Security : an introduction /: an introduction. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Philip P. Purpura.
• Other Names: Purpura, Philip P, 1950-
• Contents: Section I The History and Profession of Security; Definition, Role, and History of Security; Security Defined; The Contexts of Security; The Roles of Security; The History of Security; Security in an Environment of Threats, Terrorism, and All-Hazards ; Threats and Hazards; Terrorism; National Strategies; The Profession and Business of Security; The Business of Security; Professionalism and Security Associations; Ethics; Regulation of the Security Industry; Security Training; Higher Education; Careers; Section II Protecting People and Assets; Security Methodology; Methodology Defined; Security Business Proposals; Security Master Plans; Theories; Risk Analysis Methodology; Metrics; Practical Applications; Research and Evaluation; Security Strategies; Generic and Specific Security; Generic Security; Objectives of Security; Security Layers and Redundancy; Security Levels; Security Maxims; Force Multipliers; Violence in the Workplace; Theft in the Workplace; Drugs in the Workplace; Personnel Security; The Insider Threat; Preemployment Screening; Motivating Personnel; Executive and Personnel Protection; Physical Security ; Physical Security Defined; Research Directions for Physical Security; Challenges of Physical Security; Challenges of Vulnerability Assessments; Security Standards; Information Technology and Physical Security; Physical Security; Information and Information Technology Security ; Information as an Asset; Laws Protecting Proprietary Information; Threats to Information Technology and Data; Information Security; Security Law and Liabilities; The Development of Law; Criminal and Civil Law and Procedures; Law of Arrest; Weights of Evidence; Search and Seizure: Public Police; Search and Seizure: Private Security; Investigations; Investigations; Types and Guidelines of Investigations; Techniques of Investigation; Technology; Forensic Science ; Section III Risk and All-Hazards Protection; Enterprise Risk Management and Resilience ; Risk Management; Enterprise Risk Management; Enterprise Security Risk Management; Business Continuity and Enterprise Resilience; Emergency Management; Life Safety; Fire Protection; Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Resources; Protection Challenges; Early Critical Infrastructure Protection; National Infrastructure Protection Plan; Assessing Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructures and Key Resources; Critical Infrastructures and Key Resources; Section IV The Future; Twenty-First Century Security; Methodologies for Anticipating the Future; Predictions from the World Future Society; Predictions and Issues; Technology; Appendix ; Index ;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (637 pages), (70 illustrations)
• Subjects: 364.4; Crime prevention; Security systems
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439894569; 1439894566
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.