What is the value of Private Security Management?

Answer 1

Contracting for security rather than hiring in-house is generally done for the following reasons: reducing liability as the contractor has insurance for their staff and is responsible for their actions and changing problem staff is much easier as the company doesn't have to document anything - they just tell the vendor to replace a person and it's done. Also there's cost, rather than increasing wages every year, the company can bid out the contract to get the best price. Lastly is time, security doesn't generate revenue for a company, so why waste time managing security when you can have someone with more experience handle it while you concentrate on making money.

Answer 2

I think you will be able to infer the value/importance after reviewing this course outline.

PRIVATE SECURITY MANAGEMENT
(Also See Administration of Justice)


1 Security Management (3)
Prerequisite: None.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Students apply principles of management to security administration. Topics include personnel management, security planning organizational leadership and communication, and recruitment and training.


2 Concepts of Security (3)
Prerequisite: None.
Lecture, 3 hours.
A course of study in the use of modern day security and the roles it has in todays world. Includes various different aspects of private security and how they work with law enforcement, local, state, and federal agencies.


3 Methods of Security (3)
Prerequisite: None.
Lecture, 3 hours.
A course of study in the use of modern day security and the roles it has in todays world. Includes various different aspects of private security and how they work with law enforcement, local, state, and federal agencies.


4 Legal and Ethical Issues in Security Management (3)
Prerequisite: None.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course is an overview of important ethical issues with which the security manager must deal. Students examine personnel law and obligations; negotiations; contract management; constitutional rights of individuals; legal liability; and ethical standards.


5 Emergency Planning (3)
Prerequisite: None.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Students discuss the role of the security manager in the identification, analysis, and response to a variety of human and natural causes. They examine threats resulting from riots, demonstrations, product tampering, work stoppage, terrorism, and natural disasters.


6 Safety Administration (3)
Prerequisite: None.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course provides an introduction to safety science, surveys the safety profession and examines the safety movement. A conceptual overview of public safety, industrial safety, and traffic safety. Opportunities in the field of hazard control are discussed.


7 Industrial and Physical Security (3)
Prerequisite: None.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course provides an introduction to contemporary trends in industrial and physical security integrated with management systems; physical security requirements and standards; as well alarm and surveillance devices.


8 Information Systems Security (3)
Prerequisite: None.
Lecture, 3 hours.
This course examines the management of information security and data processing facilities including thefts of data, computer viruses, and methods of protecting information.
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