The Security Consultant's Handbook

A compendium of essential information for the modern security entrepreneur and practitioner The modern security practitioner has shifted from a predominantly protective site and assets manager to a leading contributor to overall organisational resilience. Accordingly, The Security Consultant's Handbook sets out a holistic overview of the essential core knowledge, emerging opportunities and approaches to corporate thinking that are increasingly demanded by employers and buyers in the security market. This book provides essential direction for those who want to succeed in security, either individually or as part of a team. It also aims to stimulate some fresh ideas and provide new market routes for security professionals who may feel that they are underappreciated and overexerted in traditional business domains. Product overview Distilling the author’s fifteen years’ experience as a security practitioner, and incorporating the results of some fifty interviews with leading security practitioners and a review of a wide range of supporting business literature, The Security Consultant’s Handbook provides a wealth of knowledge for the modern security practitioner, covering: Entrepreneurial practice (including business intelligence, intellectual property rights, emerging markets, business funding and business networking) Management practice (including the security function’s move from basement to boardroom, fitting security into the wider context of organisational resilience, security management leadership, adding value and professional proficiency) Legislation and regulation (including relevant UK and international laws such as the Human Rights Act 1998, the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Geneva Conventions) Private investigations (including surveillance techniques, tracing missing people, witness statements and evidence, and surveillance and the law) Information and cyber security (including why information needs protection, intelligence and espionage, cyber security threats, and mitigation approaches such as the ISO 27001 standard for information security management) Protective security (including risk assessment methods, person-focused threat assessments, protective security roles, piracy and firearms) Safer business travel (including government assistance, safety tips, responding to crime, kidnapping, protective approaches to travel security and corporate liability) Personal and organisational resilience (including workplace initiatives, crisis management, and international standards such as ISO 22320, ISO 22301 and PAS 200) Featuring case studies, checklists and helpful chapter summaries, The Security Consultant's Handbook aims to be a practical and enabling guide for security officers and contractors. Its purpose is to plug information gaps or provoke new ideas, and provide a real-world support tool for those who want to offer their clients safe, proportionate and value-driven security services. About the author Richard Bingley is a senior lecturer in security and organisational resilience at Buckinghamshire New University, and co-founder of CSARN, the popular business security advisory network. He has more than fifteen years’ experience in a range of high-profile security and communications roles, including as a close protection operative at London’s 2012 Olympics and in Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. He is a licensed close protection operative in the UK, and holds a postgraduate certificate in teaching and learning in higher education. Richard is the author of two previous books: Arms Trade: Just the Facts(2003) and Terrorism: Just the Facts (2004).

Table of Contents:
1: Becoming an Entrepreneur in the Security Business 2: Becoming a Developed Security Manager 3: Security Legislation and Regulation 4: Private Investigations 5: Information Security 6: Protective Security 7: Safe Business Travel  8: Personal and Organisational Resilience

About the Author :
Richard Bingley has led and operated a number of vital security projects including the London 2012 Olympics and Sochi 2014, as well as serving as executive director of London First’s security and resilience division. He’s the co-founder and director of the business security briefing service CSARN.org. His book publications to date include: The Security Consultant’s Handbook (ITGP: 2015); Terrorism: Just the Facts (Heinemann: 2003); and Arms Trade: Just the Facts (Heinemann: 2003). Richard was senior lecturer for security and resilience at Buckinghamshire New University (2012–15) and director of the BNU Business School. He is CEO and principal of the CSARN Global Cyber Academy and a frequent media commentator on cyber security and future technology issues, including recently for the London Evening Standard and Sunday Express.

Review :
The author has produced a most assured work; a book for our times; and one for the newcomer to security and anyone wanting to refresh themselves or get a grip on 2015 in general. A cracking book from a man who is giving the security industry a good name. Being a specialist in the field of information security, I found it highly educational to read about the related security field. The subject matter was presented in a clear fashion and required little previous knowledge. The way the author presents his information leaves the reassuring impression that the author is well versed in the subject.