| Description |
xv, 478 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Homeland Security - Changing the Emphasis on Security in the United States -- 2. Origins and Development of Security -- 3. Defining Security's Role -- 4. The Proprietary Security Organization -- 5. Career Opportunities in Loss Prevention -- 6. Security Education, Training, Certification, and Regulation -- 7. Security and the Law -- 8. Risk Analysis and the Security Survey -- 9. The Outer Defenses: Building and Perimeter Protection -- 10. Interior and Exterior Security Concerns -- 11. The Inner Defenses: Intrusion and Access Control -- 12. Fire Protection, Safety, and Emergency Planning -- 13. Insurance -- 14. Internal Theft Controls -- 15. Personnel Policies for Internal Security -- 16. Transportation/Cargo Security -- 17. Workplace Violence: Prevention and Intervention -- 18. Drugs in the Workplace -- 19. Retail Security -- 20. Terrorism and Other Tools of Destruction -- 21. Computer and Information Security -- 22. Specific Security Threats |
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23. Security: Its Problems, Its Future -- App. A. Security Journals, Magazines, and Newsletters -- App. B. World Wide Web Sites -- App. C. Security Surveys |
| Summary |
"Introduction to Security, Seventh Edition is a complete revision of the classic text. This edition addresses the latest trends, concerns, and issues in the security industry today. From equipment and new technologies to security design theories and security management practices, all the key fundamentals are covered." "This comprehensive text begins with a new chapter on the chief issue of interest to security professionals today, the establishment and development of Homeland Security in the United States. Terrorism, now an area of principal concern for the security industry, is addressed in its own chapter that outlines the history and changes in global terrorism. Terrorism is also addressed throughout the book relative to its impact on cargo and travel security, potential areas of attack and target hardening techniques, and the use of current technologies to combat new threats. Traditional physical and guard security in covered in addition to new advances in the electronic and computer security areas including biometric security, access control, CCTV surveillance as well as growing computer security threats of identity theft and computer-facilitated fraud."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: c1998 |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Private security services.
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Private security services -- Management.
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Industries -- Security measures.
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Retail trade -- Security measures.
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| Author |
Green, Gion.
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| LC no. |
2003052355 |
| ISBN |
0750676000 |
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