A Risk Assessment of Piql Services by FFI

Appendix A Scenario Method

A.1 Definitions – Intentional Acts

The actor parameter describes the actors who could have the intentions and capacities to pose a threat to the Piql Preservation Services. The relevant values assigned here are state, network, company and individual. A state is a sovereign political entity, meaning that it is subject to no one’s laws but the ones they themselves choose to be subjected to. As such, it is the highest level of political organisation in the international system of actors. A network is here understood as a form of organisation which lacks a formal structure with hierarchical levels and a clearly defined leadership. Rather, networks are made up of nodes. Some of the nodes may have a more central role than others, but they operate largely independently from one another. The nodes may be located in different countries, and cross- border operations are common where information and resources may flow across national borders, due to the advances made in telecommunications. A network may have an ideological or economic impetus. Examples of the former could include such wide varieties as terrorist cells and volunteering organisations, while the latter could include Mafias and cartels. A group, an organisation, a society or an association are here understood as synonyms to a network. A company is any entity that engages in some form of business to make money, i.e. making, buying or selling goods or providing services in exchange for money [72]. Companies can be structured in different ways, but they all have a hierarchical structure with a clearly defined leadership which delegates tasks and manages its personnel in hierarchical levels from top to bottom. The level of responsibility and therefore liability is similarly diluted as we move down a level. A firm, a business, a corporation or an enterprise are here understood as synonyms to a company. An individual is primarily understood as a person acting alone and on behalf of him- or herself, but nevertheless with the potential to greatly influence outcomes. He or she may also act with one or more accomplishes, and for reasons bigger than his or her idiosyncratic interest, but he or she is not connected directly to a larger context, such a network. The goal parameter specifies the possible goals that a threat actor would hope to achieve, or the incentives for their actions towards the Piql Preservation Services. The relevant values assigned here are political power, market power, economic gain and idiosyncratic interest. Political power can be gained from the possession of an object – in this case, the information on the piqlFilm – in the sense that the knowledge of what is on the film can give a threat actor increased influential power on a general level. An example would be if a state acquired instructions to build a new type of weapon system. Even without the intention of using said

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