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hairman of the Security Institute and Senior Lecturer and Course Leader
in Security and Risk Management, Dr Alison Wakefield, shares her views on the opportunities for today’s security professionals, the challenges these bring, her ideas on career development in the security sector and some insight into her background and approach.
Time for the security
sector to shine Dr Wakefield believes there is no doubt that today’s world is riskier, more chaotic and uncertain than previous decades, as both the government’s national security strategy outlines and leading thought leaders point out. How can the security sector harness this heightened awareness? Dr Wakefield says, “Now is the time for the security sector to demonstrate its value; we have a lot to offer and the capacity to meet demand.”
The good news is that the commercial security sector is providing competitive solutions that can bring return on investment (ROI) and enable a company to gain a competitive
developed at the
University of Salford based on a
holistic model of
security practice for higher education institutions, centred
around the safety, security and wellbeing of students.
Security functions across the sector
advantage, according to Dr Wakefield.
She also believes it is critical that security professionals explore innovation in other market sectors. As “a model of excellent practice” Dr Wakefield points to ProtectED, a code of practice and accreditation scheme
and across different types of
organisation could learn from this initiative. This approach to knowledge sharing is a cornerstone to Dr Wakefield’s work with the security world.
Further, she suggests that important areas for security professionals to monitor are the developments in future technology and how
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