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Security and Loss Prevention: An Introduction de Philip Purpura

Security and Loss Prevention: An Introduction

Autor Philip Purpura
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 aug 2018
Security and Loss Prevention: An Introduction, Seventh Edition,provides introductory and advanced information on the security profession. Security expert, Phil Purpura, CPP, includes updates on security research, methods, strategies, technologies, laws, issues, statistics and career options, providing a comprehensive and interdisciplinary book that draws on many fields of study for concepts, strategies of protection and research. The book explains the real-world challenges facing security professionals and offers options for planning solutions. Linking physical security with IT security, the book covers internal and external threats to people and assets and private and public sector responses and issues.
As in previous editions, the book maintains an interactive style that includes examples, illustrations, sidebar questions, boxed topics, international perspectives and web exercises. In addition, course instructors can download ancillaries, including an instructor’s manual with outlines of chapters, discussion topics/special projects, essay questions, and a test bank and PowerPoint presentation for each chapter.


  • Covers topics including Enterprise Security Risk Management, resilience, the insider threat, active assailants, terrorism, spies, the Internet of things, the convergence of physical security with IT security, marijuana legalization, and climate change.
  • Emphasizes critical thinking as a tool for security and loss prevention professionals who must think smarter as they confront a world filled with many threats such as violence, cyber vulnerabilities, and security itself as a soft target.
  • Utilizes end-of-chapter problems that relate content to real security situations and issues.
  • Serves both students and professionals interested in security and loss prevention for a wide variety of operations—industrial, critical infrastructure sectors, retail, healthcare, schools, non-profits, homeland security agencies, criminal justice agencies, and more.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780128117958
ISBN-10: 0128117958
Pagini: 772
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 x 43 mm
Greutate: 1.31 kg
Ediția:7
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE

Public țintă

Undergraduate and graduate students, security practitioners, military personnel, those studying for the CPP exam (ASIS International) and others engaged in security and loss prevention

Cuprins

1. The History of Security and Loss Prevention 2. The Business, Careers, and Challenges of Security and Loss Prevention 3. Foundations of Security and Loss Prevention 4. Law 5. Internal and External Relations 6. Applicant Screening and Employee Socialization 7. Internal Threats and Countermeasures 8. External Threats and Countermeasures 9. Services and Systems 10. Investigations 11. Accounting, Accountability, and Auditing 12. Resilience, Risk Management, Business Continuity, and Emergency Management 13. Life Safety, Fire Protection, and Emergencies 14. Safety in the Workplace 15. Terrorism and Homeland Security 16. Protecting Critical Infrastructure 17. Protecting Commercial and Institutional Critical Infrastructure 18. Topics of Concern 19. Your Future in Security and Loss Prevention

Recenzii

"Author Philip Purpura wrote Security and Loss Prevention to help the readerSecurity and Loss Prevention: An Introduction become a better critical thinker: to help the reader understand and apply theories, methodologies, and practical strategies to real-world challenges. The author superbly achieves the goal in the seventh edition of this book that reads like an encyclopedia of security and loss prevention knowledge." ...Each topic is well covered, so read the book: it’s in there." --Security Management

Descriere

Security and Loss Prevention: An Introduction, Seventh Edition, provides introductory and advanced information on the security profession. Security expert, Phil Purpura, CPP, includes updates on security research, methods, strategies, technologies, laws, issues, statistics and career options, providing a comprehensive and interdisciplinary book that draws on many fields of study for concepts, strategies of protection and research. The book explains the real-world challenges facing security professionals and offers options for planning solutions. Linking physical security with IT security, the book covers internal and external threats to people and assets and private and public sector responses and issues.
As in previous editions, the book maintains an interactive style that includes examples, illustrations, sidebar questions, boxed topics, international perspectives and web exercises. In addition, course instructors can download ancillaries, including an instructor’s manual with outlines of chapters, discussion topics/special projects, essay questions, and a test bank and PowerPoint presentation for each chapter.

 

 

 

  • Covers topics including Enterprise Security Risk Management, resilience, the insider threat, active assailants, terrorism, spies, the Internet of things, the convergence of physical security with IT security, marijuana legalization, and climate change.
  • Emphasizes critical thinking as a tool for security and loss prevention professionals who must think smarter as they confront a world filled with many threats such as violence, cyber vulnerabilities, and security itself as a soft target.
  • Utilizes end-of-chapter problems that relate content to real security situations and issues.
  • Serves both students and professionals interested in security and loss prevention for a wide variety of operations—industrial, critical infrastructure sectors, retail, healthcare, schools, non-profits, homeland security agencies, criminal justice agencies, and more.