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the protection of assets (personnel or prop- ed costs to implement the identified
erty) rather than reinforcing the facility or countermeasures through a simple
building construction itself.
cost–benefit study.
Security countermeasures are selected Although performing a detailed risk as-
based on their likelihood of lowering sessment is normally a complicated
risks to the asset as well as their cost task.
effectiveness.
Following the ABRA methodology
In many cases, risk analysis and risk makes it much more manageable, be-
management become an optimization cause the results are site specific and
analysis that examines risk reduc- tailored to an organization’s needs.
tion values (due to the implementing
of countermeasures) and the associat- In turn, the results of the analysis can
Alt hough this method was originally designed to address terroristic threats, ABRA 2.0, uses-
the same process to effectively address criminal activity, sabotage, and espionage threats.
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