Context
Hazard and context profile
The environment the organization operates in.
- Hazard identification and scenario selection
- Critical functions and services
- Stakeholders and external interfaces
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Know what matters most, and why
Understanding hazards, dependencies and critical functions, so resources go to the risks that could stop the organization.
The challenge
Preparedness starts with an honest picture of risk
Organizations often prepare for the risks they know best rather than the ones that matter most. Dependencies on suppliers, utilities, technology and other agencies are frequently invisible until they fail.
REDS works with your teams to map hazards, critical functions and dependencies, and to keep risk separate from maturity, so leadership sees both what could happen and how ready the organization is to respond.
What we deliver
A clear, prioritized view of risk
Risk
Risk assessment and prevention review
How risks are assessed and reduced today.
- Risk assessment against priority scenarios
- Prevention and mitigation measures
- Risk register kept separate from maturity scoring
Dependencies
Dependency and impact analysis
What the organization relies on to keep operating.
- Internal and external dependencies
- Impact over time of losing key services
- Inputs to continuity and recovery strategies
Outcomes
What changes for you
- Priority scenarios agreed by leadership
- Hidden dependencies made visible
- Investment directed at the risks that matter most
- A risk picture that feeds plans, exercises and continuity
How we work
A typical engagement
- ScopingAgree the organization, sites and services in scope
- WorkshopsHazard, critical function and dependency workshops with your teams
- AnalysisRisk assessment and prioritization
- IntegrationResults built into plans, continuity strategies and exercises
Related advisory
Resilience works as one system
- 01Emergency ManagementFrameworks, plans and command structures built around real hazards and real decisions.
- 02Crisis Management & LeadershipDecision rights, escalation and crisis communication for leadership teams under pressure.
- 03Business ContinuityImpact analysis, recovery strategies and ISO 22301-aligned continuity programmes.
- 04Organizational ResilienceConnecting emergency, crisis and continuity arrangements into one governed system.
- 06Preparedness & AssuranceEvidence-based readiness assessment and exercises that test whether plans work under pressure.
- 07Strategic Resilience AdvisorySenior counsel to boards, ministries and regulators on resilience policy and governance.
Start the conversation
Do you know where your resilience gaps are?
Discuss your risk picture with a senior REDS advisor.