https://nepc.raeng.org.uk/media/g31bttwt/raeng-building-resilience.pdf

Ahead of the a national test of the UK Emergency Alerts service on Sunday 23 April 2023, the Royal Academy of Engineering has published a report of its review of the UK 2019 National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) methodology and sets out the lessons learned from an engineering perspective on the UK’s central risk assessment.

The NSRA outlines and assesses the most significant risks facing the country and informs plans to mitigate those risks. In 2021, the Cabinet Office’s Civil Contingencies Secretariat commissioned the Academy to review the methodology behind the 2019 NSRA. Today’s report summarises the findings, which fed into the National Resilience Framework published at the end of 2022.

Professor Joan Cordiner FREng, corrFRSE, FIChemE, C Eng, who led the Academy’s review of the NSRA, said: “This review has been an opportunity to learn from a diverse range of industry sectors, academia, and government. We are pleased that the review is referenced in the National Resilience Framework and I encourage all those with a stake or responsibility in risk management to reflect upon the extent to which the principles for good practice are incorporated in their risk assessments, and to act upon them.

“Implementing the lessons learned will not necessarily be easy, as risk, resilience, and organisational culture are closely intertwined. But with the lived experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to foster a resilience-oriented culture that drives action to make the UK a safer, more prepared nation for everyone.”

Read the full report, and the principles it outlines for good practice and a joined-up approach to risk assessment: https://lnkd.in/eQ3BVkwV

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Lessons to be learned from Academy review of the UK National Security Risk Assessment

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