Strategic Security Management: A Risk Assessment Guide for Decision Makers

✍ Scribed by Karim Vellani

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 301
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Strategic Security Management, Second Edition provides security leadership and decision-makers with a fresh perspective on threat, vulnerability, and risk assessment. The book offers a framework to look at applying security analysis and theory into practice for effective security program, implementation, management and evaluation. Chapters examine metric-based security resource allocation of countermeasures, including security procedures, utilization of personnel, and electronic measures.

The new edition is fully updated to reflect the latest industry best-practices and includes contributions from security industry leaders―based on their years of professional experience―including Norman Bates, Robert Emery, Jack Follis, Steve Kaufer, Andrew Rubin, Michael Silva, and Ken Wheatley.

Strategic Security Management, Second Edition will be a welcome addition to the security literature for all security professionals, security managers, and criminal justice students interested in understanding foundational security principles and their application.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
About the Editor
Contributing Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1: Data-Driven Security
Data-Driven Security
Security Metrics
Data-Driven Assessments
Chapter 2: Identifying Assets in Need of Protection
Definitions
Asset Classification
Identifying Critical Assets
Target Selection
Consequence Analysis
Security Measure Inventory
Security Assessments
Chapter 3: Threat Assessments
Threat Formula
Threat Identification and Classification
Threat Information Sources
Assessing Threats
Emerging Threats
Threat Dynamics
Homeland Security Advisory System
Chapter 4: Crime Analysis
Statistics for Security Management
Crime Triangle
Purpose of Crime Analysis
Data Sources
Law Enforcement Data v. Social Disorder Models
Advantages of Law Enforcement Data
Methodology
Return on Investment
Chapter 5: Vulnerability Assessments
Definition
Vulnerability Assessments
Scope of Vulnerability Assessments
The Vulnerability Assessment Team
Asset-Based and Scenario-Based Vulnerability Assessments
Vulnerability Assessment Steps
Vulnerability Rating Scale
The Security Survey Report
The Vulnerability Assessment Report
Chapter 6: Risk Assessments
Definition
Security Risk Assessments
Qualitative Security Risk Assessments
Quantitative Security Risk Assessments
Specialized Security Risk Assessment Methodologies
Risk Mitigation
The Security Risk Assessment Report
Chapter 7: Crime Prevention Theories
The Need and Practical Application of Theoretical Study
Situational Crime Prevention
Rational Choice
Routine Activity
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Crime Displacement
Diffusion of Benefits
Problem-Oriented Policing and Problem Analysis
Chapter 8: Security Measures: Governance
Security Awareness
Security Manual
Visitor Management Flow Chart
Emergency Management Plan
Standards
Chapter 9: Security Measures: Physical Security
Goals of Physical Security Measures
General Strategies for Good Physical Security
Site Security
Building Exterior Security
Building Interior Security
Electronic Security Systems
System Integration
Codes and Ordinances
Chapter 10: Security Measures: Personnel
Introduction
Security Officer Training
Risk-Based Security Deployment
Functional Security Deployment
Other Security Deployment Methods
Law Enforcement Officers versus Security Officers
Contract Security Forces versus Proprietary Security Forces
Crime Prevention Efficacy
Quality Control and Performance Evaluation
Increasing Professionalism
Chapter 11: Project Management
Introduction
Security Project Justification
Return on Security Investment
Project Management Activities
Development
Planning
Execution
Closure
The Security Project Manager
The Security Project Team
Project Success Criteria
Chapter 12: Gaining Support for Security Programs
Introduction
Barriers to Effective Communications
Evolution of Security Measures and Metrics
How and Why to Communicate Security Measures and Metrics
Key Data Display Aspects
Data Display Example
Chapter 13: Forensic Security Consultants and Security Liability
Premises Security Law: Basic Principles
Duty
Breach of Duty
Injury
Causation
Foreseeability: The Risk of Crime
Other Risk Factors
Plaintiff’s Theories
Security Officer Misconduct
Negligent Hiring Liability
Security Standards: The Role of Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations
National Security Standards
“Standards” versus “Guidelines”
Security Consultants and Expert Witnesses: Their Unique Roles
Chapter 14: Workplace Violence Prevention
Introduction
Just How Serious is the Problem?
What are the Treats?
Other Threats in the Workplace
Legal Issues of Workplace Violence
Developing a Workplace Violence Prevention Program
The Threat Assessment Team
Policies, Training, and Information Collection
Hiring and Termination … Two Opportunities for Prevention
Terminations
Downsizing
Physical Security and Hardware
Planning for the Crisis to Reduce Its Impact
But It Could Happen Here…
Chapter 15: Security Risk Modeling
Background
The Project Goal
Data
Explore the Data
Chapter 16: Security Program Leadership
The “Why” of Security: Integration of Governance, Physical Security, and
Security Personnel
Corporate Culture
What Is the Role of a Security Leader Today?
Leadership versus Management
Security Metrics: Connecting the Dots versus Collecting the Dots
Security Program Monitoring/Metrics for Success
Security Dashboards
Security Costs
Business Conducts
Pre-Hire Backgrounds
Demonstrating the Value of Security
Alignment with Company Objectives: Bamboo and Plant Growth
Change
Unintended Consequences
Constant Improvement
Appendix A: International Association of Professional Security
Consultant’s Forensic Methodology
Index