Postgraduate TAS-HSP601-2023
Protective Security
$2,625 $0
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
14 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 10 Jul 2023
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Subject details
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Comprehend and analyse theoretical approaches to protective security.
- Synthesise and apply relevant theoretical perspectives and concepts to provide solutions for protective security.
- Produce written work on protective security that is clearly communicated and meets scholarly and industry requirements.
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- 1. Introduction to Security Risk Management
- 2. Threat and Vulnerability assessment
- 3. Risk Assessment
- 4. Selection of Controls
- 5. Implementation of Controls
- 6. Training and Exercising
- 7. Assurance
- 8. Governance
- 9. Continuous Improvement
- 10. Activation
- 11. Shared Pillars
- 12. Shared Perspectives
- 13. Organisational Interconnectedness
In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-ORG-GCE-2023
Elective
- TAS-HSM-MAS-2023
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2023
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Protective Security relates to security governance (including supporting a positive security culture), information security (including cyber security), personnel security (including employees and contractors) and physical security (providing a safe and secure physical environment for an organisation’s people, information and assets). This fully online subject provides you with a thorough understanding of the concepts and practical applications of Protective Security. You will gain an appreciation of the issues and elements that underlie the practice of Protective Security and draw upon theoretical concepts, real life case studies and relevant standards.
This subject will provide you with the knowledge and skills to translate and communicate theoretical concepts in Protective Security into tangible outputs for industry. This subject, together with crisis management, business continuity management, and the ability to lead resilient organisations, are collectively the underpinning foundation for enhancing organisational resilience. The subject provides you with an understanding and the requisite skills that will be interrelated with these subjects should you proceed further with your postgraduate studies in organisational resilience.
- Reflection (30%)
- Online Quiz (20%)
- Report (50%)
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