Effective Security Management

Effective Security Management, 7th Edition, is a textbook that instructs practicing security professionals on career development through foundational management principles. Published by Butterworth-Heinemann in 2020, the volume outlines the managerial skills required to administer organizational security operations.

The text covers program management, planning and budgeting, risk, crisis management, and the execution of security surveys. It also explores internal communication strategies for selling security within an organization.

Designed for practicing security directors and managers as well as certificate, undergraduate, and graduate students, the 7th Edition added a dedicated chapter on problem-solving techniques and expanded its coverage of international cases and examples.