NCJ Number
127842
Date Published
1991
Length
280 pages
Annotation
Written mainly for security managers and executives, this text is intended to provide a complete guide to the management of the day-to-day operations of a security department.
Abstract
The discussion rests on the systems approach to security and involves a balanced security program consisting of staff, systems hardware, and administrative procedures to provide the most effective level of security protection for people, property, and information. Individual sections explain corporate security management concepts; the security policy, procedures, and standards needed to establish a corporate security program; security guard force management and standards; fire safety and emergency planning; and physical security including intrusion detection systems, locks and alarms, surveillance cameras, security lighting, and miscellaneous hardware. The discussion also focuses on budgeting, staffing, record keeping, investigations, threat analysis, vulnerability analysis, the development of industrial emergency plans, fire protection, security surveys, computer security, thefts of services, counterfeiting, and airline and transportation security. Checklists, security survey form, index, and 35 references