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Smart Security: Understanding and Contributing to the Business

  • 1st Edition
  • September 4, 2014
  • J. David Quilter
  • English
  • eBook
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Smart Security: Understanding and Contributing to the Business is a video presentation. Length: 68 minutes.In Smart Security: Understanding and Contributing to the Business, presenter J. David Quilter demonstrates the benefits of how a fully integrated security program increases business profits and delivers smart security practices at the same time. The presentation does away with the misconception that security is only an expense. In fact, a well-integrated security program can protect business interests, thereby enhancing productivity and net income. Quilter covers cost analysis and security measures and metrics, along with how to demonstrate return on investment and leverage executive leadership. The practices and tools discussed in this presentation will reduce business losses and help improve security and operations.Smart Security: Understanding and Contributing to the Business is a part of Elsevier’s Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real world solutions and "how-to" guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs.

Personnel Protection: Kidnapping Issues and Policies

  • 1st Edition
  • September 2, 2014
  • Jerome Miller + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Personnel Protection: Kidnapping Issues and Policies is a video presentation. Length: 9 minutes.In Personnel Protection: Kidnapping Issues and Policies, presenters Jerome Miller and Radford Jones discuss the issue of kidnapping as it relates to an executive security program. It covers the risks for kidnapping of the executive or executive’s family members, along with strategies for creating a sound corporate kidnapping policy. The presenters also discuss what kind of response the organization should make during a kidnapping, as the first hours immediately following are always critical to a successful resolution.This presentation is one of 11 modules in the Personnel Protection presentation series, which is designed for companies considering an executive security program or for companies with an executive security program already in place. Other topics in this series include: concepts of executive security; advance procedures; the executive threat assessment profile; residential security; security personnel; security procedures for worksite, aircraft, and vehicle operations; and executive compensation issues, including IRS requirements.The Personnel Protection presentation series is a part of Elsevier’s Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real world solutions and "how-to" guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs.

Discovering the Total Cost of Security to the Enterprise

  • 1st Edition
  • September 2, 2014
  • Richard Lefler
  • English
  • eBook
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Discovering the Total Cost of Security to the Enterprise is a video presentation. Length: 29 minutes.In Discovering the Total Cost of Security to the Enterprise, presenter Richard Lefler discusses what security actually costs an organization in terms of operating, variable, and mandatory costs. Each of the three types of security costs are defined and expanded upon in this presentation. Lefler also explains how certain industry sectors have increasing variable and operating costs, along with the reasons behind these trends. The presentation also covers mandatory spend versus discretionary spend, chief security officer management (CSO) trends, and the critical next steps for CSOs.Discovering the Total Cost of Security to the Enterprise is a part of Elsevier’s Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real world solutions and "how-to" guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs.

Security Leader Insights for Risk Management

  • 1st Edition
  • August 27, 2014
  • Richard Chase
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 0 9 0 4 - 8
How do you, as a busy security executive or manager, stay current with evolving issues, familiarize yourself with the successful practices of your peers, and transfer this information to build a knowledgeable, skilled workforce the times now demand? With Security Leader Insights for Risk Management, a collection of timeless leadership best practices featuring insights from some of the nation’s most successful security practitioners, you can.This book can be used as a quick and effective resource to bring your security staff up to speed on security’s role in risk management. Instead of re-inventing the wheel when faced with a new challenge, these proven practices and principles will allow you to execute with confidence knowing that your peers have done so with success. Part one looks at the risk assessment and subtopics such as compliance, using risk assessments to increase security’s influence, and risk indicator dashboards. Part two discusses risk management topics such as board-level risk, global risk, risk appetite, and enterprise risk management (ERM).Security Leader Insights for Risk Management is a part of Elsevier’s Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real-world solutions and "how-to" guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs.

Security Risk Assessment

  • 1st Edition
  • July 22, 2014
  • John M. White
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Security Risk Assessment is the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource available on how to conduct a thorough security assessment for any organization. A good security assessment is a fact-finding process that determines an organization’s state of security protection. It exposes vulnerabilities, determines the potential for losses, and devises a plan to address these security concerns. While most security professionals have heard of a security assessment, many do not know how to conduct one, how it’s used, or how to evaluate what they have found. Security Risk Assessment offers security professionals step-by-step guidance for conducting a complete risk assessment. It provides a template draw from, giving security professionals the tools needed to conduct an assessment using the most current approaches, theories, and best practices.

Safeguarding Intangible Assets

  • 1st Edition
  • July 8, 2014
  • Michael D. Moberly
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 0 6 0 2 - 3
Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides strategies for preserving and enhancing a company’s intangible assets to increase its profitability, competitiveness, and sustainability. Intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, methodologies, and brand typically account for 80 percent of an organization’s value and revenue. There are many forces making it more and more difficult to protect these assets, and securing them is a complex issue often overlooked by security and risk managers. Many security managers do not have adequate policies or procedures in place to protect these assets from compromise, infringement, and theft. Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides managers with the tools necessary for protecting these assets through effective and consistent oversight designed to preserve their control, use, and ownership. The book offers strategies for various types of business transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate-university R&D alliances, new product launches, early stage firms, and university-based spin-offs.

Retail Security and Loss Prevention

  • 1st Edition
  • June 28, 2014
  • Read Hayes
  • English
  • eBook
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RETAIL SECURITY AND LOSS PREVENTION is an invaluable reference for both retail and security professionals. Using step-by-step plans, this book helps the reader design and implement cost-effective loss control programs.It details an easy-to-follow proven process.

Personnel Protection: Threat Assessment Profile

  • 1st Edition
  • June 9, 2014
  • Jerome Miller + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 0 9 2 6 - 0
Personnel Protection: Threat Assessment Profile is a video presentation. Length: 12 minutes. In Personnel Protection: Threat Assessment Profile, presenters Jerome Miller and Radford Jones discuss the threat assessment profile as the basis for determining the need for an executive security program. This 12-minute video presentation of narrated slides covers the range of threats to consider, the executive’s public exposure and any history of threats, local safety issues, and business travel. The presenters emphasize the need for keeping an up-to-date executive dossier containing his or her personal information, in case there is a kidnapping situation. This presentation is one of 11 modules in the Personnel Protection presentation series, which is designed for companies considering an executive security program or for companies with an executive security program already in place. Other topics in this series include: concepts of executive security; advance procedures; security personnel; kidnapping issues and guidelines; security procedures for residence, worksite, aircraft, and vehicle operations; and executive compensation issues, including IRS requirements. The Personnel Protection presentation series is a part of Elsevier’s Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real world solutions and "how-to" guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs.

Personnel Protection: Vehicle Operations and Safety

  • 1st Edition
  • June 9, 2014
  • Jerome Miller + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 0 9 2 5 - 3
Personnel Protection: Vehicle Operations and Safety is a video presentation. Length: 20 minutes. Because a business executive typically spends a considerable amount of time travelling by vehicle, the greatest risk of injury or death to the executive is by vehicle accident or attack while in the vehicle. In Personnel Protection: Vehicle Operations and Safety, presenters Jerome Miller and Radford Jones discuss the basic security principles of executive driver safety and training. This 20-minute video presentation of narrated slides covers the challenges the executive driver may face, how and why to vary routes, schedules, and vehicles, and the characteristics of a qualified executive driver. This presentation is one of 11 modules in the Personnel Protection presentation series, which is designed for companies considering an executive security program or for companies with an executive security program already in place. Other topics in this series include: concepts of executive security; advance procedures; security personnel; the executive threat assessment profile; kidnapping issues and guidelines; security procedures for residence, worksite, and aircraft operations; and executive compensation issues, including IRS requirements. The Personnel Protection presentation series is a part of Elsevier’s Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real world solutions and "how-to" guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs.

Security Leader Insights for Information Protection

  • 1st Edition
  • May 24, 2014
  • Bob Fahy
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 0 9 0 7 - 9
How do you, as a busy security executive or manager, stay current with evolving issues, familiarize yourself with the successful practices of your peers, and transfer this information to build a knowledgeable, skilled workforce the times now demand? With Security Leader Insights for Information Protection, a collection of timeless leadership best practices featuring insights from some of the nation’s most successful security practitioners, you can. This book can be used as a quick and effective resource to bring your security staff up to speed on security’s role in information protection. Instead of re-inventing the wheel when faced with a new challenge, these proven practices and principles will allow you to execute with confidence knowing that your peers have done so with success. It includes chapters on the collaboration between corporate and information security, emerging issues in information protection, and information protection regulations and standards. Security Leader Insights for Information Protection is a part of Elsevier’s Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real world solutions and "how-to" guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs.