This course enables participants to explore, design and fully understand the policies and procedures needed for security departments within their organizations. More specifically, participants will discuss managing the implementation and evaluation of their policies and procedures in relation to setting standards, staff safety, security effectiveness and overall performance of the security department. Participants will learn the importance of enforcing, reviewing, and revising security policies and procedures effectively while meeting the legal requirements of the jurisdiction or country the organization is in.
Course Methodology
This course is highly interactive and includes group discussions, case studies and syndicate work. It also includes practical exercises that enable all participants to apply the advanced knowledge they gained and demonstrate their skills in security policies and procedures.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Identify numerous types of policies used in security
Understand Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs)
Apply assignment instructions to security operations
Create policies and procedures for their organization
Manage the successful implementation of security policies
Target Audience
This course is suitable for security professionals who manage and control an organization’s policies and procedures; this includes security supervisors, managers, team leaders and company owners, directors and stakeholders.
Target Competencies
Communication
SOP creation
Team management
Critical and strategic thinking
Course Outline
Introduction to Security Policies and Procedures
What are security policies?
What are security procedures?
Why do we need policies in our organizations?
How policies affect your work and every-day routines
Understanding the connection between policies and the law
The importance of policies and procedures in security
Different types of policies in the workplace
3 types of security policies
What should a security policy contain?
Assignment instruction
Policies and the law
Wants, needs and benefits of policies and procedures
The Principles of Policies and Procedures
Setting a security policy within an organization
5 components or elements of a security policy
Differences between policies and procedures
Security awareness
Roles and responsibilities when creating policies
3 types of security controls
Relationship between policy and management
Policy statements
Top-down security
Bottom-up security
Security standards
Codes of Security behavior and ethics
Management Controls and Written Documentation
Security administration
Assignment instructions
Reporting procedure
Physical control policies
Technical control policies
Structuring your security policy
Developing a security strategy
Rational for security strategy
Consequences of poor policy implementation
Establishing effective procedures for success
Implementation of security procedures
Managing security procedures
Measuring procedures for assessing performance
Security procedure typology
Creating Effective Policies for your Organization
Developing a suitable security policy for an organization
Developing and writing a policy statement for your organization
Matching security procedures to the policies
Creating Assignment Instructions for your organization
Developing a written assignment instruction for an organization
Creating a security plan with a list of suitable policies and procedures for your organization