Title:

Risk as an entity in security sciences - is it a state or a process?

Group publication title:

Zeszyty Naukowe Collegium Witelona

Title in english:

Ryzyko jako byt w naukach o bezpieczeństwie - stan czy proces?

Creator:

Smolarkiewicz, Marcin

Contributor:

Buczko, Jerzy. Redakcja ; Pietkiewicz, Jerzy Jan. Redakcja

Subject and Keywords:

risk ; security risk ; risk management

Description:

Zeszyty Naukowe Collegium Witelona, nr 54(1)/2025, s. 51-66

Abstrakt:

In research practice, the concept of risk is always considered together with the concept of security. While security is examined in scientific studies from the perspective of object-oriented, subject-oriented, and processual approaches, risk as an entity is considered primarily from a practical standpoint and much less often from a theoretical one. In theoretical considerations, an important question arises: should risk be understood as a state or as a process? Research conducted with the application of theoretical methods indicates that risk has a dual nature – it is a process dynamically changing over time, composed of an uncountable set of momentary states, forming a superposition of the influence of threat manifestations on the security subject (the protected entity). On the other hand, it is also a measure of the momentary state of this process, understood as a function of measurable factors: the probability of the occurrence of a hazardous event and the potential loss caused by that event, taking into account the relationship between the characteristics of the threat and the features of the protected entity together with its environment. This measure is negatively correlated with security measures.

Publisher:

Wydawnictwo Collegium Witelona Uczelnia Państwowa

Place of publication:

Legnica

Date:

2025

Resource Type:

artykuł

Resource Identifier:

doi:10.5604/01.3001.0055.5683

Language:

eng

Relation:

Zeszyty Naukowe Państwowej Wyższej Szkoły Zawodowej im. Witelona w Legnicy ; Zeszyty Naukowe Collegium Witelona ; Zeszyty Naukowe Collegium Witelona, nr 54(1)/2025

Rights:

Wszystkie prawa zastrzeżone (Copyright)

Access Rights:

Dla wszystkich w zakresie dozwolonego użytku

Location:

Collegium Witelona Uczelnia Państwowa