The value of preparation for facility protection from terrorist threats is only visible on the day it is needed. A control on terrorist threats that is never exercised is an assumption, not a defence. Plans for the practice within corporate security practice often fail at the handover point between functions. The most reliable predictor of sound facility protection from terrorist threats is whether anyone reviews it when nothing has gone wrong. Sessions alternate between guided analysis of this part of corporate security practice and supervised application. Participants gain a realistic view of what terrorist threats costs and what it returns. It treats facility protection from terrorist threats as an operating discipline and equips participants to run it as one. The programme suits teams tackling terrorist threats together as readily as individuals attending alone. Work concludes with a self-assessment of this aspect of corporate security practice that participants can repeat annually.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Review contracts and agreements for the obligations they create around facility protection from terrorist threats.
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Exercise and test arrangements for terrorist threats under realistic conditions.
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Align facility protection from terrorist threats with the wider objectives of the protected site rather than optimising it in isolation.
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Estimate what terrorist threats costs to run properly, and what is lost when it is not.
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Build the investigation capability and evidence handling for facility protection from terrorist threats.
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Assess the threat picture relevant to terrorist threats rather than a generic one.
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Identify vulnerabilities in facility protection from terrorist threats and rank them by consequence.
Who Should Attend
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Information security staff whose remit overlaps facility protection from terrorist threats.
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Control room and monitoring staff operating terrorist threats.
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Specialists advising senior management on facility protection from terrorist threats.
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Business continuity and crisis managers covering terrorist threats.
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Planning staff whose forecasts and budgets are affected by facility protection from terrorist threats.
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Human resources staff handling vetting and insider risk in terrorist threats.
Course Modules
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Facility protection from terrorist threats: insider risk, vetting and personnel security
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Getting other functions to support facility protection from terrorist threats
Establish evidence handling and chain of custody for facility protection from terrorist threats.
Confirm that contractual obligations around terrorist threats are understood.
Assign responsibility for keeping documentation of facility protection from terrorist threats current.
Build the threat picture for terrorist threats from sources relevant to this site and sector.
Session 2Surveillance on terrorist threats that supports an investigation later
Review facility protection from terrorist threats after every incident, exercise or change in threat.
Identify the data already collected that bears on terrorist threats.
Protect sensitive information relating to facility protection from terrorist threats from casual disclosure.
Verify identity checks applied at entry points relevant to terrorist threats.
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Terrorist threats: surveillance, monitoring and control rooms
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Supervising the guard force on terrorist threats
Supervise and spot-check performance on facility protection from terrorist threats rather than relying on reports.
Check guard force instructions for terrorist threats are current and understood.
Check that facility protection from terrorist threats still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
Confirm recorded material from terrorist threats is retained long enough to be useful.
Session 2The cost of terrorist threats and how to present it
Remove steps in facility protection from terrorist threats that add effort without adding assurance.
Identify vulnerabilities in terrorist threats and rank them by consequence, not ease of fix.
Identify where judgement in facility protection from terrorist threats is legitimate and where it is not.
Agree the smallest change to terrorist threats that would be visibly useful.
