The Managers Handbook for Corporate Security: Establishing and Managing a Successful Assets Protection Program

The Manager’s Handbook for Corporate Security: Establishing and Managing a Successful Assets Protection Program, Second Edition, guides readers through today’s dynamic security industry, covering the multifaceted functions of corporate security and providing managers with advice on how to grow not only their own careers, but also the careers of those they manage on a daily basis.

This accessible, updated edition provides an implementation plan for establishing a corporate security program, especially for those who have little or no knowledge on the topic. It also includes information for intermediate and advanced professionals who are interested in learning more about general security, information systems security, and information warfare.

Addresses today’s complex security industry, the role of the security manager, the diverse set of corporate security functions, and skills for succeeding in this dynamic professionOutlines accessible, comprehensive implementation plans for establishing asset protection programs Provides tactics for intermediate and advanced professionals on the topics of general security, information systems security, and information warfareOffers new perspectives on the future of security and evolving expectations of security professionals

Part I: The Old and New World of the Security Professional 1. It’s a New Century and a New World 2. New and Old Threats to Corporate Assets, and What to Do About Them 3. A Short History of Corporate Security and Law Enforcement 4. The Corporate Security Profession

Part II: The Corporate Security Manager 5. The International Widget Corporation (IWC) 6. The Corporate Security Manager’s Role 7. Establishing and Managing a Corporate Security Department

Part III. The Corporate Security Functions 8. Administrative Security 9. Physical Security 10. Outsourced or Proprietary Security? 11. Personnel Security 12. Security Education and Awareness Training 13. Fire Protection 14. Contingency Planning 15. Investigations 16. Government Security 17. Information Security 18. Executive Protection 19. Event Security

Part IV: The Security Profession Now and in the Future 20. How to Develop and Maintain a Corporate Security Career Development Program 21. Security Professionals—What You Can Do to Help Others 22. Ethics and the Corporate Security Professional 23. The Future of the Corporate Security Profession