Research Reports

Today, organizations are unsure of how best to respond to ongoing threats of terrorism.

A few select industries have been forced to set up anti-terrorism programs to comply with new security regulations, but, for the most part, companies have no standard to follow for what an "acceptable" level of response is.

Of course, it's obvious that businesses cannot afford complete protection against every attack scenario. In fact, the cost of protection has become the key issue in determining which risks they are willing to live with.

Terrorism expert Brian Jenkins states the problem succinctly: "How much security is enough? What is the optimal allocation of security dollars? What is the best combination of risk avoidance, insurance, security, and response preparedness? These are tough questions."

To help answer them, IOMA has developed Corporate Anti-Terrorism Benchmarks and Best Practices.

Based on over 225 responses to an exclusive 2006 survey of security professionals, this IOMA Research Report presents security best practices and ideas for mitigating the threat from terrorism—culled from data analysis, interviews, government reports, scientific research, and other sources.

With over 175 pages, the report breaks the key issues into detailed sections, supported by survey data and analysis in over 95 charts and tables, which cover:

• threat perception
• the impact of terrorism
• utilization of resources
• anti-terrorism measures
• readiness

For more details, please refer to the downloadable attachment that includes an executive summary of the report.

The report concludes with extensive appendices featuring guidelines, checklists, and self-assessment tools to help you develop crisis procedures, determine your level of vulnerability, plan an evacuation, hire a canine explosives detection service, and more. The system used by Ernst & Young to account for its workers during an emergency is also featured.

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Click here to review this report's List of Charts, Introduction and Executive Summary.