Course Description:
This programme is designed to produce competent security and risk management professionals who are geared up to enhance economic development through effective security risk management and leadership.
Duration:
📅 18 Months/1 and a half years
Mode of Learning:
💻 Blended Mode of learning, Self-Paced, Online and Face to Face learning, ODL
Tuition Fees:
💰 *Certificate – 6 Months [Level 1]: US$60 per module (6)
💰 *Diploma -12 Months [level 2]: US$60 per module (6)
💰 *Advanced Diploma-18 Months [level 3]: US$60 per module (6)
💰 Total Tuition fee: US$1080 [excluding examination fees]
NB (Modular fees is inclusive of training materials, assessments, lessons etc.)
The Programme structure/Synopsis is as follows:
ADSRM 111 Business Communication Skills
This module was designed to equip students with the requisite knowledge and expertise in multilateral business and corporate communication in different spheres. It stipulates the key nuggets of business communication as well as the different methods of communication in business, with a major focus to security risk management.
ADSRM 112 Introduction to Security and Risk Management
The module was designed to introduce the students to the security and risk management fraternity. It covers all the basic principles of security and risk management so that a successful student can be able to engage in key supervisory security management duties.
ADSRM 113 Asset Protection and Inventory Management
This module was designed to cover the key aspects on asset protection and inventory management. It covers key nuggets on enhance the safety and security of assets as well as how to prevent, detect and investigate inventory related losses, which is the key part for the 21sst Century security and risk management.
ADSRM 114 Introduction to Electronic Security Systems
This module focuses on the principles of electronic security systems. Electronic security is now the main thrust of the 21st Century security risk management and loss prevention. This module equips students with the key nuggets on the different types of electronic security systems, how they can complement each other, and their role in security risk management.
ADSRM 115 Corporate Security Investigation
This module was designed to equip students with the key nuggets of conducting successful security related investigations in a sophisticated corporate world. Investigations are the key foundations for a successful loss control Programme in the corporate world. The successful candidates will be able to gather investigative facts, link those facts to the case under investigations as well as to the corporate vision and profitability.
ADSRM 116 Information Technology Security and Computer Concepts
This module will equip the students with the requisite knowledge and expertise in general information technology, information security, computer operations, cyber security and related I.T nuggets. The dominance of the IoT and technology has caused a drastic demand for everyone to be conversant with the I.T systems, and security personnel are not immune to this. At the same time, the rise of I.T and IoT has come up with the twist in criminality and loss pathways. This means that security professionals should be able to deal with I.T and cybercrimes as well as having better understanding of this phenomenon.
ADSRM 121 Applied Security and Risk Management
This module was designed to delve deeper into the field of security and risk management. In this module, students will explore the broader aspects of security management and leadership, security architecture, risk management, strategic security risk analysis, policy formulation, security standards development and other key issues. Its main focus will be to equip students with the requisite information and expertise to manage security operations in different facets.
ADSRM 122 Corruption and Fraud Management
This module was designed to equip students with the fundamental knowledge and expertise in detecting, preventing and investigating fraud and corruption within different facets. It will touch key principles and fundamentals on how to detect fraud and corruption, different forms of corruption and fraud, circumstances surrounding the fraud triangle, the link between internal control systems and fraud, amongst other key issues.
ADSRM 123 Security Legal Aspects
This module was designed to equip students with the key legal management issues, criminal law, law of evidence, the link between the law systems and security risk management, and other key issues. Security and risk professionals should be well conversant with the legal systems because they are the corporate law and compliance enforcers.
ADSRM 124 Entrepreneurship
This module was designed to equip students with entrepreneurial skills. These skills are very critical in the 21st Century towards economic development. It was therefore noted that security professionals should have better understanding on key aspects of economic development in order to play their part in fulfilling NDS1 and Vision 2030.
ADSRM 125 Leadership and Management
This module is going to equip the students with the requisite knowledge on how to lead other people from different perspectives and backgrounds. It was designed to elaborate the key facets of leadership, the role played by leadership in organizational growth, sustainability and performance.
ADSRM 126 Introduction to Research Methodology
This module was designed to elaborate the research process, problem identification, research design and methodology. It also covers the aspects of population, sampling procedures, data collection instruments as well as the presentation and analysis of research data. Identifying sources of literature and writing literature reviews.
ADSRM 211 Corporate Security Intelligence
Corporate Security Intelligence play a pivotal role in information gathering, crime detection, loss identification and systems development. This module was designed to equip security professionals on the corporate intelligence processes, the intelligence cycle, the role of intelligence in security, intelligence gathering techniques, corporate surveillance, and other related facets on corporate security intelligence.
ADSRM 212 Risk Financing and Insurance
This module covers critical issues on insurance management, risk financing techniques, legal issues surrounding risk management, claims management, underwriting issues, and related facets. This module is critical in loss management and prevention as the critical part in security risk management duties.
ADSRM 213 Corporate Ethics and Governance
This module covers the complex and changing relationships between business corporations, their stakeholders and the societies in which they operate. Organizational culture and governance systems play a critical role in the organizational performance. Security professionals should be able to balance between achieving their security jobs and aligning to the organizational ethos and governance systems. The module links these relationships to the business of security risk management to its various stakeholders.
ADSRM 214 Fundamentals of Forensic Investigations
The module aims to equip students with the hands-on understanding of forensic investigations focusing on forensic investigation tools and techniques, forensic interviewing, document analysis, investigation mindset, surveillance, evaluation, and reporting of evidence.
ADSRM 215 Strategic Management
This module was designed to equip students with the requisite knowledge and expertise in managing a diverse workforce, interdependence of different departments in an organization, performance evaluation, different types of management, managerial ethics, and other related issues.
ADSRM 216 Dissertation
After completing all the modules, a student is finally required to conduct and complete a research project which is directly linked to Security Risk Management. This will enhance the student to have hands-on understanding of the facets of the corporate security and risk management.
