Risk Assessments: Further Information

Newrisk Limited can assist both organisations and governments to identify and assess relevant risks so as to determine prevention counter measures and responses. Newrisk Limited and its principal adviser, Dr Leivesley, have previously provided lectures, conference papers and workshops on the risk assessment process, examples of which are set out below. To return to the overview of the Risk Assessment Services offered by Newrisk Limited, please click here. To view more information on the risk assessment modelling process applied by Newrisk Limited, please click here.

To request Newrisk Limited's assistance in connection with a risk assessment or to discuss a tailored package of services, please contact Newrisk Limited directly.

Media Commentary

Newrisk Limited's principal adviser, Dr Leivesley, has provided media commentary on the risk assessment process, including:

• New Year look ahead, The Globalist, Monocle Radio, 1 January 2024. 
  
• Chinese Spy Balloon over USA nuclear missile site, Talk.TV at 8pm, 13 February 2023: "The United States is finally “waking up” to China’s “trojan horse” balloon campaign, which is being
  used to possibly target military sites, according to security expert Dr Sally Leivesley. “The Americans
  now understand that American homeland, as we should understand as a nuclear nation here, will be
  being targeted,” Dr Leivesley said. “These close-to-the-ground, highly capable surveillance balloons
  may not just be communications but may be doing the potential targeting that a new nuclear
  weapon may use in the future. “There’s more close surveillance of potential sites than we may have
  assumed."
• Grenfell – How the fire service response to the Grenfell Tower fire compares with services across the UK, for BBC Newsnight on 14 July 2017;
• North Korean Missile Threat for ITV Daybreak on 2, 8 and 10 April 2013;
• North Korea's nuclear test 7 kiloton yield for ITV News on 12 February 2013;
• Libya Benghazi terror threat and FCO advice to British citizens for ITV News on 25 January 2013;
• Al Aminas gas site and expansion of terror threat to region and Western countries for ITV News on 21 January 2013;
• Al Aminas gas site, terrorist mass hostage taking (including British hostages) for Sky News on 16 and 17 January 2013 and ITV News on 17 and 18 January 2013;
• MoD Cyber Report, House of Commons Defence Committee for ITV News on 9 January 2013;
• Public Concern over End of the World Belief linked to Mayan Calendar for ITV News on 21 December 2012;
• Kenya terror threat from alleged British terrorist (7/7 bomber widow) for ITV News on 9 December 2012;
• Gaza & Israel escalation of attacks for ITV on 15 November 2012;
• Camp Bastion baby born to Gunner soldier for ITV News on 19 September 2012;
• Taliban attack Camp Bastion & Prince Harry's safety for ITV and Channel 5 News on 17 September 2012;
• Twitter threat to blow up airport found 'not menancing' following court appeal for BBC News on 27 July 2012;
• Olympics threats and status of Olympic security for N24 Television Germany on 24 July 2012;
• Olympic security and public protection for Channel 10 (Australia) on 23 July 2012;
• US Cinema Mass Casualty Shooting for Sky News on 20 July 2012;
• Military support to the Olympics and impact of private security guarding failure on safety status of the Games for Channel 5 News on 18 July 2012;
• Olympics guarding failures and advantages of military support for public protection for ITN Daybreak and Al Jazeera (UK) (pre-record) on 16 July 2012;
• Olympics threats following suspected six person terror cell arrests & a false chemical incident alarm for ITN Daybreak on 6 July;
• Current status of olympics security following suspected six person terror cell arrests in London for Channel 5 News on 5 July;
• British suspected female al qaeda operative in Kenya & olympics threats for ITN Daybreak on 2 July 2012;
• MI5 Director General's speech on terror threats for the Olympics & beyond for Channel 5 News (pre-record) on 26 June 2012;
• Olympics security tested in Queen's Diamond Jubilee for Channel 7 (Australia) on 4 June 2012;
• Missile Batteries on Residential Tall Building close to Olympic Park for Sky News and Al Jazeera (UK) on 29 April 2012;
• Olympic Volleyball at the Horseguards Parade for Channel 10 (Australia) on 16 April 2012;
• Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race Activist Disruption and Terror Threats to London in 2012 for ITV Daybreak and Channel 5 News (UK) on 9 April 2012.

Lectures, Conference Papers and Workshops

Newrisk Limited and its principal adviser, Dr Leivesley, have provided lectures, conference papers and workshops on the risk assessment process, including:

• 'CISO Leadership for Strategic Threats and Innovation, 5th CISO 360 Middle East,' - Pulse Conferences, 10-11 September 2024, Dubai, UAE;
  
  
• Pre-Olympics cyber/physical risks: Olympics case studies for Pulse Conferences, 9th CISO Global Congress, 19-21 June, Marseille, France;
  
  
• Risky Times 2024-2027, for the Risk and Security Management Forum Summer Seminar, London, 13 June, 2024';
  
  
• Risky Times, for the High Premium Group Insurance Agency on Monday 10 June, 2024;
  
  
• Emerging Cyber Physical Threats - USA Business Continuity and Resilience, for Pulse Conferences, 4th CISO 360 Americas, 21-22 May 2024, Las Vegas, USA;
  
  
• 'Novel Approaches to Cyber Defence: Strategic Analysis and Assessments in the Operating Environment, Case Study of Distributed Energy Systems Sustainability' - Presentation and Panel Participation at the SAS-106 Symposium on 'Analysis Support to Decision Making in Cyber Defence', NATO Systems Analysis Studies Panel in Tallinn (Estonia) in June 2014;
  
  
• 'Water and CBRNE/Cyber Terrorism: Waterborne threats and sustainability of cities including unusual secondary and tertiary water contamination lessons from Fukushima' - Presentation to the 'Role of Science in the Third Millenium, International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies', 45th Session in Erice (Italy) in August 2012;
  
  
• 'CBRNE/Cyber Terrorism & London in 2012' - Technical Briefing to Government sponsored students at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford;
  
  
• Cyber Infrastructure and Physical Security: Case Studies London in 2012 and Bulk Cargo; Managing Security Architecture, Insider Threats, Integration of Intelligence and Terror Threats - Keynote paper to the MIS 2nd Annual ICT Security Africa Summit on Enhancing Information Security Strategy and Planning against Cyber Crime to Protect Business Assets and Critical Infrastructure in Africa in Accra (Ghana) in September 2011;
  
  
• Exercise: Port Alert - Testing Information and Physical Security Governance Scenario on a Major Terror Threat to a Port - Role play of a scenario planning exercise at the MIS 2nd Annual ICT Security Africa Summit on Enhancing Information Security Strategy and Planning against Cyber Crime to Protect Business Assets and Critical Infrastructure in Africa in Accra (Ghana) in September 2011;
  
  
• Cloud Catastrophic Risk and Reputation Assurance for CISOs - Keynote paper to the MIS Cloud Security Forum on Security Resilience and Privacy in the Cloud in Rome (Italy) in June 2011;
  
  
• Strategic Approaches to Catastrophic Risk of Fraud and Corruption: New Lessons from London in 2012 and other Case Studies including Wikileaks - Paper to the MIS 5th Annual Fraud and Corruption Summit in Copenhagen (Denmark) in April 2011;
  
  
• Business Security and Reputation Risk Management - Paper to the 4th Annual Chief Security Officer Summit on Building Resilience and Holistic Security for Ever Changing Threats and Economic Conditions to Protect People, Reputation and Property in Vienna (Austria) in December 2010;
  
  
• Exercise: London in 2012 - workshop exercise to the 4th Annual Chief Security Officer Summit on Building Resilience and Holistic Security for Ever Changing Threats and Economic Conditions to Protect People, Reputation and Property in Vienna (Austria) in December 2010;
  
  
• Counter–Terrorism: An increased Threat for Africa and Business Impacts - Paper to the MIS 2nd Annual Security Africa Summit on Effective Security and Investigation to Protect People, Property, Information, Profits and Integrity in Africa in Accra (Ghana) in December 2009;
  
  
• Back to Basics: Delivering Turnbull to the Boardroom: A Systematic Approach to Risk Assessment' - Paper to the British Security Industry Association Information Security Conference in Birmingham (England) in July 2001;
  
  
• 'Designing On-Line Risk Assessment' - Paper to the British Computer Society Information Security Specialist Group Annual Conference in Abingdon (England) in March 2001.
  
  
• Operational Risk Assessment Seminar - Seminar to the Home Office Emergency Planning College in Easingwold (England) in June 1993;
  
  
• Human Factors, Emergency Response and Planning - Presentations to the Symposium on Major LP Gas Incidents in Sydney (Australia) in October 1992.

Publications

• Formal risk assessments and nuclear arms control: exploring the value of modern methodologies, Vicki Bier, Robert J. Budnitz, Olli Heinonen, Richard C. Lanza, Ronald F. Lehman, Sally Leivesley, Charles F. McMillan, George H. Miller, Anita Nilsson, John Organek, Robert N. Schock, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, on May 13, 2024.

To request Newrisk Limited's assistance in connection with a risk assessment or to discuss a tailored package of services, please contact Newrisk Limited directly.