Implementation of Security Risk Management Plan: Water Contamination

This report presents a comprehensive security assessment of water contamination risks at the Dillon Dam, a crucial water source for Denver and a recreational area. The assessment details potential threats, including the dam's layout, recreational activities, and potential contamination sources like toxins and treatment plant failures. A risk matrix is used to evaluate the likelihood and severity of various threats, considering factors such as the presence of toxins, and failures in the water treatment plant. The report further analyzes the new contamination system and its associated risks, including vulnerabilities in the water treatment plant itself and the potential for insider threats. The findings underscore the importance of implementing a robust security risk management plan to protect the water supply and public health.

IMPLEMENT SECURITY
RISK MANAGEMENT
PLAN

Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................2
1. Detailed security assessment of threat of water contamination..............................................2
2. Threat assessment and developing a risk rating for the new contamination threat.................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

MAIN BODY
1. Detailed security assessment of threat of water contamination
The Dillon dam is being made where the road runs over the dam and the reservoir itself
and the road is separated from the water by several yards away (Tupa, Simota and Steiner, 2017).
Also, the recreational trail is several feet lower as compared to the road and the road above the
dam is all the time patrolled with armed guards and is also monitored by the CCTV cameras.
Also, in addition to this the surface area of the dam is 3233 acres and is also surrounded by the
26.8 miles of shoreline which contains nearly 83 billion gallons of water.
The major threat here is that this is not just the source of drinking water for the Denver
city but also the major focus for recreational activities like fishing, camping, boating and many
other related things. Another major threat in addition to this is that the treatment of the plant will
experience the failure either because of the flood and this can result in the water to be
contaminated and this will affect the majority of the people as the water of dam is being provided
to the houses of people and they consume that water only.
In addition to this another major threat of the water contamination is that there are many
different types of toxins and other substances which are present in the environment and they
contaminate the water to a great extent. This is majorly because of the reason that when these
toxins like cyanide, ricin, pathogen and other particles are present in the water then the water
gets contaminated and this affects the health of the person to a great extent. Thus, this is another
major threat which leads to the contamination of the water (Barafort, Mesquida and Mas, 2017).
RISK MATRIX THREAT
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hig
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high
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high
Ex
tre
me
Assets Types of threat Type
of
harm
Adequacy
of
existing
controls
Desire
(a)
Expectance
(b)
Intent
(c)
Description Status What can
happen?
How can it
happen?
Who
would
want
to?
How
likely
are
they
to
want
it?
How likely
are they to
be
confident?
How
likely
are
they
to try?
(c) =
(a) x
(b)
Water used
for other
activity
High
risk
If this
water is
used for
other
This will
happen
because of
the fact that
This
will
affect
all the
Deat
h or
illnes
s of
The
installatio
n of water
cleaning
2
times
3 times 6
times

recreational
activities
then many
deaths can
also occur
people will
use that
contaminat
ed water
and this
will result
in deaths of
people.
people
coming
in
contact
with
the
contam
inated
water.
peopl
e
plant
which will
reduce the
effect of
contamina
ted water
Presences
of different
types of
toxins
Mode
rate
risk
If the water
containing
toxin is
consumed
then
various
diseases
can occur.
This will
happen as
when the
people will
consume
the toxin
water then
this will
enter in the
body of the
person and
will affect
the health.
This
will
have a
great
impact
over
the
health
of the
person
consu
ming
the
water
Peopl
e
fallin
g ill
and
even
death
of the
perso
n
For these
purifiers
of water
are must
and
proper
filtration
machines
to be
installed.
3
times
3 times 9
times
2. Threat assessment and developing a risk rating for the new contamination threat
For the solving of the contamination of water the system which is intended which will
help the dam in resolving the issue of water contamination. Under this system the water system
are installed and through this the water is transferred to all the users. The water passes through
many different stages and this filters the waters (Revilla and Saenz, 2017).
But there are also some threats attached with the new contamination system and the
major one is the water treatment plant itself. This is majorly because of the reason that if

anything wrong takes place in the water plant then the whole water is being contaminated and
this will affect the whole system through which water passes to the users. In addition to this
another threat is of the insiders that are the engineers who understand the system in better
manner and they know how to safeguard the system. But if the people are not loyal to the
company and they do not work in proper manner then this will have a great impact over the
water contamination (Hartmann and Driessen, 2017).
Assets Types of threat Type
of
harm
Adequacy
of
existing
controls
Desire
(a)
Expectance
(b)
Intent
(c)
Description Status What can
happen?
How can it
happen?
Who
would
want
to?
How
likely
are
they
to
want
it?
How likely
are they to
be
confident?
How
likely
are
they
to try?
(c) =
(a) x
(b)
Water
plant itself
High
risk
If the
whole plant
gets
affected
with the
toxins then
this will
affect the
whole
country.
This is due
to the
reason that
the same
water is
supplied all
over the
city
This
will
affect
all the
people
coming
in
contact
with
the
contam
inated
water.
Deat
h or
illnes
s of
peopl
e
Proper
monitorin
g of the
plant and
time to
time
checking
of plant
2
times
3 times 6
times
Workers Mode If This will This Peopl Proper 3 3 times 9

and
engineers
working in
plant.
rate
risk
engineers
do not
work in
good
manner
then the
system will
get
affected.
occur
frequently
as
engineers
know and
they do not
work
accordingly
.
will
have a
great
impact
over
the
health
of the
person
consu
ming
the
water
e
fallin
g ill
and
even
death
of the
perso
n
implement
ation of
ethical
working is
necessary
and
proper
monitorin
g and
controllin
g.
times times

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Barafort, B., Mesquida, A.L. and Mas, A., 2017. Integrating risk management in IT settings from
ISO standards and management systems perspectives. Computer Standards &
Interfaces. 54. pp.176-185.
Hartmann, T. and Driessen, P., 2017. The flood risk management plan: towards spatial water
governance. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 10(2). pp.145-154.
Revilla, E. and Saenz, M.J., 2017. The impact of risk management on the frequency of supply
chain disruptions. International Journal of Operations & Production Management.
Tupa, J., Simota, J. and Steiner, F., 2017. Aspects of risk management implementation for
Industry 4.0. Procedia Manufacturing. 11. pp.1223-1230.