A control on simulation-based competence assessment that is never exercised is an assumption, not a defence. Most security failures involving this area of corporate security practice exploit a process gap rather than a technical one. The teaching approach is deliberately practical: participants build a security procedure for the wider corporate security practice agenda as they go. Practitioner evidence points the same way: simulation-based competence assessment improves fastest where responsibility for it is named and owned. Participants leave with a method for this aspect of corporate security practice, not a set of opinions about it. They leave able to brief senior management on this strand of corporate security practice in terms that support a decision. Most organisations already have a policy on simulation-based competence assessment; far fewer can show it working. It is appropriate for those preparing to take on wider responsibility for this area of corporate security practice. The final session converts the week's work on the practice within corporate security practice into commitments with owners and dates.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Adapt recognised practice on simulation-based competence assessment to local constraints without hollowing it out.
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Build the security operating procedures governing simulation-based competence assessment.
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Build the reporting on simulation-based competence assessment that senior management can act on.
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Define the scope and boundaries of simulation-based competence assessment so that responsibility for it is unambiguous.
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Assess the current state of simulation-based competence assessment against a structured set of criteria rather than impressions.
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Review simulation-based competence assessment after each incident, exercise and change of threat.
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Assess the threat picture relevant to simulation-based competence assessment rather than a generic one.
Who Should Attend
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Facility and site managers accountable for protection of simulation-based competence assessment.
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Operations managers whose activity is protected by simulation-based competence assessment.
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Human resources staff handling vetting and insider risk in simulation-based competence assessment.
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Risk managers assessing exposure from simulation-based competence assessment.
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Quality staff verifying that simulation-based competence assessment performs as designed.
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Managers in small and medium organisations who own simulation-based competence assessment alongside other duties.
Course Modules
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Simulation-based competence assessment: vulnerability assessment and prioritisation
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Exercising the plan for simulation-based competence assessment realistically
Rehearse the briefing on simulation-based competence assessment that would follow an incident.
Coordinate arrangements for simulation-based competence assessment with civil defence and police in advance.
Exercise the plan for simulation-based competence assessment under realistic conditions and record failures.
Assign responsibility for keeping documentation of simulation-based competence assessment current.
Session 2The first fifteen minutes of an incident involving simulation-based competence assessment
Verify identity checks applied at entry points relevant to simulation-based competence assessment.
Confirm recorded material from simulation-based competence assessment is retained long enough to be useful.
Set escalation criteria and out-of-hours contacts for simulation-based competence assessment.
Benchmark the organisation's simulation-based competence assessment against comparable operations.
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Simulation-based competence assessment: continuity, exercises and external coordination
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Making the investment case for simulation-based competence assessment
Confirm vetting standards applied to staff and contractors in simulation-based competence assessment.
Set out the decisions in simulation-based competence assessment that require sign-off and by whom.
Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for simulation-based competence assessment.
Confirm that those complying with simulation-based competence assessment understand why it exists.
Session 2Comparing simulation-based competence assessment with recognised practice
Plan the sequence in which improvements to simulation-based competence assessment will be introduced.
Reduce the variation in how simulation-based competence assessment is carried out between teams.
Supervise and spot-check performance on simulation-based competence assessment rather than relying on reports.
Establish the boundary of simulation-based competence assessment and record what sits outside it.
