Security education, awareness, and training : from theory to practice / Carl Roper, Joseph Grau, Lynn Fischer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roper, C. A. (Carl A.)

Contributor:

Grau, Joseph J.

Fischer, Lynn F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security systems.

Private security services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the only one available on security training for all level of personnel. Chief Security Officers (CSOs), security managers, and heads of security forces often have to design training programs themselves from scratch or rely on outside vendors and outside training companies to provide training which is often dry, stilted, and not always applicable to a specific corporate or government setting. This title addresses the theories of sound security training and awareness, then shows the reader how to put the theories into practice when developing or presenting any form of security educa

Contents:

Security programs, security education and this book

Starting with some basics

Goals, objectives and a model

Performance problem-solving: figuring out what's going on

Security education and the "employment life-cycle"

Motivation: getting people to do things

Motivation: some theories with practical applications

Planning an awareness program

Promoting an informed awareness: program implementation

Practical exercise promoting an informed awareness

Training and education: going one step beyond

Planning to train: reader exercise

Moving security education into the work environment

How not to train: a common-sense alternative

Evaluating security education programs

Security education in the electronic age.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-63127-9

9786610631278

0-08-045561-1

OCLC:

476000269