Insider risk in pre-employment security vetting is uncomfortable to discuss and expensive to ignore. A control on the corporate security practice discipline that is never exercised is an assumption, not a defence. The programme works equally well for those formalising this aspect of corporate security practice for the first time and those improving an existing approach. Sessions alternate between guided analysis of pre-employment security vetting and supervised application. The programme converts the corporate security practice capability from an area of general awareness into a set of repeatable practices. Post-incident reviews keep identifying weaknesses in this area of corporate security practice that were visible long before the incident. They gain the ability to sequence improvements to pre-employment security vetting in an order their organisation can absorb. Improvement in the wider corporate security practice agenda stalls when it depends on one capable individual rather than a defined method. Work concludes with a self-assessment of this strand of corporate security practice that participants can repeat annually.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Integrate pre-employment security vetting into existing management routines rather than running it separately.
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Identify vulnerabilities in pre-employment security vetting and rank them by consequence.
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Recognise early indicators that pre-employment security vetting is drifting away from its intended design.
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Design surveillance coverage for pre-employment security vetting that supports investigation.
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Manage guard force competence, supervision and performance on pre-employment security vetting.
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Balance security requirements in pre-employment security vetting against operational practicality.
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Communicate the purpose of pre-employment security vetting to those who have to comply with it.
Who Should Attend
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Guard force supervisors delivering pre-employment security vetting.
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Investigation and loss prevention specialists working on pre-employment security vetting.
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Facility and site managers accountable for protection of pre-employment security vetting.
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Technical staff being prepared for supervisory responsibility over pre-employment security vetting.
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Staff seconded into improvement work on pre-employment security vetting.
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Risk managers assessing exposure from pre-employment security vetting.
Course Modules
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Pre-employment security vetting: investigation, evidence and reporting
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Surveillance on pre-employment security vetting that supports an investigation later
Set out the decisions in pre-employment security vetting that require sign-off and by whom.
Confirm vetting standards applied to staff and contractors in pre-employment security vetting.
Identify vulnerabilities in pre-employment security vetting and rank them by consequence, not ease of fix.
Anticipate the objections pre-employment security vetting will raise and prepare the answers.
Session 2Making the investment case for pre-employment security vetting
Agree the smallest change to pre-employment security vetting that would be visibly useful.
Define the first response actions for an incident involving pre-employment security vetting.
Review surveillance coverage for pre-employment security vetting against likely approach routes.
Protect sensitive information relating to pre-employment security vetting from casual disclosure.
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Pre-employment security vetting: insider risk, vetting and personnel security
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Access control on pre-employment security vetting that people do not bypass
Plan the sequence in which improvements to pre-employment security vetting will be introduced.
Review pre-employment security vetting after every incident, exercise or change in threat.
Assess contractor and third-party exposure within pre-employment security vetting.
Set escalation thresholds for pre-employment security vetting that work out of hours.
Session 2Layering controls on pre-employment security vetting so one failure is not fatal
Set the review interval for pre-employment security vetting and who attends.
Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for pre-employment security vetting.
Check guard force instructions for pre-employment security vetting are current and understood.
Name a single owner for each element of pre-employment security vetting.
