Security Industry Career Pathways Guide PRACTITIONERS AND SUPPLIERS Prepared by: McKinley Advisors Security Industry Career Pathways Guide Practitioners and Suppliers Prepared by: McKinley Advisors ASIS-SIA CAREER PATHWAYS | PAGE 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Overview and Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Demographic and Taxonomy ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Security Management Practitioners Career Pathways ................................................................................................................................... 6 Security Industry Suppliers Career Pathways .................................................................................................................................................... 7 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Positions in Security Field ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Practitioners ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Suppliers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Occupational Roles and Responsibilities ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Practitioners ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Responsibilities ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Business Functions ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Security Operations Functions……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………19 Most Challenging and Rewarding Aspects of Job ................................................................................................................................ 20 Suppliers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Responsibilities ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Business Functions ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Security Operations ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Most Challenging and Rewarding Aspects of Job ................................................................................................................................ 27 Education and Credentials ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Educational Attainment......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Credentialing and Professional Service for Practitioners ..................................................................................................................... 31 Credentialing and Professional Service for Suppliers ............................................................................................................................ 33 Career Pathway into Security Field ....................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Practitioners ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Suppliers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Competencies and Specialized Knowledge ........................................................................................................................................................ 39 Practitioners ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Suppliers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Domain Specific Knowledge ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Career Development and Planning Your Next Steps……………………………………………………………………………………………..59 Appendix A: Select Questionnaire Results ......................................................................................................................................................... 62 Appendix B: Domain Specific Knowledge (Reflective Quotes) ................................................................................................................. 89 ASIS-SIA CAREER PATHWAYS | PAGE 2 Overview and Methodology ASIS International (ASIS) and the Security Industry Association (SIA) retained McKinley Advisors (McKinley) to conduct research to understand the career pathway of security management and supplier personnel, including their educational and professional backgrounds, job titles and responsibilities, required knowledge, skills, and abilities. The goal of the research is to develop an illustration that provides insight into the common ways in which professionals enter and advance through the security field and describe the level of preparation and experience that best ensures their success. McKinley Advisors (McKinley) supported this effort with an extensive and in-depth project that included the following key phases: • Engagement of Task Force: As a first step in the project, McKinley convened a Task Force of representatives from ASIS and SIA to review its work. The Task Force served as critical in validating our work through the project, providing advice, counsel, and review as the project phases advanced. ASIS and SIA thank the Task Force members for the hard work and dedication to this project. Ms. Kathy Lavinder Mr. Malcolm C. Smith, CPP Security & Investigative Placement Qatar Museums Authority Bethesda, MD Doha, QATAR Mr. Donald E. Knox, CPP Ms. Angela J. Osborne, PCI Sears Holdings Management Corporation Guidepost Solutions Peoria, IL USA Decatur, IL USA Mr. Bernard D. Greenawalt, CPP Mr. Edward J. Batchelor, PSP Securitas Security Svcs USA Guidepost Solutions Chicago, IL USA Chicago, IL USA Mr. Michael Brzozowski, CPP, PSP Mr. Scott Dunn Symcor AXIS Communications Toronto, ON CANADA Chelmsford, MA USA Mr. Michael S. D'Angelo, CPP Mr. Martin Huddart Secure Direction Consulting LLC ASSA ABLOY Miami, FL USA New Haven, CT USA Mr. Phil Aronson Aronson Security Group (ASG) Renton, WA USA • Literature Review: McKinley next conducted a literature review of industry sources that included industry white papers, career websites, government sources, and other publications. ASIS-SIA CAREER PATHWAYS | PAGE 3 The literature review created a basis for identifying the elements to be tested and validated through an electronic survey (e.g., “what types of fields do security management personnel come from?” “what kinds of traits do security industry suppliers need to perform their job functions successfully?”). An important publication, the Enterprise Security Competency Model,1 provided a conceptual framework for the project. Many