Risk management is the process for identifying, analyzing, and communicating risk and accepting, avoiding, transferring, or controlling it to an acceptable level considering associated costs and benefits of any actions taken.
ISN works closely with our clients to understand our client’s security risk profile and risk appetite. We then use industry best practices and subject matter experts to establish and implement a security risk management plan. These plans can include, creating a robust enterprise security management system, conducting threat, risk and vulnerability assessments, training employees on how they each play a role in minimizing the organization’s risk profile or conducting detailed investigations on security breaches or employee misconduct.
The ISN Risk Management consultants work closely with our clients, providing a dedicated approach focused on helping protect their enterprise concerns. We provide hands-on expertise in key areas, including:
Sean Sparling is currently the Director of Investigations – Northern Ontario. In this role, he leads all operations for ISN across Northern Ontario. He is the Case Manager for the more complex files and takes on the most sensitive files on behalf of a variety of clients. Sean has over thirty years’ law enforcement experience that includes extensive major crime, human resources, and executive leadership experience. He has brought this acumen to ISN, where he is now transitioning into the role of President of the company with an emphasis on expanding ISN’s reach across Canada and into the United States.
Sean is also the retired Deputy Chief of Police for the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. In that role, he led an organization of 200 men and women, oversaw all human resources operations, managed and adjudicated the internal disciplinary system, trained as a Police Services Act Hearings Officer, acted as a Critical Incident Commander and oversaw all operational aspects of the organization. For over twenty years, Sean specialized in major crime investigations, computer forensics and a variety of other related investigative roles. He also has extensive experience in workplace investigations and a variety of regulatory and quasi-judicial processes. These include participating in matters before the Alcohol and Gaming Commission, the Police Services Act Tribunal, the Ontario Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, and conducting investigations under the authority of the Integrity Commissioners (Municipal Act of Ontario) for a variety of municipalities.
Sean also has extensive educational experience, having taught at the Ontario Police College, Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology, facilitated courses at Algoma University, as well as conducting the ISN Investigative Interviewing course and has instructed in a variety of other venues. He has instructed across a wide range of investigative topics including Criminal Investigations, Major Case Management, Drug Investigations, Investigative Interviewing, Cognitive Interviewing, Leadership and Indigenous Engagement, and Police Response to Mental Health and Addictions.