This document outlines the assignments for an entire course (SEC 400) on security. The course consists of 5 weekly individual assignments and 3 weekly learning team assignments that involve assessing security threats and vulnerabilities for a selected organization, determining appropriate countermeasures, and creating an emergency management plan. The individual assignments include a threats and risks assessment, vulnerabilities assessment, managing vulnerabilities, an analysis of terrorism vs. criminal activity, and an emergency management plan. The learning team assignments involve assessing countermeasures, security threats/risks/vulnerabilities, and presenting the emergency management plan.

1. SEC 400 Entire Course
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SEC 400 Week 1 Individual Assignment Threats and Risks Assessment
SEC 400 Week 2 Individual Assignment Vulnerabilities Assessment
SEC 400 Week 3 Individual Assignment Managing Vulnerability
SEC 400 Week 3 Learning Team Countermeasures Strengths and
Weaknesses
SEC 400 Week 4 Individual Assignment Terrorism and Criminal
Activity
SEC 400 Week 4 Learning Team Security Assessment
SEC 400 Week 5 Learning Team Emergency Management Plan Paper
and Presentation
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SEC 400 Week 1 Individual Assignment Threats and Risks
Assessment
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2. Select an organization in your area that you feel is in need of additional
security. You will use this organization for the individual assignments in
Weeks One, Two, and Three.
Complete the Week One section of the University of Phoenix Material:
Security Assessments Worksheet located on your student website.
Apply the principles of threat and risk assessment to the organization.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper regarding how security officials
determine natural, human-made, and technological threats and risks.
Include the following in your paper:
· Types of assets and their characterizations including loss implications
· The completed Week One section of the Security Assessment
Worksheet
· General and specific types of exterior and interior threats
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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SEC 400 Week 2 Individual Assignment Vulnerabilities
Assessment
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Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper that discusses how security officials
determine vulnerabilities to natural, human-made, and technological
threats. Apply these strategies to your selected organization.
Include the following in your paper:
· Vulnerabilities associated with informational, technological, natural,
and human-made threats
· Vulnerabilities associated with personnel and work behaviors

3. · Transportation vulnerabilities
· Socio-economic and criminal activity factors associated with the
environment surrounding the area
· Vulnerabilities associated with neighboring businesses
Include the completed Week Two section of the Security Assessment
Worksheet.
Create a representation of the organization’s basic floor plan that
includes the current security countermeasures. Include this
representation as an Appendix to your paper. For an example floor plan
using Microsoft® Word, see University of Phoenix Material: Simple
Floor Plan on the student website.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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SEC 400 Week 3 Individual Assignment Managing
Vulnerability
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Use the organization you selected in Week One and the Security
Assessment Worksheet for the basis of this assignment.
Write a 1,400- 1,750-word paper that discusses how security officials
manage identified vulnerabilities regarding natural, human-made, and
technological threats.
Include the following in your paper:
· The completed Week Three section of the Security Assessment
Worksheet
· The role and effectiveness of on-site security personnel
· Appropriate countermeasures based on risk and vulnerabilities

4. · How to communicate priorities effectively to stakeholders
· A cost estimate and a description of the benefit in relation to the
selection of countermeasures
· Risk management options
· Recovery and operational backup plans
· How to evaluate the effectiveness of the security program
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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SEC 400 Week 3 Learning Team Countermeasures Strengths
and Weaknesses
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Review Category 4: Physical Security from the University of Phoenix
Material: Security Assessment Checklist located on the student website.
Research modern security countermeasures associated with Category 4:
Physical Security.
Write a 350- to 700-word summary of the strengths and weaknesses of
the modern physical security countermeasures found in your chosen
organization.
Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.
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SEC 400 Week 4 Individual Assignment Terrorism and
Criminal Activity

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Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper, exploring the differences between
terrorism and criminal activity from economic, security, and
psychological perspectives.
Answer the following questions in your paper:
· What prevention, mitigation, and enforcement measures are taken to
avoid terrorism?
· How are these efforts similar to and different from the methods used to
prevent or mitigate routine criminal activity?
· What are the benefits and limitations of prevention versus
enforcement?
· How is the economy affected by criminal activity and terrorism?
· How does psychology play a role in both criminal and terrorist
activity?
Consider risk assessments and conclude with a discussion of the
category (terrorism or criminal activity) that poses the greatest challenge
to law enforcement. Include at least 2 case studies involving crimes
against both property and persons.
Apply principles from the readings to support your position and
rationale.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines and cite at least 3
sources
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SEC 400 Week 4 Learning Team Security Assessment
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Conduct a security assessment of the organization the team selected in
Week Two.
Write a 350- to 700-word assessment of threats, estimated risk, and
vulnerabilities.
Include at least two threats associated with terrorism, two threats
associated with crime, and two nature-made threats.
Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines
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SEC 400 Week 5 Learning Team Emergency Management Plan
Paper and Presentation
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Prepare a comprehensive emergency management plan based on actions
to mitigate security threats. Identify preventative and mitigating actions
that will reduce loss.
Write a 2,800- to 3,150- word emergency management plan that will be
presented to management.
Address the following questions in your plan:
· What are the strengths and weaknesses of the organization?
· Who are key personnel and what are the duties associated with incident
response and recovery?
· What improvements would you make to reduce loss?

7. · What is the estimated cost for preventing and mitigating threats?
· What are the estimated savings from applying the emergency
management plan?
· What is the total cost analysis?
Prepare a 10-15 slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation as if you
are the Chief Security Officer presenting your emergency management
plan to the management of the selected organization.
Format your paper and presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
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