Security risk assessment: Exploring real-life praxis

Doctoral thesis (2024)

Authors

J.J. de Wit Safety and Security Science - TPM
Research Group
Safety and Security Science (TPM) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2024 J.J. de Wit
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https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:303fcd6f-622f-42ca-bd91-7b84b6237548
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Published Date

2024

Language

English

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Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Department

Values Technology and Innovation

Research Group

Safety and Security Science

Abstract

Facing a (security) threat, what is the best thing to do? The overall research questions driving this study are about how security professionals assess, reason, and decide about security risks, and where their justification is founded on. The presented results are explorative, based on trying primarily to understand individual professional judgment and secondary, if possible, to explain the reasons behind this judgement. This work will not answer all the questions, it is, however, a valuable start to understand the difficult task the professionals in this domain are facing: preparing for, and thus predicting possible security threats....