Book description
Despite a clear and compelling need for an intelligence-led approach to security, operational, and reputational risks, the subject of corporate security intelligence remains poorly understood. An effective intelligence process can directly support and positively impact operational activity and associated decision-making and can even be used to drive the firm’s business in key markets. Corporate Security Intelligence and Strategic Decision-Making outlines the basic theory and supplies practical solutions for implementing an effective intelligence process in any commercial organization.
The main areas covered include how intelligence in the corporate security environment relates to strategic decision-making; the factors that drive the requirement for corporate security intelligence, as well as the main legislative and ethical imperatives; and how intelligence-led processes can not only prevent loss but also support business growth and revenue generation. Detailed topics include:
- Fundamental and theoretical ideas underlying intelligence work in the public and private sector
- The collection, validation, collation, and analysis of intelligence
- The effective and safe dissemination of intelligence material and the different reporting formats available
- The use of operational models to help guide structures, processes, and the deployment of resources
- How to implement an effective intelligence function in a corporate environment
The topics include real-life examples of where intelligence has been used to support corporate operations and demonstrate how the theory applies to these practical examples, based on years of experience. While corporate security is the natural home of intelligence, the tools and techniques outlined are of course equally applicable for any decision-support process—making this book valuable reading for any leader.
Table of contents
- Preliminaries
- Foreword
- Introduction and Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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Section I: Rationale
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Chapter 1 - What Is Corporate Security Intelligence?
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Intelligence Defined
- Introducing Decision Advantage
- The Corporate Security Environment
- The History of Corporate Intelligence
- A Typical Corporate Security Department
- Challenges to Effective Corporate Security
- Overcoming These Challenges: The “Business of Resilience”
- The Role of Intelligence in Enterprise Risk Management
- Conclusion: Toward Truly Intelligent Security and Businesses?
- Chapter 2 - The Corporate Security Operating Environment
- Chapter 3 - Legal Drivers for Corporate Security Intelligence
- Chapter 4 - Operational Drivers for Corporate Security Intelligence
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Chapter 1 - What Is Corporate Security Intelligence?
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Section II - Theory
- Chapter 5 - The Fundamentals of Intelligence
- Chapter 6 - Management and Direction
- Chapter 7 - Intelligence Collection
- Chapter 8 - Collation
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Chapter 9 - Analysis
- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Three Models of Corporate Intelligence Processing
- Decomposing the Task
- Assessing Sources
- Collation
- Intelligence Analysis in the Corporate Sector
- The Role of the Analyst
- Ensuring Credibility and Access
- Analytical Techniques and Thought Processes
- Analytical Fallacies and Psychological Traps
- Avoiding the Pitfalls
- Asserting Conclusions and Forecasting
- Conclusion
- Chapter 10 - Dissemination
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Section III - Practice
- Chapter 11 - Operational Models
- Chapter 12 - Implementing the Function: The Intelligence Estimate
- Chapter 13 - Corporate Security Intelligence Use Cases and Examples
- Chapter 14 - Conclusion: Reinforcing Intelligent Security
- References
Product information
- Title: Corporate Security Intelligence and Strategic Decision Making
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2015
- Publisher(s): CRC Press
- ISBN: 9781466592728
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