10/10/2010· Risk Management
Vulnerability And Risk Assessment In The Environment Of Care
By: Robert Owles, Jr, MA, MBA, CSC
Vulnerabilities are opportunities, opportunities for crime, opportunities for rule breaking violations, opportunities for loss. By definition, a vulnerability is a weakness or gap in a security program that can be exploited by threats to gain unauthorized access to an asset. Vulnerabilities include structural, procedural, electronic, human and other elements which provide opportunities to attack assets
