PPI571 - Introduction to Risk Management

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Subject Title
Introduction to Risk Management

Subject Description
Introduction to Risk Management is a required course in the Advanced Investigations and Enforcement (AIE) Program. Course topics include risk management principles, models and theories; risk management foundations, organizational risk management risk assessment, conducting a risk survey, analyzing risk and setting priorities for action, incorporating risk management in organizational systems, policies and processes, and evaluating the success of risk mitigation strategies. Following this course, students will be able to conduct a structured Risk Assessment and recommend ways to plan, organize, and minimize the effects of risk on an organization.

Credit Status
Introduction to Risk Management is a required course in the Advanced Investigations and Enforcement (AIE) Program.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

1.           Examined the key factors of the risk assessment process and how they affect the elements of impact and consequence.
2.           Reviewed the nature and types of criticality, the characteristics that influence criticality, and why some elements of infrastructure are more critical to community survival than others.
3.           Reviewed the techniques used to scan a community to identify elements of critical infrastructure, determine their relative vulnerabilities, and incorporate them into the emergency management process.
4.           Practiced the process of identifying hazards specific to identified types of businesses.
5.           Reviewed and discussed the elements of risk identification and analyzed and evaluated the impact of identified risks.
6.           Examined the key factors of the risk assessment process and how they are represented in the HIRA process.
7.           Reviewed the TRVA process and the conduct of the physical security assessment (collectively referred to as the Security Assessment Model – SAM) that supports this process.

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Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
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