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This is not a degree; this is peer review, understanding what makes your organisation and your professionalism stand out.


This is perhaps the start of a doubling of membership every 2 years, promoted by the Security Institute. But this is key for the corporate sectors to demonstrate their professionalism to the C-suite.


The successful applicants are those that understand the corporate business environment, and increasingly the public sector.


How does that translate?


A common trait has to be that leadership is paramount (a person to be relied upon in a time of crisis), a personality that is open (understanding the options), knowledgeable, understands all areas of the firms operation (when does Ebola become our problem?).


So what keeps your CEO awake at night?


From the Conference Board 2014 survey they found that the top 5 CEO issues were: Retaining and attracting talent - most thought that their HR processes need refining to keep pace with change; Customer relations - now in the top 5, up from 5 years ago; Innovation - with so much competition, you could be a market leader today, 3rd place tomorrow with an inflated cost base to shed; Operational excellence - delivering the same high standards in a global market; Corporate brand and reputation - with so many stakeholders and regulators.


Are you aligned or interwoven into the corporate structure?


If you wanted to be a success you used to speak of alignment with the company’s vision; now corporations have moved on, you now need to be ‘interwoven’ into the corporate structure and key to this is making the Board understand that, in today’s world having capable business security is one way of keeping risk controlled.


How, from a security prospective, do you influence all those thoughts and processes?


Successful professionals will state: have concise briefings; intelligence reports that reflect the operation of the business; keep people at the heart of your motivation. Generation Z will soon be arriving work with a totally different set of personal priorities; is email and Facebook going to still be relevant? How will we develop understanding about employment longevity with a generation that does not want long term employment commitment? Utterly polarised from 50 years ago we need to manage these groups until they take over!


Peter French, MBE Managing Director, SSR Personnel www.ssr-personnel.com


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CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER Responsible for policy, executive board briefings. Dotted line or direct responsibility for subsidiary CSO / Head of Security position. Oversight budget responsible of £30m+. Revenues of £2bn+.


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INTERNATIONAL CSO / HEAD OF SECURITY Responsible for delivering localised policy, executive board briefings. They are a driver for change and service expansion. Budget responsibility of £10M – £30m. Revenues of £1bn+.


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SENIOR INVESTIGATOR Responsibility for more than one country’s operations. Active across all security breaches, due diligence, product diversion, counterfeit and auditing functions for the corporation.


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REGIONAL INVESTIGATOR & DUE DILIGENCE MANAGER Supply chain management, implementing corporate procedures.


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