Insight on Corporate Security Career

Insight on Corporate Security Career

Build a High Performing Security Team and Reap the Rewards

Corporate Security is a team sport. From information sharing between security managers to collaboration with other functions for enterprise initiatives like workplace violence prevention and GSOC, Corporate Security relies on a strong, well-functioning team.

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Six Ways to Position Yourself for Career Advancement

Finding the corporate security job you want, and then landing it, requires a lot of preparation. It's a long-term process that encompasses everything from clearly identifying your career needs and wants to laying the groundwork of skills and relationships you'll need to get there.

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Next Generation Security Leader Research

The Next Generation Security Leader infographic (v.2) is a representation of the skills, elements and knowledge needed for today’s security function. Download your copy!

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Information and Tools to Help Influence Your Compensation

In this recorded webinar compensation professionals share tips on how Security professionals can secure better compensation for themselves and their teams.

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Tips for Negotiating Security Compensation

Few professionals relish the idea of asking for a raise. As much as they would prefer their employers simply recognize their value and adjust salaries and benefits accordingly, that's not generally how things work.

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Security Barometer: Has Your Compensation Kept Pace?

The Great Resignation and remote work opportunities during the pandemic have resulted in higher turnover. This is creating unprecedented demand for security professionals.

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A Tool for Influencing Compensation

Many people think that compensation is something written on tablets of stone and handed down from the gods. Without understanding how the compensation process works they do not believe they have any way to influencing the outcome.

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Are You and Your Security Team Paid Market Value?

From self-reported comparisons against a handful of security jobs to market compensation, 95% feel they are paid under market. Is your security team paid appropriately?

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Security Barometer: Is Your Organization Hiring?

This Security Barometer investigates hiring process issues and delves into what may be creating challenges.

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From One Winning Career to the Next: Transitioning Public Sector Leadership and Security Expertise to the Business Bottom Line

The federal government’s relatively low minimum retirement age is an invitation to many public-sector security professionals to move into the corporate world after leaving government service. These professionals, and others who change careers before retirement age, often find themselves in unfamiliar territory once they make the jump because they aren’t...

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Success in Your First Three Years in a New Leadership Role

It is not just about doing things right - its about doing the right things.

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Practitioners New to a Leading Role

You want to make sure your first couple of years run smoothly and your plans come to fruition and add value to the company.

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Faculty Advisor: Preparing for the Transition from Public to Private Security

I have decided to apply for security leadership positions in the corporate world once I’ve retired from the public sector. What do I need to do to prepare, and what should I look out for when I begin interviewing?

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Faculty Advisor: Is Transitioning to Private-Sector Security a Good Option for Me?

As a retired law enforcement officer who would like to continue working for 15 more years, I am considering whether a career in corporate security would be a good option.  What steps do I need take to determine if there are enough opportunities in security to make this a good decision? Can you offer some advice on a career path for me?

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Key Success Factors I Wish I Had Known: Starting a New Position or New Responsibility

An SEC subject matter expert discusses what he wishes he'd known when he started in the risk management field.

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Key Success Factors I Wish I Had Known: Transitioning from the Public to Private Sector

An SEC subject matter expert discusses what he wishes he'd known before he first transitioned from a public-sector security career.

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Assess Your Skills to Advance Your Career

Many of us don't engage in self-assessments until job searches force us to. But assessing your competencies has benefits beyond interview prep.

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Preparing Today’s Security Leaders for the Threats of Tomorrow

Former Starbucks security executive and current SEC Emeritus Faculty member, Francis D'Addario, discusses the challenges facing contemporary CSOs.

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Why the CSO Is the Hardest Job in the Company - Part II

Many CSOs have built successful programs despite the challenges. While there is not a definitive set of steps that guarantees success, here are a few tips.

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Why the CSO Is the Hardest Job in the Company - Part I

Being a Chief Security Officer has never been easy, but in recent years external and organizational changes have combined to make the CSO role much more complex.

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Interviewing Security Candidates in a Talent Shortage

If you are looking to hire a new member of your core security team, you can and should spend a lot of time finding the right mix of skills and personal characteristics that everyone in the company will respect.

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Are You Where You Want to Be in Your Security Career?

There are some days that just make us doubt whether we made the correct choice in careers. It might be management we report to, it could be co-workers, maybe unrealistic assumptions about the career in the first place.

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Don't Delay Development

Each year, we traditionally look ahead and set goals for ourselves, personally and professionally. Like most things, if development is going to occur for you and your team, it needs to be embedded in the living strategic plan of your organization, rather than a one-time event.

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After You've Moved Into a New Role in Security

Some thoughts on how to engage the business as a new Security Leader.

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Faculty Advisor: Building a Successful Security Business Team

I feel that our security department is generally thought of in a positive light in our company. However, I don’t think our business partners look at us as leaders within the company. Any advice how to turn this around?

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Faculty Advisor: Developing Today’s Next Generation Security Leaders

With all the specialty knowledge that certain positions are requiring, whether for new physical security systems, GSOC, and even investigations, how do we develop leaders that can lead these services? How do we best attract, find, develop, and retain the kind of people that are needed for an effective security team?

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Addressing the Knowledge Transfer Gap

How do security executives marry business processes with the job of security risk management? Adding business value. Getting a seat at the table. Running security like a business. Aligning security with the organization. These are the contents of the Holy Grail of security leadership.

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Faculty Advisor: Career Change Assessment

I am considering making a career change and have two opportunities in addition to my current position. I'm at a stalemate trying to decide which way to proceed. Do you have any tips on how to evaluate potential opportunities?

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Faculty Advisor: Take Care of Your Staff and They’ll Take Care of Your Organization

Is there a correlation between establishing positive relationships with employees and the ability to build a strong security organization?

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The Successful Security Practitioner's Top To-Dos

The SEC identified key elements security practitioners need to know before starting any new role or program. This is a summary of those elements.

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