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Risk Assessment Tool: Application for Removable Device Media

An excerpt from the form that the City of London uses to decide whether or not to grant officers permission to download data onto portable media

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Part 2: Benefits Assessment Scoring

When officers at the City of London police wish to download information onto a portable media device, they must file a formal application to do so. This is the form decision-makers use to evaluate the benefits of the proposed data download. (To read about how the police force uses the tool, see "How To Tell If That USB Download Is Really Worth the Security Risk.")

Benefits are less easy to quantify directly. Three areas should be considered in determining benefits:

Area	Response	Scoring
Does the proposal directly save money or generate income for the force?	The sale of material prepared in the force.	Scale from 0-40
Does the proposal have a direct operational benefit?	Improve communications, reduce staff hours, or eliminate re-entry of information.	Scale from 0-60
Does the proposal put officers at risk?	For instance of corruption.	Yes Scale -50 to 0 No = 0

Read on to see an excerpt of the City of London's risk/benefit comparison.

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