Question

Using theory and research evaluate 3 safety issues (good or bad) in the real world setting and make recommendations to mitigate these safety issues

Answer 1

3 safety issues in the real world setting and mitigation strategy to combat them are as follows:

• Fire accidents: Accidents caused due to fire is a very common safety concern in the real world setting like public place, workplace, etc. Such accidents can be quite hazardous and can cause huge amount of losses, if not taken care of immediately.
  • Mitigation strategy:
    • Use of fire extinguishers in public places and workplace
    • Awareness of people to extinguish different types of fire
    • Special care taken to reduce situations leading to fire incidents
• Road accidents: Fast pacing cars and vehicles on road are bound to cause road accidents. Various people lose their lives in road accidents.
  • Mitigation strategy:
    • Use of footpath and pavements by people who are walking on road
    • Speed regulations on busy road
    • Use of seat belts and helmets while driving car or bike respectively
• Malware attack: With the advent of technology and prevalent use of Internet, data and malware attacks have become quite common. The right to privacy of people get violated as the data on their systems get accessed by unauthorized and antisocial elements
  • Mitigation strategy:
    • Use of firewalls and antivirus for protecting overall system
    • Strong password protected files
    • Use of algorithms to encrypt the data on the system