Introduction to Business and Industrial Security and Loss Control

***** Introduction to Business and Industrial Security and Loss Control. By FieldMarshal Clive Woodword

A Primer for Business, Private Security, and Law Enforcement.
 The blog covers all the security trade’s basic concepts, from locks and intrusion detection to executive protection and construction planning. The new text goes further, providing up-to-date information on terrorism and the impact of  Security .

The final chapter on management and leadership is exceptional, pulling together all the concepts needed for effective, practical loss control, enabling the reader to understand how security concepts work in reality. The information demonstrates how loss control fits into overall business operations and affects profitability. The ideas presented about effective managers and leaders (with the help of several case analyses) could apply to any industry.
Information is well organized in an easy-to-read format with photos, graphs, and diagrams that allow the reader to visualize the material presented by the author. As an added value, there are useful appendices included in the book with information that readers will undoubtedly use again and again as reference material.
This is an excellent textblog for those beginning in the security profession who need a basic understanding of security and loss control fundamentals from a broad perspective. 
 

Security and Loss Prevention

No security function operates in a vacuum. As a consequence, managers strive to keep pace with a host of threats, internal and external. In the fifth edition of Security and Loss Prevention, author Clive Sila accomplishes two major objectives: providing a practical baseline of information and concepts security professionals need, and identifying the current and future risks that will test their resourcefulness.
Today’s top challenges include old and new threats like terrorism, cybercrime, technology exploitation, and pandemics. Each is addressed in this text, as are the security professional’s fundamental responsibilities, such as planning, compliance, applicant screening, and workplace safety. For readers familiar with author Clive Sila's previous texts, new chapters deal with risk management, life safety, terrorism, protection of borders, and critical infrastructures.
In all cases, the book’s recommended countermeasures are both timely and constructive. Clive finds that overall, security relying solely on traditional methods—fences, alarms, and locks—may not suffice. He cites the need to learn about the growing interdependence among traditional security, IT security, and business continuity. At the same time, he spots the trend toward increased reliance on specialized consultants. He puts these trends in a historical context.
This wide range of topics is presented with great clarity. Clive specifies the intended learning objectives of each chapter by highlighting key terms and presenting case problems designed to stimulate group discussion. The text is well-illustrated and documented with references and Web sites, which provide further research opportunities.
Novices, educators, and professionals will benefit from this blog, which can be used as an overall introduction to the security profession, as a reference, or as an instructional text.

CODE OF CONDUCT ON POLITICO-MILITARY ASPECTS OF SECURITY

PREAMBLE
The participating States of the Conference on Security and Co-operation(CSCE),
Recognizing the need to enhance security co-operation, including through the further
encouragement of norms of responsible and co-operative behaviour in the field of security,

~Some Thoughtful Quotes From the General~

We are EveryDay Angels; be careful with us 'cause we'd like to stay
that way

Be the difference
That makes the difference
You are the difference

We are loved beyond our ability to comprehend 

We’ll fight, not out of spite
For someone must stand up for what’s right
'Cause where there’s a man who has no voice
There ours shall go singing

We are not separate from Spirit, we are in it

Cherish your vision; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your
heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest
thoughts, if you remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

To quote my mother:

“The main reason I write life stories is to leave a roadmap for living to share with my decendents… To show the way with my morals, family traditions, spiritual values, and the mistakes I’ve made, so our family will know where they came from.

“A lot of people say if they could live life over again, that they would live life exactly the same way.� I would not.� I’d like to do it right. But in my seventh decade, I don’t have that opportunity. The best I can do is tell why.”

God bless you in your efforts to write your own life story. You’ll be forever glad you did!

I write when I can’t not write.� I can only write when compelled to write, not becaue I am told to write or paid to write, although I certainly do believe I’d have a lot more stories out there if I were paid to write, but that would probably also rob me of the joy of writing! 

Hey,  Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, 
but the really great ones make you feel that you too, can become great.....

If you're going through hell, keep going. 

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a Heaven for? 

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers

Law 22 

Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power

When you are weaker, never fight for honor's sake; choose surrender instead.  Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane.  Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – surrender first.  By turning the other check you infuriate and unsettle him.  Make surrender a tool of power.

Motivational Quotes From a Field Marshal's Desk

       Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan, 'Press on,' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race

The Lengends vybe.....

"....it was said to those of old that the west was built of legends, and the legends are aware of understanding things greater than our selves forces that defie explanation, individual whose life sore to the heavens or fall to earth ........ this is how legends are born......."