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Terrorism : comes callling / by Ronald J. Massa

Sumario: There are Three elements to a defense against terrorist attacks: prevention, mitigation and recovery. In principle, the risk manager invests resources in one or all of these areas in proportion to the extent these investments are expected to reduce the overall loss experienced from an attack. Let's examine each, delineating where funds might be invested and how these investments could produce dividends for the comapany. Terrorist attacks present the risk manager with a low probability event that is capable of inflicting enormous loss, and the convenient alternative of ignoring the whole subject because the probability of an attack approaches zero

En: Risk management. - New York. - February 1999 ; p. 11-15

1. Terrorismo . 2. Riesgos extraordinarios . 3. Gerencia de riesgos . 4. Riesgo político . 5. Prevención de riesgos . 6. Control de riesgos . I. Título. II. Título: Risk management.