ABSTRACT
The following list is intended as a guide to the various areas that need to be reviewed to conduct a complete assessment of security administration.
Organization and policies• Procedures and post orders• Personnel selection and staffing and background checks• Education and awareness• Contract management•
Each aspect of this assessment is equally important to providing the client with a complete picture of the operation. You should understand that the assessment process is intended to document the current status of the security program for the client. This means that you need to record the good and bad aspects of the existing conditions. Do not just focus on what is wrong. This will be important as you begin to define the Security Master Plan later in this process. It is also important to make sure your assessment is a collection of facts only, no opinions. When you complete
the work involved in gathering the detailed information and begin to develop your recommendations, you might want to add some of your opinions into the process. However, if you begin doing that as you gather data, you will have difficulty at the end of the process and your report will be slanted with your opinions.
