Design layered controls for banking and branch security across deterrence, detection, delay and response.
Managing Banking Security and Protecting Branches and Cash Machines
A concise, decision-focused programme covering banking and branch security end to end.
Course Overview
Security arrangements around banking and branch security are tested by adversaries, not by auditors. A control on branch security that is never exercised is an assumption, not a defence. Participants finish able to explain the corporate security practice discipline to a non-specialist audience without losing precision. It treats banking and branch security as an operating discipline and equips participants to run it as one. What blocks progress on the wider corporate security practice agenda is usually unclear ownership rather than unclear intent. Across sectors, teams that rehearse branch security outperform teams that only plan it. The material serves both public bodies and commercial organisations dealing with banking and branch security. Each session closes with a decision the participant must justify about branch security in their own setting. It ends with a prioritised list of changes to the corporate security practice discipline that the participant is prepared to defend internally.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Agree the first three actions on branch security that will be taken on returning to work.
Estimate what banking and branch security costs to run properly, and what is lost when it is not.
Assess the threat picture relevant to branch security rather than a generic one.
Test the organisation's response to banking and branch security under conditions that are less than ideal.
Design surveillance coverage for branch security that supports investigation.
Manage guard force competence, supervision and performance on banking and branch security.
Who Should Attend
Executives responsible for approving investment in banking and branch security.
Investigation and loss prevention specialists working on branch security.
Compliance and governance staff whose remit includes banking and branch security.
Quality staff verifying that branch security performs as designed.
Guard force supervisors delivering banking and branch security.
Risk managers assessing exposure from branch security.
Course Modules
Banking and branch security: threat assessment and intelligence
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Testing banking and branch security before relying on it
- Set out the decisions in banking and branch security that require sign-off and by whom.
- Review surveillance coverage for branch security against likely approach routes.
- Assess insider risk in roles with privileged access to banking and branch security.
- Protect sensitive information relating to branch security from casual disclosure.
Session 2Layering controls on branch security so one failure is not fatal
- Confirm that those complying with banking and branch security understand why it exists.
- Confirm that reporting on branch security reaches the people who can act.
- Identify single points of dependency in banking and branch security and reduce them.
- Build the internal briefing that explains branch security to those affected.
Branch security: layered controls — deter, detect, delay, respond
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The first fifteen minutes of an incident involving branch security
- Identify the data already collected that bears on banking and branch security.
- Record the rationale for each significant choice made about branch security.
- Check that controls on banking and branch security cover deterrence, detection, delay and response.
- Agree the indicators that will show whether branch security is improving.
Session 2Surveillance on branch security that supports an investigation later
- Review banking and branch security after every incident, exercise or change in threat.
- Exercise the plan for branch security under realistic conditions and record failures.
- Establish what evidence demonstrates banking and branch security is under control.
- Define the first response actions for an incident involving branch security.
Branch security: vulnerability assessment and prioritisation
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Access control on branch security that people do not bypass
- Set out how exceptions to banking and branch security are requested and approved.
- Report on branch security in terms that support an investment decision.
- Assess contractor and third-party exposure within banking and branch security.
- Supervise and spot-check performance on branch security rather than relying on reports.
Session 2Coordinating with external authorities on banking and branch security
- Collect evidence on the present handling of banking and branch security before proposing changes.
- Check guard force instructions for branch security are current and understood.
- Map the handovers in banking and branch security between functions and secure them.
- Benchmark the organisation's branch security against comparable operations.
Branch security: continuity, exercises and external coordination
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Closing out branch security and capturing what was learned
- Confirm access control on banking and branch security cannot be routinely bypassed.
- Build the threat picture for branch security from sources relevant to this site and sector.
- Define acceptance criteria for banking and branch security in advance.
- Coordinate arrangements for branch security with civil defence and police in advance.
Session 2Escalation and decision rights in branch security
- Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in banking and branch security.
- Establish evidence handling and chain of custody for branch security.
- Name a single owner for each element of banking and branch security.
- Verify identity checks applied at entry points relevant to branch security.
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Silver Package
At least 3 people
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
Gold Package
At least 3 people
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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