Homework Responses Wk 8

Good day, Professor and Class;

 

As we come to the end of this course, we now understand that a security manager’s position is more than just managing the guard force, as many people think this is the primary function of a security manager. Security management is more than a profession; it is a science. Science is an ever-changing field, as so is security management. Many security and business continuity professionals never thought the world would shut down due to a global pandemic, a wild-card no one ever thought of. As technology evolves, threats and challenges evolve; therefore, making the job of a security manager more challenging with ongoing opportunities, not obstacles. A wild-card, I see coming in the upcoming years, is the merge of IT Security and physical security and the development of “bots.” A bot is a software that conducts the usual tasks a human does, like making reservations and fetching information from an email to add to your calendar. In some cases, bots have been designated to assist in the customer service field in replying to customers and act as if a human was replying to the customer. Bots are just a simple example of the development of AI. (Wagner, 2016) As AI continues to evolve, the challenge continues to grow. We have seen many movies like the terminator, her, and transcendence, where machines developed human-like thoughts and decided the human race was dangerous or, in the case of the movie “her”, developed a personality to make a human fall in love with her. Such a wild-card will be something new to the security manager to deal with and figure a way to overcome the threat or the challenge. Security managers need to ensure there will be a way to control the AI system in case if it develops its own thoughts to mitigate any risks accompanied with that developed thinking.

The security industry is evolving and relying more and more on IT security. (ASIS, 2015)This should give the security industry professionals the idea that having knowledge of only the physical part of security will soon not be enough to have a good security program to address all threats and vulnerabilities. Security managers should broaden their knowledge and start acquiring more education and certification in the IT field to float when the flood comes. Certification such as CISM will be much desired shortly, in addition to ASIS certifications like PSPS and CPP, even for security managers.

 

References

ASIS International, Knoke, M. E., C., & Peterson, K. E. (2015a). Physical Security Principles (First ed.). ASIS International.

Wagner, K. (2016, April 11). Bots, explained. Vox. from https://www.vox.com/2016/4/11/11586022/what-are-bots