Insider risk in internal security auditing is uncomfortable to discuss and expensive to ignore. The value of preparation for the wider corporate security practice agenda is only visible on the day it is needed. Organisations that document the practice within corporate security practice properly resolve disputes about it far more quickly. Cases are chosen to expose the trade-offs in internal security auditing rather than to illustrate ideal conditions. The result is the confidence to make and defend decisions about the corporate security practice discipline under scrutiny. It treats the corporate security practice capability as an operating discipline and equips participants to run it as one. Teams frequently over-invest in documenting internal security auditing and under-invest in testing it. The content is relevant to those who own this area of corporate security practice and to those who are held accountable for its results. Participants finish with a short, specific brief on this strand of corporate security practice ready to put in front of a decision maker.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Build the reporting on internal security auditing that senior management can act on.
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Recognise early indicators that internal security auditing is drifting away from its intended design.
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Present the case for investment in internal security auditing in terms that a finance function will accept.
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Balance security requirements in internal security auditing against operational practicality.
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Manage guard force competence, supervision and performance on internal security auditing.
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Exercise and test arrangements for internal security auditing under realistic conditions.
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Reduce avoidable variation in how internal security auditing is carried out across teams.
Who Should Attend
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Contract managers overseeing outsourced security in internal security auditing.
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Newly appointed managers taking on internal security auditing for the first time.
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Staff seconded into improvement work on internal security auditing.
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Control room and monitoring staff operating internal security auditing.
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Guard force supervisors delivering internal security auditing.
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Business continuity and crisis managers covering internal security auditing.
Course Modules
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Internal security auditing: surveillance, monitoring and control rooms
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Surveillance on internal security auditing that supports an investigation later
Reduce the variation in how internal security auditing is carried out between teams.
Assess contractor and third-party exposure within internal security auditing.
Assign responsibility for keeping documentation of internal security auditing current.
Confirm access control on internal security auditing cannot be routinely bypassed.
Session 2Comparing internal security auditing with recognised practice
Define the first response actions for an incident involving internal security auditing.
Build the threat picture for internal security auditing from sources relevant to this site and sector.
Build the internal briefing that explains internal security auditing to those affected.
Rehearse the briefing on internal security auditing that would follow an incident.
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Internal security auditing: threat assessment and intelligence
