Published Works

Books by Glen Kitteringham

These highly regarded books are widely used for educational purposes, and they are a strong reference tool for security industry newcomers as well as security professionals and their clients.

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This report examines the internal and external factors that contribute to laptop theft. Who steals laptops? What motivates their actions? Why are companies targeted repeatedly? The report encourages companies to set goals to counter laptop theft and then implement those goals through situational prevention techniques and the seven steps of loss prevention. It concludes with suggestions for further exploration by academic and corporate investigators.

THE SCIENCE AND ART OF SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT (2021) From a scientific perspective, a well-done risk assessment is the product of a formal step-by-step process. It requires as much hard data as possible, as well as training and education of the assessor. This data comes in the form of actual monetary values of previous losses as well as the actual times that various threats have occurred (one of the best predictors of the future is the past) and other forms of tangible numbers from events that will quantify probability, criticality and vulnerability. All of this information is presented in this new ASIS publication.

A risk assessment can be considered a prediction of the future. However, the environment can be complex and ever changing and continues to grow in complexity. In addition, human nature being what it is, it can be impossible to ensure that everyone who is part of the security program, whether they are for or against it, will do their part, especially to the degree in which they are required. Finally, the instruments used in the risk assessment including heat maps and data collection and analysis are themselves imperfect.

Other topics include:

The nature of risk
Convergence and risk
Challenges with risk assessments
Collecting data
The site survey
Countermeasures

SECURITY OFFICER TO CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER: A GUIDE TO WORKFORCE COMPETENCIES, RISKS AND CAREER PLANNING, 1st Ed.

by Sandi J. Davies and Dr. Glen Kitteringham, M.Sc., CPP.

The full download of the document can be found at www.ifpo.org.

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Since September 11, 2001, the high-rise industry has been actively reviewing security and life safety procedures and practices and taking steps to improve security based on building size and importance, geographic location, potential risk to occupants, and risk of attacks. The risk assessment guidelines presented in this book are oriented toward protection of a site's personnel and physical assets. They would also generally apply to protection of computer data, hardware, and software. The security guidance discussed in this book will assist individual companies to assess their properties and determine how best to protect their assets.