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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811283003321
• Autore: Roper C. A (Carl A.)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, c2006
• ISBN: 1-280-63127-9; 9786610631278; 0-08-045561-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GrauJoseph J; FischerLynn F
• Disciplina: 363.28
• Soggetti: Security systems; Private security services
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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