This document discusses the need to evolve the discipline of security by building connections between practitioners and academics. It notes that currently there is a lack of research, expertise, and funding, resulting in an immature discipline. It suggests that connections must be made between these groups, and relationships and networking will be important. Additionally, it recommends collaborating to build a recognized body of knowledge, establish blueprints, and take cross-discipline approaches to help evolve the field of security.

2. Evolving a Discipline of Security
• What do we have?
• What do we need?
• What can we learn?
– Value of security
– Policing
– Role of management
• What’s the game plan?

3. What do we have?
• Lack of
– Research
– Academic interest
– PhDs (expertise)
– Funding
– Scientific research
– Critical thinking
• Immature discipline
• Missing connection theory-practice

4. WHY?

5. • No connections
– Between Practitioners
– Between Academics
–Between Practitioners &
Academics

6. What do we need?
• Connections
–Practitioners
–Academics
• AKA?

7. •Building relationships
•Networking

8. What can we learn?
• Value of security
• Policing
• Role of management

9. Value of security
• Workplace crime affects
– People
• Employees, contractors, customers
– Liability
• Health and safety of people
– Profits
• Loss, prevention, even company value
– B B B B B B B (multibillion dollar effect)

10. Value of security
• Add financial value
• Align with business objectives
–Assess risks, understand weakness &
vulnerabilities in all business processes
• Collect quality data & speak the
language
• Change the mindset

11. Policing
• Security ≠ Police
• Many forms of security
–External
–Internal
–Hybrid
• ≠ but overlap
• Many roles of security

12. Role of management
• Needs to be evaluated as is and then . . .
• Often solutions that don’t fit, weren’t
best fit
• Better to do something than do nothing
• Perception of security
• Academic discipline lacks input from
management and business

13. What’s the game plan?
• Collaborate
• Build recognized body of knowledge
• Establish blueprints
– Like Risk Management
• Use cross-discipline ideas/approach
– Management
– Disaster management
– Organizational studies
– Sociology of work

14. Review
• What is affected by crime in the workplace?
• What do we mean when we say Security
Management?
• What should be taken into account when
evaluating response to crime?
• What is the primary stage when planning to
address crime and other security problems?

15. That’s all . . .