Personnel Security Flashcards
What is the typology of workplace violence incidents used by US occupational health and safety agencies?
Type 1 - no relationship between assailant and victim, eg robbery;
-Type II - customer/client/patient violence;
- Type III - worker on worker violence;
-Type IV - violence stemming from a personal relationship
An employer may not question an applicant about what?
An arrest for a crime against property.
What is a background investigation?
A fact-finding process of logically, methodically and lawfully gathering and documenting information about an individual’s background.
What are two broad reasons an employer should perform background screening and vetting?
Providing a safe work environment and protecting people; Making the best hiring decision.
What are the three key elements of the vetting process?
- Identity verification;
- personal history verification; and
- credentialing
What steps are taken during the initial applicant screening?
Application review and interviews
What are the 5 domains of executive protection?
- corporate
- celebrity
- government
- faith-based, and
- hybrid
What is a close protection team?
The individuals who provide the final layer of protection for a principal.
What is the first step in building an executive protection program?
Assessing the risk to the individual, family or organization being protected.
What is executive protection?
The security and risk mitigation measures taken to ensure the safety of individuals who may be exposed to elevated personal risk because of their employment, high-profile status, high net worth or various affiliations.
This theory posits that the opposite of satisfaction is not dissatisfaction but simply no satisfaction. It also holds that two sets of factors determine a workers motivation, attitude and success. It is?
Hertzberg’s theory.
What theory assets that job content (motivators) such as achievement, recognition, responsibility and satisfaction are derived from the work itself?
Hertzberg’s theory.
ABC Inc. wants to initiate an effort to identify and classify security access levels for proprietary information. Who would typically approve any disclosure of such information?
The owner of the information.
The primary purpose of a background investigation is?
To prevent losses and mitigate damages.
What is the basic starting point for preemployment screening?
The employment application
What is a needs assessment?
A means to evaluate the presence of any specific risks of violence affecting the workplace (from either internal or external sources)….and…..the organization’s readiness to respond to threats and violent incidents.
Active assailants vs. terrorists?
Active assailants are usually not politically motivated and are more often linked to:
-bullying
- troubled interpersonal relationships,
- employer-related issues; and
- mental health problems
Three phases of post-incident recovery that may overlap and can run concurrently are?
- Immediate recovery plan;
- short-term recovery plan, and
- Long-term recovery plan
Possible company losses if an executive is kidnapped, include?
- reduction in stock prices;
- loss of personnel; and
-loss of services
The EP specialist (EPS) is the person who ?
Performs the in-person, up-close work with the executive; who walks, rides and flies with the executive.
key phrase to remember in EP is ?
Use your resources, meaning law enforcement contacts, news and briefings and networking.
Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs)
Several industrial sectors -chemical or financial services - have ISACs that share threat information and solutions and are potentially powerful sources of information.
