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Physical Security

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 060-0553/01
Abbreviation PS
Course title Physical Security
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Security Services
Course coordinator Ing. Vladimíra Trochtová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Physical security - characteristics, classification, legal framework, development trends, terminology. 2. Specifics, focus of the so-called security and safety in the company. 3. Security environment, security as a guarantee of prosperity, concepts and definitions. 4. Risk assessment techniques - selection of appropriate techniques for the risk assessment process in physical security. Application of physical security risk assessment techniques in the company and their verification. 5. Theory of risk assessment in physical security. Context determination, identification, analysis, evaluation, risk treatment. 6. Economic aspect of business protection and ALARA rule. 7. Technical circuit protection. Technical mantle protection. 8. Technical spatial and object protection. 9. Protection and circulation of information in the company. Competitive, commercial intelligence. 10. Access and attendance systems. 11. Biometric systems in object protection. 12. Security expertise, analysis, forecasting, object protection planning. 13. Methodology of solving professional problems and scientific work in security

E-learning

Study materials for the source version of the subject.

Literature

The Manager's Handbook for Business Security [online]. Elsevier, 2014. ISBN 9780128000625 . doi:10.1016/C2013-0-15978-8 Effective Security Management [online], 2016. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128027745 . doi:10.1016/C2014-0-03448-X BURGES, Dan, 2013. Physical Security. Cargo Theft, Loss Prevention, and Supply Chain Security [online]. Elsevier, 2013, s. 173-193. ISBN 9780124160071 . doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-416007-1.00013-3 Palmite, A. R.: Securities Regulation: Examples & Explanations, Aspen Publ, 2017, ISBN13 (EAN): 978-14-5488-130-8.

Advised literature

SINGER, P. W. Corporate warriors : the rise of the privatized military industry. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003. xi, 330. ISBN 0801489156 . Natural resources and violent conflict : options and actions. Edited by Ian Bannon - Paul Collier. Washington: The World Bank, 2003. xviii, 409. ISBN 0821355031 . KLARE, Michael T. Resource wars : the new landscape of global conflict. 1st ed. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2001. 289 s. ISBN 0805055762 .