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The corporate security professional's handbook on terrorism / Edward Halibozek, Andy Jones, Gerald L. Kovacich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halibozek, Edward P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corporations--Security measures--Management.
- Corporations.
- Private security services--Management.
- Private security services.
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Corporate Security Professional's Handbook on Terrorism is a professional reference that clarifies the difference between terrorism against corporations and their assets, versus terrorism against government assets. It addresses the existing misconceptions regarding how terrorism does or does not affect corporations, and provides security professionals and business executives with a better understanding of how terrorism may impact them. Consisting three sections, Section I provides an explanation of what terrorism is, its history, who engages in it, and why. Section II focus
- Contents:
- What is terrorism?
- A short history of terrorism
- Old and new groups
- Case studies of terrorist attacks
- Determining the corporate risks to terrorist attacks
- Physically securing corporate premises in order to mitigate attacks
- Protecting employees from terrorist attacks
- Preparing for a terrorist attack : emergency planning and implementation
- Operational security methods for mitigating terrorist attacks
- Coordinating and planning with antiterrorist agencies
- The future global business environment and security needs
- The future of international terrorism
- The successful security professional in fighting terrorism
- now and in the future
- Closing thoughts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-03509-2
- 9786611035099
- 0-08-055188-2
- OCLC:
- 476103668
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