Corporate Manager’S Security Handbook

Anthony R. Williams

Jul 2012 · AuthorHouse

About this ebook

This book will enable you to immediately develop an appreciation for the complex role of security in assuring profitability in every business. You will obtain an awareness of the need for security in support of all business processes and practices. Small business owners and managers will learn to effect the necessary changes in their businesses to increase their security posture at low cost and with minimal effort. The role of the security consultant is also detailed to assist managers in obtaining professional help when needed. Security awareness, a concept rarely understood or acknowledged by most, is discussed in this book in a manner that will change the readers view with regard to seeing their business environment in terms of risk from criminal activity, industrial espionage, and vandalism. The sensitive topic of information security and its importance to every business is handled with regard to electronic media, written documents, and verbal communications to assist the reader in developing their own internal corporate protocols for the protection of the intellectual property and strategic business communications.

About the author

Anthony R. Williams has amassed over thirty years of experience in various levels of physical security, including twenty-two years in law enforcement in the United States Army, and ten years as a independent security consultant for multinational companies around the globe. During his military career, he attended Physical Security School and was responsible for security on several military restricted areas that required the highest level of security. As criminal investigator, he gained valuable experience in crime prevention and the investigation of white collar fraud in both the United States and Europe. Having earned an MBA in Baker College, Flint, Michigan, he understands the complex business environments in which you operate daily. Moreover, he has a unique view of business with regard to security and loss reduction in our modern global economy. In this text, he shares his insights into corporate security in a direct and concise manner that will enable managers from all levels and in all sizes of businesses to put these concepts into action immediately. As student of the theoretical due to his twenty-plus years in the faculty of Central Texas College European Campus in the Criminal Justice Department, Anthony R. Williams has been able to stay abreast of advances in law enforcement and security on one hand, while on the other hand, he continued to hone his practical skills. Mr. Williams currently lives in a rural area of Germany and enjoys horseback riding, football (former head coach in both the German League of American Football and the US Department of Defense Education Activity [Europe]), and travel. His passion for teaching keeps him involved with Central Texas College and young college students, primarily American soldiers serving in Germany.