Counter-Terrorism and Protective Security ManagementAn Applied Programme for Corporate Security Managers

A ten-module course in two formats

Counter-Terrorism and Protective Security Management

An Applied Programme for Corporate Security Managers

Counter-Terrorism and Protective Security Management: An Applied Programme for Corporate Security Managers is a ten-module, management-level course for the people who protect plants, warehouses, offices, shops, hotels, venues and vehicle fleets. Participants learn to assess the terrorism-related and hostile-threat risk to their sites, select and justify proportionate protective measures, lead a structured response exercise, and present to their leadership a defensible 90-day plan, so that protection across a region's sites becomes consistent, evidence-based and tested rather than ad hoc. Every concept is taught through a real, dated and sourced story, then a framework, then practice on a site, and every module adds one step to the 90-Day Protective Security Action Plan that each group presents and defends on the last day.

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The course path: ten modules in five parts, leading to the 90-Day Protective Security Action Plan 12345678910PART IPART IIPART IIIPART IVPART V Your 90-Day Protective Security Action Plan
Level
Professional, management level; no previous counter-terrorism training needed
Length
Ten modules: about 30 contact hours, plus 15–25 hours of reading, online tests and capstone work
Assessment
Site-risk assignment, tabletop exercise, 90-day plan with presentation, and online module tests
Materials
Textbook in two editions, slides, cheat sheets, voice lectures, online tests, capstone workbook and editable toolkit
Recognition
A certificate from the course; not accredited by NPSA, TAPA or any awarding body and not a formal qualification

Who it is for

For the people who protect sites, staff and operations

The course is for people who hold, or are moving into, responsibility for the protective security of a site, a region or a business: regional security managers, site security leads and senior security supervisors in multinational manufacturing and distribution businesses; the facilities, operations, health-and-safety and resilience managers who own protective security at a site that has no security specialist; contract security managers who run guarding and security services on client sites; and corporate security teams in other sectors with public-facing or high-footfall premises, such as retail, hospitality, venues, logistics, energy and utilities.

  • Regional security managers
  • Site security leads
  • Senior security supervisors
  • Facilities and operations managers
  • Health, safety and resilience leads
  • Risk and business continuity managers
  • Contract security managers
  • Managers new to protective security

Curriculum

Ten modules in five parts

From the threat landscape to the board report: every module adds one step to a 90-Day Protective Security Action Plan for a site or region, presented and defended on Day 5.

Part I

Threats and Risk

  1. 1The Terrorism Threat Landscape and Corporate Exposure
  2. 2Threat, Vulnerability and Consequence: The Protective Security Risk Register

Part II

Prevention and Site Protection

  1. 3Layered Security, CPTED and Access Control
  2. 4Perimeter and Building Protection and Hostile Reconnaissance

Part III

People and Security Intelligence

  1. 5Personnel and Contractor Security and Insider Risk
  2. 6Security Intelligence, Information Sharing, Escalation and Security Culture

Part IV

Preparedness and Response

  1. 7Emergency Planning: Evacuation, Invacuation and Lockdown
  2. 8Crisis Management, Communications, Responders and Business Continuity

Part V

Leadership and Assurance

  1. 9Governance, Control Testing and Incident Learning
  2. 10Performance Review, Continuous Improvement and the 90-Day Action Plan

Formats

Two ways to take the course

5-day programme

Five instructor-led days, two modules a day: each module a 150-minute session, and each day an applied exercise on the group's focus site, one of the course's fictional sites or a member's own (a risk profile, a vulnerability assessment, a mitigation plan, a management tabletop) building to the 90-day plan presented on Day 5.

1-day short course

The Essentials edition in one day: all ten modules as 35-minute blocks in five 75-minute sessions, one short in-class exercise each, and a one-page priority action list at the close.

Day 1
Modules 1–10 in five 75-minute sessions: threats and risk; prevention and site protection; people and security intelligence; preparedness and response; leadership and assurance, closing with each participant's one-page priority action list
Materials
Essentials textbook, short decks, cheat sheets, the voice lectures and online tests

Inside the course site

Everything in one place

The textbook, online

The full edition and the shorter Essentials edition, with search, chapter navigation and every exercise.

Online tests

Module tests and a final exam, with answers, explanations and the section to revisit after you submit.

Revision tools

Flashcards for every chapter, a searchable case library, the glossary, reading lists and cheat sheets.

A toolkit to take away

Editable templates for the risk register, the vulnerability assessment, the mitigation plan, the tabletop exercise and the 90-day plan.

For lecturers

Lecturer notes, slides with speaker notes, the test bank and a results dashboard for the cohort.

Private by design

No tracking and no third-party services. The site stores only what it needs to run the course.

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