Sixteen delegates currently attending the postgraduate Security Management Stage 1 Course have spent the first three days engrossed in Security Risk Analysis, Security Operations Management and Security Design, three “bedrock” subjects for any successful security management programme.One of the challenges presented during the Security Operations Management session was how to better integrate security into the business and get better business “buy-in”. Participants offered the following suggestions:
• Security needs to have strong representation and local, business-embedded points of accountability across the business. Security should not be seen as the sole remit of the security manager.
• The security management recruitment strategy should place high priority on recruiting those who have strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Education and awareness programmes and campaigns using a range of available means.
• Development of on-line security tools for specific use at business line level.
• Involving the business in security surveys, especially through interviewing.
• Speaking the language of business – "money" and "business growth".
• Offering personal security advice to employees, whether in an “on-duty” or “off-duty” context.
• Involving line managers in the risk assessment team – or having a cross-functional security risk management committee
• Identifying a lead role for security managers in crisis management and contingency planning
• Awareness of the need to “go the extra mile” to dispelling stereotypical perceptions of the authoritarian “company cop”.
The course includes delegates from UK, Kuwait, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Qatar, Greece, Saudi Arabia and Oman, representing sectors as diverse as oil and gas, manufacturing, logistics, security printing, water utilities and shipping.
The next Security Management Stage 1 Course takes place 31 March – 11 April. Contact Janet for information and to reserve a place.
