Security Management

QUESTION 1
At the corporate headquarters for a major greeting card company, the Vice-President for Operations (your boss) has just informed you (the Security Director) that the budget for security for the next fiscal year will be cut by 20 percent. Since 2001, security costs have risen due to concerns about possible acts of terrorism against the company. The VP however feels that this company is not a viable target of terrorists.
How would you respond to the VP? In terms of risk management, what steps would you take to assess the actual threat of terrorism to this organization? (Be sure to apply risk management concepts and procedures from your readings and study this unit).

QUESTION 2
You are the security manager for a large transportation facility which has a major access credentialing function. All employees and some visitors require identification cards to access restricted areas. You have just hired a new office manager to supervise your security front office operations, which includes the issuance of ID cards. You are having your first orientation interview with the new supervisor. Complaints from upper management have referred to the general inefficiency of the office staff and the poor image the security office has been providing to customers and employees coming into the office.
What will you and your new office manager discuss? Be sure to provide examples of how you expect the office to function to improve service.

QUESTION 3
If you could administer a project such as the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) or the British Crime Survey, which would you choose? Why?

QUESTION 4
In your own words explain the strengths and weaknesses of snowball sampling.

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