Information Risk Management in Depth: The Dutch Scuba Assessment

Information Risk Management (IRM), now acknowledged as a distinct discipline, shares certain principles with other areas within the risk management field. They also have the common goal of safeguarding assets against various known and unknown risks. However, the diversity of methods can sometimes lead to contradictions, and reaching a consensus can be challenging, even when identifying the same risk. For instance, how significant is the risk of scuba diving? And how is that even remotely connected to IRM?

People are often surprised when I tell them that one of my favorite things in life is scuba diving. Even in the Netherlands, in December, I dare into water at 4 °C wearing a wetsuit, along with an experienced and jovial over 70-year young buddies. I believe it is one of those experiences that you only comprehend by going through it. Experience brings wisdom, which includes self-preservation and adaptive risk management.

I was impressed with the size of the scuba diving community in the Netherlands upon my relocation. I was used to the transparent, rough waters of the Atlantic, and I had never experienced a freshwater dive before. I learned some things about risk management, including IRM principles.

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