Key risk indicators (KRIs) are critical predictors of unfavourable events that can adversely impact organisations. They monitor changes in the levels of risk exposure and contribute to the early ...

Effective occupational health and safety management requires a structured approach to hazard identification and risk assessment, which is best achieved by a management system. The implementation of an ...

A structured way of thinking about how an activity or situation might cause harm to people or property, helping you to identify measures to prevent or minimize the chances of this happening. A way to ...

Sometimes disasters can’t be averted, but they can still be recovered from. Planning for the worst keeps the impact to a minimum Few businesses are able to effectively function when IT systems fail, ...

Risk is the possibility of harm occurring and the severity of that harm. Risk assessment is the process of identifying risk and enabling decisions to be taken about whether new or improved risk ...

Here is a sample risk assessment form for a film shoot. In this example a camera operator has to use a specially constructed platform to get footage of traffic on a busy dual carriageway.

Cyberattacks and data breaches are no longer merely an IT problem. They have the potential to cause business disruption, financial damage and reputational harm. Data theft can introduce a raft of ...

A risk assessment is a desktop exercise which outlines all the possible risks (including pre and post-event risks) associated with your event. You need to do your risk assessment early in the ...

This BBC Safety Guideline sets out how to risk assess. A structured way of thinking about how an activity or situation might cause harm to people or property, helping you to identify measures to ...

Risk assessment is an essential step in protecting our employees, students, visitors and the University, as well as complying with the law. The core principles of the Policy Statement advocated by ...