Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
- Explain why risk management is important.
- Describe how organizations plan for and manage risk.
- Explain the costs involved in managing risk.
- Examine the consequences of not managing risk.
- Identify indicators and types of workplace violence.
- Describe the recommended initial responses of active shooter situations.
- Identify organizational policies for safety and security.
- Explain the employee responsibilities for preventing workplace violence.
- Differentiate between the terms information, cyber, and computer security.
- Identify steps to evaluate the effectiveness of an organization’s mobile security plan.
- Contrast cyberwarfare and cyberterrorism.
- Identify the five core homeland security concepts.
- Explain the roles of private security professionals regarding homeland security.
- Create an Incident Command table of roles and responsibilities.
- Explain the function of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan.
- Contrast a sampling of public–private partnerships for infrastructure security.
- Recommend how a situation can be avoided and mitigated based on a review of the situation and response.
- Identify the basic styles or approaches for incident management and response.
- Distinguish some differences between a crisis, a disaster, and an emergency.
- Explain what the National Incident Management System was designed to accomplish.
- Describe the incident command system.
