The Health of NSW Hospital Security

Posted by konrad
On 20/03/2019
12 Point Plan, Business Risks International, Compliance, Health, Hospital, NSW, Peter Anderson, Risk, Security

Commenced in mid-November 2018, NSW Health recently released an interim report prepared by ex-NSW Police Officer and Minister, Peter Anderson, titled “Improvements to security in hospitals”. Containing 48 recommendations, this report follows several major security initiatives within the sector in recent years, many of which were triggered by the 2016 shooting of a police officer […]

Top 10 Security Risk and Governance Recommendations

Posted by konrad
On 15/08/2018
Enterprise, Governance, Government, Risk

Top 10 Security Risk Recommendations for Enterprise and Government Entities We’ve assisted innumerable enterprises and Government entities over the years, and several common themes continue to arise in relation to both cyber and protective security risk assessments (SRAs). Straight to it…here are the top 10 security risk and governance-related issues that we have found, and […]

Risk Management and the 2018 PSPF

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On 08/05/2018
Assessment, PSPF, Risk

When the PSPF was launched in 2010, it was a significant reform that sought to adopt a more risk-based approach to security than did its predecessor (the Protective Security Manual). It achieved its immediate aims and Government practitioners, and those who supported them, started talking (and doing) more about security risk management. Notwithstanding this, the […]

Musings on security risk assessments

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On 06/05/2018
Assessment, Risk

Taking into consideration 400-odd Government Departments, Agencies and Commissions, and that there were (conservatively) upwards of 4,000 companies employing more than 200 people in early 2017 [1], plus consultants, then there is a fair base of security risk practitioners across Australian sectors. It is admittedly a conservatively educated guess, but let’s suggest that each Government […]