Security arrangements around countering violent extremism are tested by adversaries, not by auditors. Guard force performance on the corporate security practice discipline reflects supervision, not instruction. The difficulty is not agreeing that this strand of corporate security practice matters — it is deciding what to stop doing to make room for it. The teaching approach is deliberately practical: participants build a security procedure for countering violent extremism as they go. They acquire practical criteria for judging when this area of corporate security practice is working and when it is only appearing to. The course gives participants a defensible structure for the corporate security practice capability and the judgement to adapt it. The programme works equally well for those formalising countering violent extremism for the first time and those improving an existing approach. Across sectors, teams that rehearse the corporate security practice discipline outperform teams that only plan it. It ends with a prioritised list of changes to the practice within corporate security practice that the participant is prepared to defend internally.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Identify the failure points in countering violent extremism most likely to cause loss, and control them first.
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Assess and control third-party and contractor exposure in countering violent extremism.
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Balance security requirements in countering violent extremism against operational practicality.
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Address insider risk and personnel vetting relevant to countering violent extremism.
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Recognise early indicators that countering violent extremism is drifting away from its intended design.
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Set the minimum documentation for countering violent extremism that is genuinely necessary, and stop there.
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Exercise and test arrangements for countering violent extremism under realistic conditions.
Who Should Attend
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Human resources staff handling vetting and insider risk in countering violent extremism.
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Investigation and loss prevention specialists working on countering violent extremism.
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Operations managers whose activity is protected by countering violent extremism.
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Managers of multi-site operations seeking consistency in countering violent extremism.
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Members of committees that take decisions affecting countering violent extremism.
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Contract managers overseeing outsourced security in countering violent extremism.
Course Modules
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Countering violent extremism: investigation, evidence and reporting
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1The paperwork for countering violent extremism that is actually needed
Assess contractor and third-party exposure within countering violent extremism.
Define the first response actions for an incident involving countering violent extremism.
Confirm access control on countering violent extremism cannot be routinely bypassed.
Confirm recorded material from countering violent extremism is retained long enough to be useful.
Session 2Finding the vulnerability in countering violent extremism an adversary would use
Identify the data already collected that bears on countering violent extremism.
Establish evidence handling and chain of custody for countering violent extremism.
Set escalation criteria and out-of-hours contacts for countering violent extremism.
Rehearse the briefing on countering violent extremism that would follow an incident.
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Countering violent extremism: governance, assurance and investment case
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1What has to be agreed before work on countering violent extremism starts
Check that controls on countering violent extremism cover deterrence, detection, delay and response.
Define acceptance criteria for countering violent extremism in advance.
Review surveillance coverage for countering violent extremism against likely approach routes.
Assess insider risk in roles with privileged access to countering violent extremism.
Session 2Testing countering violent extremism before relying on it
Set out how exceptions to countering violent extremism are requested and approved.
Prepare the response for the most likely failure in countering violent extremism.
Draft the minimum viable security procedure for countering violent extremism.
Build the threat picture for countering violent extremism from sources relevant to this site and sector.
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Countering violent extremism: vulnerability assessment and prioritisation
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Supervising the guard force on countering violent extremism
Confirm that contractual obligations around countering violent extremism are understood.
Set out the decisions in countering violent extremism that require sign-off and by whom.
Set escalation thresholds for countering violent extremism that work out of hours.
Exercise the plan for countering violent extremism under realistic conditions and record failures.
Session 2Layering controls on countering violent extremism so one failure is not fatal
Protect sensitive information relating to countering violent extremism from casual disclosure.
Compare the cost of countering violent extremism with the cost of its absence.
Prepare the summary of countering violent extremism that senior management will read.
Check that records of countering violent extremism answer the questions likely to be asked.
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Countering violent extremism: continuity, exercises and external coordination
