Fifteen security manager delegates from around the world have gathered in the UK to attend the ARC Training Security Management Stage 1 Course.
The syllabus is extensive, covering the essential core areas of corporate security management best practice, and including a very detailed security risk analysis and design project. Many of the participants are using the course as part of a route to earning a MSc on Corporate Security Management. The course constitutes 30 of the 180 credits required.
Day 2 of the programme saw the participants addressing the issue of security operations management and how to better integrate with the business.
Drawing on their many varied experiences, some of the suggestions put forward were:
1. More emphasis on the softer and generic business management skills, such as communications and interpersonal skills, managing change, leadership, influencing, negotiating, finance, customer interface skills, decision making, internal marketing , and project management skills.
2. Encouraging greater involvement of line management in the day-to-day management of security through relationship building, recognising that security is not a set of physical measures but a condition, which can only be achieved with the collective strength of all employees. In this regard, security awareness training of non-security staff, and allocation to the same for local compliance of security measures was suggested.
3. Making security relevant and interesting to all employees by providing an “extended service”, to provide briefings to staff on particular areas of personal security concern, such as computer security, ID theft, robbery risk reduction and domestic security.
4. Diversification of the security management role to increase the return on security investment. Security managers have a useful contribution to make in the areas of crisis management and business continuity preparation, due diligence and vetting, and the facility or enterprise risk management programme.
The next Security Management Course takes place 4-15 August 2008. Contact Janet for details.
The syllabus is extensive, covering the essential core areas of corporate security management best practice, and including a very detailed security risk analysis and design project. Many of the participants are using the course as part of a route to earning a MSc on Corporate Security Management. The course constitutes 30 of the 180 credits required.
Day 2 of the programme saw the participants addressing the issue of security operations management and how to better integrate with the business.
Drawing on their many varied experiences, some of the suggestions put forward were:
1. More emphasis on the softer and generic business management skills, such as communications and interpersonal skills, managing change, leadership, influencing, negotiating, finance, customer interface skills, decision making, internal marketing , and project management skills.
2. Encouraging greater involvement of line management in the day-to-day management of security through relationship building, recognising that security is not a set of physical measures but a condition, which can only be achieved with the collective strength of all employees. In this regard, security awareness training of non-security staff, and allocation to the same for local compliance of security measures was suggested.
3. Making security relevant and interesting to all employees by providing an “extended service”, to provide briefings to staff on particular areas of personal security concern, such as computer security, ID theft, robbery risk reduction and domestic security.
4. Diversification of the security management role to increase the return on security investment. Security managers have a useful contribution to make in the areas of crisis management and business continuity preparation, due diligence and vetting, and the facility or enterprise risk management programme.
The next Security Management Course takes place 4-15 August 2008. Contact Janet for details.
