Businesses face a variety of security risks every day. To find the most appropriate and cost-effective solutions for your business you have to conduct a risk assessment. Your risk assessment can be relatively simple or complex depending on the needs of your business. To start make a list the types of incidents which have or are likely to occur. Then rank each threat by probability of the occurrence and its consequences. Once you have calculated the priority of each risk you can evaluate how various solutions will help your business manage these risks.