Reports Flashcards
What two things does an incident reporting system do?
1) Provides a history of events occurring to the organization.
2) Provides a basis for professional efforts at asset recapture, recovery, or incident reduction or termination.
What seven things should an incident reporting enterprise policy outline?
1) Establish the program.
2) Identify the kinds of incidents to be reported.
3) Assign reporting responsibility to the persons accountable for various types of incidents.
4) Prescribe the report format
5) Set a time within which reports are to be submitted
6) Identify to whom the report should be submitted.
7) Indicate the consequences of failure to make a timely report.
What are four important steps to take to get the most out of incident reporting?
1) Establish a policy
2) Create an Incident Database
3) A standardized incident report form
4) Train staff on reporting
What is the function of an incident report?
To provide the security manager with data on which to base security decisions.
What are the six benefits of incident reporting?
1) Identify items targeted for theft through high frequency of loss.
2) Determine which countermeasures were effective or ineffective.
3) Classify events along the continuum from high probability/low criticality to low probability/high criticality.
4) Provide an overview of where security personnel are spending their time.
5) Plot event trends.
6) Facilitate protection or recovery of assets and apprehension of thieves.
What are the 3 best practices when implementing a policy on submission of incident reports.
1) All employees must notify immediate supervisor of incident
2) First line supervisor should be responsible for completing reports.
3) The security manager is responsible for reviewing the report.
What three kinds of reports can be sent to upper management?
1) General management Distribution report
2) Corrective Action Report
3) Loss Status Report
