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
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Design layered controls for banking and branch security across deterrence, detection, delay and response.
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Agree the first three actions on branch security that will be taken on returning to work.
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Estimate what banking and branch security costs to run properly, and what is lost when it is not.
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Assess the threat picture relevant to branch security rather than a generic one.
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Test the organisation's response to banking and branch security under conditions that are less than ideal.
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Design surveillance coverage for branch security that supports investigation.
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Manage guard force competence, supervision and performance on banking and branch security.
Who Should Attend
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Executives responsible for approving investment in banking and branch security.
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Investigation and loss prevention specialists working on branch security.
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Compliance and governance staff whose remit includes banking and branch security.
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Quality staff verifying that branch security performs as designed.
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Guard force supervisors delivering banking and branch security.
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Risk managers assessing exposure from branch security.
Course Modules
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Banking and branch security: threat assessment and intelligence
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 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.
