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CONTEMPORARY SECURITY MANAGEMENT
Contemporary Security Management
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Second Edition

By
John Fay, Experienced author, and military and security management professional, former Director of National Crime Prevention Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA

Description
Contemporary Security Management serves as an indispensable working tool for students and security professionals at all levels of experience. It is designed to provide the hard facts on modern practices to efficiently and effectively run a security department and covers such vital topics as: leadership in management, employee relations, risk management and mitigation, terrorism, information security, access control, investigations, substance abuse, workplace violence and emergency management. New topics covered include terrorism and the new government mandate to perform standard vulnerability assessments for various industries.

Audience
PRIMARY MARKET: (audience) Students in security management courses; Security Managers, other security professionals SECONDARY MARKET: (audience)

Contents
Chapter 1: Historical Roots Chapter 2: Strategy Chapter 3: Leading Chapter 4: Organizing Chapter 5: Managing People Chapter 6: Budget Management Chapter 7: Managing Change Chapter 8: Making Decisions Chapter 9: Managing Risk Chapter 10: Managing Guard Operations Chapter 11: Managing Physical Security Chapter 12: Managing Access Control Chapter 13: Managing Investigations Chapter 14: Preemployment Screening Chapter 15: Emergency Management Chapter 16: Incident Management Chapter 17: Information Security Chapter 18: Substance Abuse Prevention Chapter 19: Executive Protection Chapter 20: Workplace Violence Chapter 21: Security Awareness Chapter 22: Vulnerability Assessment Chapter 23: Security System Design Chapter 24: The Nature of Terrorism Chapter 25: Counterterrorism Chapter 26: Weapons of Mass Destruction Chapter 27: Assessment of the Terrorist Threat Chapter 28: Critical National Infrastructure

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 544 pages, publication date: OCT-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7928-2
ISBN-10: 0-7506-7928-X
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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