Check out the latest edition of Aviation Inside from Securitas for a column from our CEO, Mads Pærregaard.
In the article Mads’ discusses how digital security management platforms can give security teams a leg up, by making sure they have the information they need to take preventative measures and be proactive rather than reactive. This is particularly relevant in light of the changing role of security teams.
It takes significant resources to keep track of an entire security program, and this is where digital management tools like Human Risks can help. Digital tools make it easier to store and act on security policies, assess the evolving threat landscape, report incidents, directly connect policies and threats with mitigating tasks and tools, and manage follow-up audits. Best of all, a digital management tool can provide a quick overview of the risk levels, mitigation implementation status, critical incidents and cost-benefit of the security program. This makes it easier to provide key messages and simple, actionable insights to stakeholders.
This is crucial to ensuring alignment between the business strategy and how risks are managed. If key markets are located in areas of high uncertainty, the C-level must be made aware of what steps must be taken to do business in such a place, the level of risk appetite that is required, and its consequences. There is no need for complicated words or calculation models, just a simple and actionable message that everyone understands. Security managers that cannot understand their organization’s strategy, ensure the security program is aligned, and communicate the ‘why’ and the ‘how’, will become a burden on that organization.
Digitization can support this, and ensure professional security risk management through faster information gathering, improved resource allocation and actionable insights.
