Definition
Corporate security is responsible for overseeing the physical protection of a company’s property, personnel, data, and intellectual assets, as well as identifying, mitigating, and managing security and safety threats to the company’s resilience and continuation.
Introduction
Corporate Security focuses on the application of governance practices to ensure company principles, polices, and procedures are identified and applied as designated within the organization. Two major changes in corporate security since September 11, 2001, include the types of people who serve as directors and the policies implemented (Nemeth 2018). Initially, the majority of security directors had been retired law enforcement officers who worked predominantly in inner cities, trying to reduce crime and assist the public. Corporate America’s mentality was that retired law enforcement officers would be good directors because they had the experience and expertise in dealing with security and criminal...
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Cassidy, K. (2019). Corporate Security (Structure, Roles, Duties). In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_19-1
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