many treatment registers. Serial (Treatment ID) Treatment...
352 views0 comments
jt
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Which Risk Treatment to Choose? An 8-step Process
Eight Step Process For Selecting Risk Treatments The following process can help identify treatments for complex risks. It can be used for...
165 views0 comments
jt
Jul 27, 20201 min read
The ISO-31000 Approach to Risk Treatment
Selecting Risk Treatments ISO31000 suggests applying one or more of the following approaches to treating risks: Avoiding the risk by...
551 views0 comments
jt
Jul 20, 20201 min read
How to Document Complex Treatments?
📷 The following elements provide an example of a high level overview of complex risk treatments. Each risk treatment in theTreatment...
74 views0 comments
jt
Jul 13, 20201 min read
How to Communicate Risk Visually
Communication and consultation is an iterative, two (or more) way process, which applies at all stages of risk management....
124 views0 comments
bottom of page