A measure or countermeasure means a set of activities or tasks that eliminate or reduce some risk.
- The measures can be of a technical nature, process-organizational, legal or the training of employees and other workers
- The measure either reduces the probability of risk occurrence or its vulnerability of assets or processes and protects them from the given threat and risk occurrence.
Most common types of risk reduction measures and countermeasures used in practice
In principle, in practice you can do these types of measures
Education and practical training of workers
- education and training are among the basic measures, because a large part of problems, incidents and accidents are caused by people and their errors or unawareness
- increasing workers' awareness of potential risks, threats and dangers
- increasing the qualifications of workers
- machine operator training, technology use training
- routine training and drill
- user training
- education and raising awareness helps to reduce risks by reducing unconscious behaviors that lead to risky situations
Technical measures
- technical measures mean the introduction or improvement of some technology, i.e. technical equipment, machines, devices, tools, software or their improvement
- technical measures can also be physical modifications to machinery, equipment, infrastructure or the workplace
- equipping workers with protective work equipment also means technical measures
- for example, even painting the railings with a distinctive color is a measure to improve safety in the workplace
- cyber security is largely built on cyber technical measures
Organizational and procedural measures
- the introduction or changes in processes or security elements into business processes
- changes in people's responsibilities
Legal measures
- change of contractual terms
- changes in agreement, contracts, etc.
- the imposition of NDAs