Mr. Walker is the senior partner of the Foush‚e Group, Inc. He has more than 18 years of experience in the management consulting field. He specializes in incentive plan design and implementation, salary and wage administration program development, and compensation survey design and development.In the field of compensation, Mr. Walker has managed projects in a variety of industries including high technology, engineering services, information systems, national laboratories, pharmaceutical, energy, and venture capital. He has worked with senior management to review and develop compensation programs that are designed to serve the business objectives and management philosophies unique to each organization.Mr. Walker holds a BS in business administration, and is a former Commissioned Officer in the United States Marine Corps. He is a frequent lecturer to professional and business groups, author, faculty member for the Security Executive Council, and is a member of a variety of human resources and compensation organizations. In 2009, Mr. Walker was voted one of the most influential people in security by Security magazine.
The third edition of Security Careers is the authoritative reference for current job descriptions and pay practices of security, compliance, and ethics occupations. The job descriptions and compensation ranges in this report are drawn from research from the Foushee Group, which has been conducting this research since 1980. Security Careers includes more than 75 job descriptions for security-related positions, which range from the entry-level security guard to the top global corporate executive. It also provides four years of compensation trend data to give a thorough understanding of competitive pay practices across the industry. This book can be used by anyone who manages security personnel or by security professionals who want to develop their careers. Security Careers is a part of Elsevier's Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real world solutions and "e;how-to"e; guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs. - Fills the need for solid information based on accurate job descriptions and surveys of industry compensation professionals- Created for hands-on use: readers may use the job descriptions in their own hiring and staffing plans- Sheds light on compensation practices and shows security executives how to influence them
The Role and Responsibilities of the Security Leader
Abstract
This chapter provides background information on the history of the security role and the recent shift in required skills. Traditionally, security leaders were generally drawn from other areas, including the government, from within the organization, information technology, and executive leadership. In this chapter, each of these four areas of experience are discussed in terms of history, strengths and drawbacks, transition challenges, and most transferable skills. This chapter also includes a self-assessment tool with 65 knowledge elements that today's security leader should possess.
Keywords
Background Experience Leadership skills Next generation leadership Risk Management Portfolio Security career Security Executive Council Security industry Security leader Transferable skills
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Table 2.1
Next Generation Security Leadership
Value: Internal and External Situational Readiness | Value: Alignment with Business | Value: Business results and Leadership | Value: Critical Information Protection | Value: Intimate Knowledge of the Particular Company/Business | Value: Risk Assessment & Mitigation |
Laws and regulatory trends | Finance | Communication skills | Network security | Knowledge of the business | Law enforcement |
Cross-sector benchmarking | Sector/Industry-specific knowledge | Presentation skills | Computer/Platforms security | Corporate culture | Criminal justice system |
Globalization developments | Business strategy | Project management | Applications | Internal processes | Investigations |
Terrorism | Customer relations | Organization | Data and privacy protection | Employee familiarity | Physical security systems |
Transnational crime | Organizational growth | Business acumen | IT policy | Institutional memory | Intelligence |
Intellectual property protection | Business/Employee law | Strategic planning | System integration | Customers and issues | Counter intelligence |
Outsourcing offshore | Business conduct and ethics | Relationship management | Operations continuity | Strategic alliances | Laws and ordinances |
Gray Market/Counterfeiting | Business continuity | International experience | Data forensics | Brand/Reputation risk issues | Command and control |
Security R&D | Business value measures/metrics | Team building | Data integrity investigations | Asset protection | Leadership training |
Competitive dynamics | Negotiation skills | Supply chain protection | Public sector access |
Profit and loss (P&L) | Decision skills | Incident response | Information protection |
Cost control | Crisis management | Emergency preparedness/response |
Policy and awareness |
Rate each element as: E = Expert, A = Adequate, I = Needs Improvement, M = Missing, or N/A = Not applicable to my situation or industry.
The history of the security role and a shift in the skills required
Government experience
History
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.1.2014 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere |
Informatik ► Netzwerke ► Sicherheit / Firewall | |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation | |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Wirtschaftsinformatik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-12-800199-2 / 0128001992 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-12-800199-8 / 9780128001998 |
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