Contemporary Security Management is hands-down the most comprehensive and up-to-date security management book available. It 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 managment, employee relations, risk management and mitigation, terrorism, information security, access control, investigations, substance abuse, workplace violence and emergency management. Contemporary Security Management provides in-depth coverage of the legal considerations and issues of protecting sensitive information, human capital, and corporate assets that all security professionals face. In addition, it explores how to operate within constitional boundaries and covers the need to understand the criminal justice system as well as how to avoid criminal sanctions and civil liabilities. There are numerous case examples and illustrations provided which complement the easy-to-read writing style.
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"Fay's emphasis on current, state-of-the-art technologies, business practices, and problems such as workplace violence make this book the natural choice for use as a platform to discuss contemporary security issues. -- Dr. Jeffrey T. Fowler American Military University Fay does an excellent job in this section, with the most illuminating material covering management concepts...this book is a valuable reference, especially for incipient security managers. -Security Management, June 2002
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Elsevier Science & Technology
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 180 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7506-7271-9 (9780750672719)
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Mr. Fay was a special agent of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and later the Director of the National Crime Prevention Institute at the University of Louisville. He has held security management positions in the petroleum industry while teaching at the university level. He holds the Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Hawaii, and is a well-known and respected author of many books, including Butterworth's Security Dictionary: Terms and Concepts, Drug Testing, Encyclopedia of Security Management: Techniques and Technology, and Model Security Policies, Plans, and Procedures, all by Butterworth-Heinemann.Was a special agent of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and later the Director of the National Crime Prevention Institute. Former manager of security for British Petroleum's operations in the Gulf of Mexico. He was previously an adjunct professor at the University of North Florida and the University of Houston.
Security administration; legal considerations; physical security; security officer operations; emergency management; investigations; protection of sensitive information; providing protection at conferences and meetings; applying countermeasures to electronic surveillance.
