The value of preparation for physical protection systems is only visible on the day it is needed. Most security failures involving this area of corporate security practice exploit a process gap rather than a technical one. They leave able to brief senior management on this aspect of corporate security practice in terms that support a decision. What blocks progress on physical protection systems is usually unclear ownership rather than unclear intent. The level assumes working familiarity with the protected site but no prior formal training in this part of corporate security practice. Practitioner evidence points the same way: this aspect of corporate security practice improves fastest where responsibility for it is named and owned. The method assumes participants will be challenged on their handling of physical protection systems and prepares them for it. The course covers the corporate security practice discipline at the level of detail needed to act, and stops there. 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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Build the reporting on physical protection systems that senior management can act on.
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Coordinate with civil defence, police and external authorities on physical protection systems.
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Distinguish the parts of physical protection systems that must be standardised from those that require judgement.
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Establish what evidence would demonstrate that physical protection systems is under control.
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Establish access control and identity verification appropriate to physical protection systems.
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Design business continuity arrangements covering physical protection systems.
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Define the scope and boundaries of physical protection systems so that responsibility for it is unambiguous.
Who Should Attend
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Staff seconded into improvement work on physical protection systems.
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Investigation and loss prevention specialists working on physical protection systems.
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Contract managers overseeing outsourced security in physical protection systems.
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Managers of multi-site operations seeking consistency in physical protection systems.
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Facility and site managers accountable for protection of physical protection systems.
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Information security staff whose remit overlaps physical protection systems.
Course Modules
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01
Physical protection systems: procedures, access control and identity
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Who answers for physical protection systems, and to whom
Test the procedure for physical protection systems against a realistic scenario.
Assess insider risk in roles with privileged access to physical protection systems.
Exercise the plan for physical protection systems under realistic conditions and record failures.
Record the rationale for each significant choice made about physical protection systems.
Session 2Supervising the guard force on physical protection systems
Identify single points of dependency in physical protection systems and reduce them.
Check that physical protection systems still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
Review whether physical protection systems is aligned with the objectives of the protected site.
Estimate the resource physical protection systems requires to run as designed.
