Course Objectives and outcomes.

At the end of the course, students will be able to practice:

Leadership and Governance in CBRN

• Demonstrate the value of security policies and procedures;
• Good leadership and governance;
• Deterring insider threats;
• Open and transparent culture towards security;
• Providing cost-effective resources and support in security matters.
• Providing essential management information for security planning and people management.

People and Security in CBRN

• Understand effective security and behaviour;
• Importance of good security;
• Understanding the threat;
• Employees role in the detection, deterrence and prevention of security threats;
• Development of an appropriate security culture;
• Strengthening resilience to security threats and reducing vulnerability to attack by all personnel.

Security Risk Assessment in CBRN

• Operational Requirement (OR) and risk assessment;
• Applying security measures;
• Prioritise security risks using threat;
• Using counter-terrorism security advice;
• Partnership working.

CBRN Operational Requirements

• Effective and proportionate security solutions.
• The involvement of key stakeholders in the OR process.

CBRN Protective Security Measures

• Personnel and People Security;
• Physical Security;
• Physical Defences;
• Other measures;
• Detection;
• Catalogue of Security Equipment;
• Cyber Security.

Course Outlines

Module 01: Leadership and Governance in CBRN

• Developing a Security Strategy
• Passport to Security
• Management Systems
• New and Revisited Projects
• Operational tools
• Introduction to Risk Assessment
• Introduction to Operational Requirements (OR)
• Introduction to Protective Measures
• Security Audit
• Crisis Communication
• Supply Chain

Module 02: People and Security in CBRN

• Optimising People in CBRN Security
• CBRN Security Culture
• CBRN Security Behaviours
• Embedding the Change in Culture and Behaviour
• Personnel Security
• Professionalising Security
• Pre-employment Security
• On-going Personnel Security
• Monitoring and Assessment
• Security Awareness Campaigns

Module 03: CBRN Risk Assessment

• The risk management process for identifying and assessing CBRN security threats
• Ownership of the CBRN risk management process
• Responsibility for ensuring reviews and tests
• Current CBRN security threats
• Organisational CBRN threats that are specific to your organisation’s core business activities
• Sources of CBRN intelligence that organisations can use or access when building a comprehensive picture of the threat
• CBRN information-sharing groups or information exchanges and keeping up-to-date with emerging threats
• Increase your knowledge and understanding of CBRN threats, and threat mitigation measures that others are using
• What a serious CBRN security incident or breach would look like
• What impact would it have on your organisation (e.g. financial loss, loss of reputation or customer information)
• CBRN in crowded places

Module 04: Operational Requirement for CBRN

Operational Requirements Process

• Splitting up a site (defining the geographical areas for consideration)
• Defining the CBRN risks and mapping to the areas under consideration
• Identifying and developing a suite of CBRN protective security recommendations to address the risks
• Assessment of CBRN protective security recommendations (in terms of likelihood of success)
• Mapping back to CBRN risks (have the measures mitigated by the measures? Is the residual risk acceptable?)
• Implementation of CBRN security measures (and next steps)

The below options and actions, supported by a security plan, will help to frustrate and disrupt an adversary’s attack timeline (from planning through to execution of an attack):

• Stop or displace the attack
• Verify an attack
• Prevent the attack from reaching the asset
• Minimise the consequences of an attack
• Actions to prevent an attack from being successful
• The insider threat and advises on mitigation measures

Module 05: CBRN Security Measures

CBRN Personnel & People Security

• Reducing Insider Risk
• Optimising People in Security
• Disrupting Hostile Reconnaissance
• Recognising Terrorist Threat Guidance

CBRN Physical Security

• Physical Security Events
• Threat Specific Mitigation
• Search & Screening
• Canine detection
• Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems

CBRN Physical Defences

• Access Control and Locks
• Active Access Delay
• Building Structures
• Windows & Glazed Facades
• Doors

Other measures

• Building Services & Spaces
• Control Rooms
• Sensitive Information & Assets
• Body Armour for Civilian Security Staff

Detection

• Intruder Detection & Monitoring
• Gunshot Detection Systems
• Marauding Terrorist Attacks

Catalogue of Security Equipment

Cyber Security

• Internet & Control Systems
• Insider Threat

Network and Information Services (NIS)

Intended recipients and min max numbers

This course has been prepared for CBRN Leaders, Managers, and Supervisors who need to:

• Understand the key principles of CBRN protective security
• Develop a holistic approach to protecting their vital CBRN assets
• Identify which CBRN assets are most critical and the likely threats to those assets
• Accurately review the CBRN threats in terms of likelihood and impact
• Consider present and future threats to CBRN physical, personnel, and cyber capabilities
• Integrate the physical, personnel, and cyber elements in a CBRN security plan
• Assess and mitigate CBRN vulnerabilities in a prioritised and proportionate way

Course Certification

Your CBRN Academy instructor will issue a signed certificate of training completion to all successful participants at the end of the course. To qualify for the official Certificate, the student must attend and complete all assessments and score 80% or more.

Course Methodology

Classroom lectures, scenarios, case studies, videos, presentations, self-learning, and participant engagement.

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