Industry Best Practices Flashcards

Under the concentric circles (defense-in-depth) concept, where should the most critical assets be located?

Answer: In the innermost protected layer

Placing critical assets at the center forces an adversary to defeat every layer before reaching them.

Which type of protective lighting is most commonly used and consists of fixed luminaires arranged to flood an area continuously during darkness?

Answer: Continuous lighting

Continuous lighting is the most common protective lighting system, providing steady illumination of an area.

The ASIS/SHRM Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention standard recommends which key element for assessing concerning behavior?

Answer: A multidisciplinary threat assessment team

A multidisciplinary team (security, HR, legal, mental health) provides balanced evaluation and management of potential threats.

What best distinguishes an investigative interview from an interrogation?

Answer: An interview is non-accusatory and aimed at gathering information

Interviews are non-accusatory information-gathering sessions, while interrogations are accusatory and seek admissions from suspected persons.

What is the primary purpose of maintaining a chain of custody for physical evidence?

Answer: To prove the evidence has not been altered, substituted, or tampered with

A documented chain of custody establishes evidence integrity so it remains admissible and credible.

An employee holding a grand master key is terminated and fails to return the key. What is the best practice response?

Answer: Rekey or re-core the affected locks

An unrecovered high-level key compromises every lock it opens, so those locks should be rekeyed or re-cored.

Which is generally considered an advantage of contract security services over a proprietary security force?

Answer: Greater staffing flexibility and often lower cost

Contract services offer flexibility to scale staffing and typically reduce direct costs such as benefits and training.