Table Of ContentProfessional Security Management
Historically, security managers have tended to be sourced from either the armed forces
or law enforcement. But the increasing complexity of the organisations employing them,
along with the technologies employed by them, is forcing an evolution and expansion of
the role, and security managers must meet this challenge in order to succeed in their field
and protect the assets of their employers. Risk management, crisis management, continuity
management, strategic business operations, data security, IT, and business communications
all fall under the purview of the security manager.
This book is a guide to meeting those challenges, providing the security manager with
the essential skill set and knowledge base to meet the challenges faced in contemporary,
international, or tech-oriented businesses. It covers the basics of strategy, risk, and
technology from the perspective of the security manager, focussing only on the ‘need to
know’. The reader will benefit from an understanding of how risk management aligns its
functional aims with the strategic goals and operations of the organisation.
This essential book supports professional vocational accreditation and qualifications,
such as the Chartered Security Professional (CSyP) or Certified Protection Professional
(CPP), and advises on pathways to higher education qualifications in the fields of security
and risk management. It is ideal for any risk manager looking to further their training and
development, as well as being complementary for risk and security management programs
with a focus on practice.
Charles Swanson is a professional security and risk management specialist and teacher.
He is a Chartered Security Professional, Fellow of the Security Institute, and currently the
Senior Tutor on the MSc in Security and Risk Management at the University of South
Wales. He has lectured in risk management, counterterrorism, and information security
(cyber) to a global audience.
Professional Security
Management
A Strategic Guide
Charles Swanson
First published 2021
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Swanson, Charles R., 1942– author.
Title: Professional security management : a strategic guide / Charles Swanson.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. | Includes
bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2020007320 (print) |
LCCN 2020007321 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367339616 (hbk) | ISBN
9780429323065 (ebk)
Subjects: LCSH: Private security services—Management. | Risk management—Planning. |
Risk managers. | Industries—Security measures.
Classification: LCC HV8290 .S93 2020 (print) | LCC HV8290 (ebook) |
DDC 658.4/7—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020007320
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020007321
ISBN: 978-0-367-33961-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-429-32306-5 (ebk)
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I dedicate this book to two very special ladies, and they are my
granddaughters Darcy and Beatrix who have held my heart in their
hands since the day they were born. I love you both so much.
Contents
List of figures xv
List of tables xvi
Acknowledgements xvii
Introduction 1
Thinking like a criminal 2
Aims 2
Security management 3
Exercise Brave Defender 6
1 Private security and the development of the security
manager 7
Policing and law enforcement 8
The United Kingdom 8
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) 9
The US 9
The UK police post-2008/09 10
The next great recession 10
The dark figure of crime 11
The private security sector 12
Private security companies (PSC) 13
The 2012 London Olympics 15
The development of the security manager 24
Management 24
Security management 25
The cultural debate 26
2 Security risk management and strategic business awareness 28
The security professional and risk management 33
Risk management responsibilities 33
Crisis management and the security manager 38
viii Contents
Strategic business awareness and the security
manager 39
Income generation 45
3 Critical security areas 47
3.1 Security risk management 47
Security 47
International security 48
Timeline 48
Personal security – extrapolating from above section 49
National security 49
International security 49
Globalisation 49
A potted history 50
Walls and castles 50
Risk 52
Risk perception 53
Risk perception case study: 9/11 55
The security risk assessment 57
Competent persons and the security risk assessment 57
Subject matter expertise 58
Risk component parts 60
Assets 61
Brand and reputation 61
Threats: capability combined with intent 62
Vulnerability 62
Likelihood 66
Impact 67
Risk treatment and control measures 68
Reduce the risk 68
Avoid the risk 68
Risk transference 69
Residual risk 69
Risk acceptance 70
Risk communication 70
Exercise Brave Defender: security and risk management 73
Scenario 73
Britcom UK: 1 Canada Fields 73
Security systems at 1 Canada Fields 74
Access control 75
Intruder detection system (IDS) 76
Britcom plc 76
Unique selling point 76
Contents ix
Internal – SWOT 77
External – PESTLE 78
Synopsis 80
Task 80
3.2 Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
and Situational Crime Prevention (SCP) 81
CPTED 81
Situational Crime Prevention 87
Situational Crime Prevention activities 91
Routine Activity Theory (RAT) 91
Rational Choice Theory 91
Synopsis 92
3.3 Physical and electronic security systems 92
Defence in depth (DiD) 92
Defence in depth (continued) 98
The surrounding environment 98
Perimeter 98
Fencing 99
Security lighting 100
External access control 100
Building fabric and construction 100
Physical security standards 101
Reception areas 102
Electronic systems 107
Closed circuit television (CCTV) 107
Perimeter intruder detection systems (PIDS) and intruder detection
systems (IDS) 110
Internal access control 112
Radio frequency identification (RFID) 114
Synopsis 116
3.4 The security survey and the security audit 116
The security survey 118
Competency levels 121
The security surveyor 122
My vision – the professional security surveyor 122
Registered security surveyor/auditor 123
Synopsis 136
3.5 Business resilience 137
Risk management 138
Management policies, procedures, and practices 140
Communicating, consulting, and establishing the context 140
Identifying, analysing, evaluating, treating, monitoring, and
reviewing risk 141
