Security arrangements around supplier integrity verification are tested by adversaries, not by auditors. The value of preparation for the corporate security practice discipline is only visible on the day it is needed. Benchmarking exercises repeatedly place the corporate security practice capability among the areas with the widest performance spread. The difficulty is not agreeing that supplier integrity verification matters — it is deciding what to stop doing to make room for it. The programme works equally well for those formalising this strand of corporate security practice for the first time and those improving an existing approach. Each session closes with a decision the participant must justify about the corporate security practice discipline in their own setting. Participants leave with a method for supplier integrity verification, not a set of opinions about it. Participants develop a defensible line of reasoning for the choices they make about this aspect of corporate security practice. The programme ends where implementation begins, with this strand of corporate security practice broken into steps someone can start on Monday.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Exercise and test arrangements for supplier integrity verification under realistic conditions.
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Identify vulnerabilities in supplier integrity verification and rank them by consequence.
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Protect information and intellectual property within supplier integrity verification.
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Assess the current state of supplier integrity verification against a structured set of criteria rather than impressions.
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Assign clear ownership for each element of supplier integrity verification across the functions involved.
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Address insider risk and personnel vetting relevant to supplier integrity verification.
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Design a training and briefing approach that sustains competence in supplier integrity verification.
Who Should Attend
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Contract managers overseeing outsourced security in supplier integrity verification.
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Guard force supervisors delivering supplier integrity verification.
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Risk managers assessing exposure from supplier integrity verification.
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Staff seconded into improvement work on supplier integrity verification.
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Anyone whose accountability for supplier integrity verification exceeds their current formal training in it.
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Information security staff whose remit overlaps supplier integrity verification.
Course Modules
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Supplier integrity verification: investigation, evidence and reporting
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Coordinating with external authorities on supplier integrity verification
Set escalation criteria and out-of-hours contacts for supplier integrity verification.
Confirm recorded material from supplier integrity verification is retained long enough to be useful.
Build the internal briefing that explains supplier integrity verification to those affected.
Establish evidence handling and chain of custody for supplier integrity verification.
Session 2Exercising the plan for supplier integrity verification realistically
Build the threat picture for supplier integrity verification from sources relevant to this site and sector.
Check that controls on supplier integrity verification cover deterrence, detection, delay and response.
Establish what evidence demonstrates supplier integrity verification is under control.
Check that supplier integrity verification still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
