Assignment
Identify what you see as the main purpose of security management and discuss what is meant by the statement that ‘security measures must be commensurate with the threat’.
"Security is everyone’s business" Which is the point I would like to conclude with at the end of my essay? Yet the assignment poses two questions, the first highlights the term 'Security Management' which is fundamental towards the second question that focuses on the importance in identifying the proportionate and appropriate balance between the right security measures to the right threat. I would like to at first give my interpretation of 'Security Management' by discussing each word on their own merits before moving onto the latter.
What is Security? The Oxford dictionary defines Security as the state of being free from danger or threat. You don’t have to work within the Industry to realize that danger or threat can come in many forms, for all of us, I am confident to say that this is a life skill which we learn from and early age either by our own mistakes or from others. So it goes without saying that as we progress through life we develop our own methods of being free from danger or threat. However, there is only so far we can go before we look towards further support or additional security measures to be put in place to protect our accomplishments whether this is life, money, property or assets whether tangible or not. Nevertheless, whatever measures you put in place, through any of the current industry specialists available it is still down to you to follow any advise or instructions given as it doesn’t detract from the 'back to basics' personal safety you have always followed such as sanitizing any personal information you distribute or destroying such documents using the correct methods, creating the term "Security always starts at home". If you find yourself now