Security Plan
What makes the job of the security manager fascinating is the ability to interpret security as an ongoing process of assessing, managing, mitigating and ultimately reviewing risks that can undermine the achievement of a business organization’s mission. Managing this process is the goal of the Security Plan.
For us, drafting a Security Plan means reinterpreting the principles of risk management and applying them in the risk governance process, through the use of tools that can safeguard the resources needed to pursue an organization’s mission and ensure the profitability of business activities, in the interest of all stakeholders.
SSI, through operational strategies and procedural organization proper to security processes (risk-based approach), drafts its personal Security Plan, providing the methodological tools useful for the security manager to be able to apply within his or her own work reality.
Budgeting
To introduce the concept of Budgeting we must start with a concept of strategic cost planning.
When we talk about strategic cost planning we refer to a set of goals and expectations that the company must organize and have clear in order to pursue a line of development consistent with the choices made. For proper coordination and management of resources, the existing economic breakdown of the different areas to which the company allocates its budget must be taken into consideration, with particular reference to the world of corporate security.
The budget is meant to be a tool for prevention and forecasting, and in today’s world, devoting attention to better and more corporate protection could be a real investment that would enable the subject company to earn and produce, thus continuing the conduct of its business with reduced, if not resolved, problems at the outset.
The budget is an administrative document, preventive in nature, in which the company formalizes all future management operations that it intends to implement in order to achieve a given result. It will encapsulate all the activities necessary to achieve a given goal, which of course must be clearly spelled out in advance. If goals are not expressed, it will be very difficult for the budget to serve as a compass to guide management.
The budget for securing the company is closely related to the type and quality of services/products that are offered, during the contract year.
With this in mind, the planned allocation becomes crucial for corporate coordination and organization.
In conclusion, the basic points of the budget are: planning, control and verification.
