PERSONAL RISK ANALYSIS

THE CONVERGENCE OF PROTECTION MEASURES WITH SECURITY PROCEDURES

Abstract

The traditional approach aimed at personal security is a set of preventive measures focused at protecting a person from potential threats. However, there is no planning as to the adequacy of the level of protection that a person requires due to an identified risk. In this context, the objective of this study is to present a risk analysis structure that allows to help, in a methodological way and with a focus on risk, the planning of the individual protection of a given individual, in order to bring suitability to the procedures in accordance with vulnerabilities and potential threats. Thus, for adequate protection, it is understood that risk analysis is a fundamental tool for planning personal safety, as it makes it possible to understand the elements that are influenced and can influence the concreteness of an unwanted event. By contemplating a risk-based study, this work proposes a methodology of Person Risk Analysis (PRA), which allows addressing the problems related to uncertainty, and assists the convergence of security procedures for a preventively balanced action, as it reduces the possibility of ineffectiveness or insufficiency of the security measures implemented by the traditional approach. It is, therefore, the modeling of a framework that processes data in an analytical way and provides systematically disciplined knowledge for evaluating and improving the effectiveness of personal protection processes.