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Security Operations Management

  • 4th Edition - December 8, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Robert McCrie, Seungmug Lee
  • Language: English

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Security Operations Management, Fourth Edition, the latest release in this seminal reference on corporate security management operations for today’s security management professionals and students, explores the characteristics of today’s globalized workplaces, security’s key role within them, and what the greatest concern is for security practitioners and senior managers. Incorporating the latest security research and best practices, the book covers key skills needed by security managers to demonstrate the value of their security program, offers information on identifying and managing risk, and reviews the latest technological advances in security control, command, communications and computing.

Key features

  • Includes myriad global cases and examples of both the business and technical aspects of security
  • Offers valuable coverage of cybercrime and workplace violence
  • Explores the latest technological advances in security control, command, communications, and computing, along with current techniques for how prospective security personnel are vetted, including via social media
  • Prepares security professionals for certification exams

Readership

Security Management upper level undergraduate and graduate students, and Security Directors and Managers. Business professionals at all levels responsible for security operations and risk management in their firm

Table of contents

Part I: General Fundamentals and Competencies

1. Security Operations in the Management Environment

2. Core Competency to Initiate Effective Protection Programs

3. Staffing to Meet Protective Goals

4. Training and Development for High Performance

5. Supporting and Motivating Supervisors and Staff

Part II Special Issues in Security Management

6. Personnel Management Issues: Appraising for Promotion or Discipline

7. Accounting Controls and Budgeting

8. Operating Personnel-Intensive Programs

9. Operating Physical- and Technology-Centered Programs

10. Challenges for Security Operations Today and Tomorrow

11. Leadership for Optimal Security Operations

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 8, 2021
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Robert McCrie

Since 1970, Robert McCrie has written, edited, researched, taught, and consulted broadly in issues related to security management (protection of assets from loss) and criminal justice. He edits Security Letter and was founding editor-in-chief of Security Journal, a research journal, and now is editor emeritus.

He has been associated with John Jay College since the 1970’s. He joined the faculty in 1985, moving up the ranks to full professor and serving as chair of one of the largest departments, Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration from 1997-2003. He later helped found his current department.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, John Jay University, New York, NY, USA

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Seungmug Lee

SEUNGMUG LEE, PH.D. Associate Professor The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice University Hall, Room 362 Arlington, TX 76019-0595. He was awarded as the CoLA faculty research endowment grant with the title “Women burglars” in 2018.
Affiliations and expertise
The University of Texas, Arlington Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice University Hall, Arlington, TX, USA

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