Basic Security And Security Threats

1. Explain the meaning of security and its approaches
2. Identify basic security ideas and policy actions
3. Conceptualize the term security threat
4. Categorize security threats
5. Propose safety measures to the management of both natural and manmade threats to security

13 weeks, about 152 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1:

   • Unit 1: Security: Meaning and Approaches · 8 hours

     Define security. Identify and discuss various approaches to security management including idealism, realism, pluralism, Marxism, social constructivism, and human security..

2. Week 2Module 1:

   • Unit 2: Forms of Security I · 8 hours

     Define computer security. Explain key concepts like anti-virus software, authentication, backups, firewalls, and encryption.. Discuss approaches to computer security design, architecture, and secure hardware..

   • Unit 3: Forms of Security II · 4 hours

     Continue studying key concepts of computer security.. Discuss approaches to computer security design, architecture, and secure hardware..

3. Week 3Module 1:

   • Unit 4: Forms of Security III · 12 hours

     Explain information security and its approaches, including confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity, risk management, and information classification.. Define physical security and describe key approaches..

4. Week 4Module 1:

   • Unit 5: Simulation in Security Planning and Management · 12 hours

     Define simulation. Identify and explain types of simulation (education and training, healthcare, military).. Discuss the application of simulation in security planning and management..

5. Week 5Module 2:

   • Unit 1: Meaning and Types of Security Threat I: Natural Threats · 12 hours

     Explain the meaning of security threat.. Identify and examine major types of natural security threats, including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and droughts..

6. Week 6Module 2:

   • Unit 2: Meaning and Types of Security Threat II: Manmade Threats · 6 hours

     Examine various manmade security threats, including robbery, theft, arson, kidnapping, badger game, extortion, insurgency, and terrorism..

   • Unit 3: Information Warfare as a Security Threat · 6 hours

     Discuss information warfare as a security threat.. Explain the meaning of information warfare and its types..

7. Week 7Module 2:

   • Unit 4: Arms Production and Proliferation as a Potential Threat to Security · 6 hours

     Discuss arms production and proliferation as a potential threat to security.. Examine arms distribution patterns and their impact on national and international security..

   • Unit 5: War as a Security Threat · 6 hours

     Discuss war as a security threat.. Explain the meaning of war, its features, and categories of warfare..

8. Week 8Module 3:

   • Unit 1: Safety Measures to the Management of Natural Threats · 12 hours

     Propose safety measures to manage natural threats, including earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and droughts..

9. Week 9Module 3:

   • Unit 2: Safety Measures to the Management of Manmade Threats I · 12 hours

     Propose safety measures to manage manmade threats, including robbery, car-snatching, theft, and arson..

10. Week 10Module 3:

    • Unit 3: Safety Measures to the Management of Manmade Threats II · 12 hours

      Propose safety measures to manage manmade threats, including kidnapping, badger game, extortion, insurgency, and terrorism..

11. Week 11Module 3:

    • Unit 4: Civil Security: Meaning and Approach I · 6 hours

      Explore how civil security can advance effective management of security in any community.. Discuss the meaning and approaches to civil security, including risk education..

    • Unit 5: Civil Security: Meaning and Approach II · 6 hours

      Continue exploring the meaning and approaches to civil security, including preparedness, public warning, and protective actions..

12. Week 12Module 4:

    • Unit 1: Meaning of Intelligence · 12 hours

      Provide an operational definition of intelligence.. Discuss the meaning of intelligence and its dimensions..

13. Week 13Module 4:

    • Unit 2: Intelligence Collection and Disciplines · 12 hours

      Elaborate on the activities and processes of intelligence collection.. Discuss intelligence collection and disciplines..