Physical Security: Sustaining a Safe Workplace
Corporate security begins with the physical location. It is the role of the security manager to maintain a safe environment for employees, customers and guests. You will explore the key components for securing a facility, focusing on architectural elements, protective barriers, lighting, lock and key controls, entry/exit controls and much more. You will also gain an understanding of how to manage a security guard operation and how to evaluate the effectiveness of a company's physical security through threat analysis.
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Personnel Security: Creating a Talented & Safe Workforce
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Corporate security managers are responsible for the overall security of an organization, and ensuring that the people within the organization can be trusted. This class is an in-depth look at protecting an organization from irresponsible employees and unwelcome visitors. You will learn how to conduct pre-employment background checks, evaluate the need for limiting access to a facility, establish visitor controls, and train employees to understand the need for security operations. Discussions will also include a review of techniques used to manage outsourced personnel.
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Information & Communication Security: Protecting Business Intelligence
Historically, information systems security was the domain of the IT department. Today, that trend is changing. Corporate security professionals have become responsible for the security of the information systems. Corporate security professionals not only protect the organization's information systems, but use the information systems to perform corporate security functions. In this class, you will examine the various elements and processes of information systems security. You will learn how to identify and handle information that needs protection and explore other forms of corporate communication security.
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Investigations: Maintaining Control
It is essential that corporate security professionals not be influenced by personal bias, personal interpretation, or prejudice. Corporate security professionals must be aware of the various options available to investigate issues that impact all aspects of a corporation. You will focus on making unbiased decisions through investigative techniques that discover the facts. You will gain an understanding of how to conduct a systematic investigation and the methodology used to discover the truth.
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Security Administration & Management: Being the Leader
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More and more corporate security managers function as leaders within an organization. As a leader, security managers must be able to maintain operational security, understand the business side of the corporation, and communicate with other leaders in the organization. This class provides you with an understanding of how corporations are structured and the importance of continuity planning. You will gain a working knowledge of business practices, which includes the language of business, forming committees, writing reports, budgets and other metrics used to analyze the benefits of a security operation. Program management skills will be developed through a class project that integrates the knowledge acquired throughout the program.
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