Most Security Managers Aren’t Suitably Qualified – this Must Change

It became clear recently that only about 36% of security leaders have qualifications that would satisfy a chartered status.

If security leaders want to be taken seriously by the board, this needs to change.

To argue that academic qualifications don’t make any practical difference when it comes to security threats is to ignore the views of the very board members whose attention you are seeking to gain.

In the first week of a new course in security risk management delivered in December 2013 we looked at the issues facing business and security leaders today. In particular, the matters of how relevant language and knowledge are needed to gain the attention of the business.

Central to this is the concept of ‘Business Protection’. If this idea could be developed further, necessary budgets for projects could be secured and viewed, less, as an inconvenient cost.

But how can this be done? One way, is through an understanding of all the security risks which face a business. Currently, most security professionals specialise in certain areas and therefore often lack a deep enough grasp of other areas of security risk.

However, all of those in security can develop their knowledge, improve their effectiveness and so ensure the business is protected.

This new certificate covers all the key areas of security risk management from physical security, risk analysis and risk management/ERM, insurance risk, crime analysis, supply chain risk, information and cyber risk (ISO 27001:2013), HR, business continuity (ISO 22301) and crisis management leading to a level 7 Masters award. As it looks more closely at the business’s security risks, in an overall way, it is different from more specialised qualifications.

The level 7 student is expected to consider the impact of risk on their organisation and the wider International context. At the end of the course, a 5,000 word essay will need to be submitted, thus equipping security leaders of the future to identify the issues which really matter to companies.

In 2014, a series of five day (40 hrs) long courses (classroom/tutorial based) will take place in the UK and include a further commitment to four months home study of about ten hours a week. These can also be run for groups of two people or more at a location convenient to you.

The successful student can then choose to progress to the Loughborough University MSc in Security Management with a guaranteed place on the programme and the first 20 credits.

Become a recognised business leader! Take up the challenge and embark on this course! See you soon!

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