Workplace security involves a lot more than just turning off the lights and locking the doors, its about ensuring your coworkers are safe.
Workplace security involves a lot more than just turning off the lights and locking the doors, its about ensuring your coworkers are safe. In this Workplace Security course, you’ll learn how to help keep your workplace safe by staying alert and prepared. Workplace security includes much more than locks and alarms—it involves everyone on-site being aware of their surroundings, knowing how to respond to threats, and following the right procedures.
This course covers how to recognize warning signs of suspicious behavior, maintain physical and information security, and prevent unauthorized access. You’ll explore how to protect entry points, report concerns, and take part in drills and emergency planning. Whether it’s theft, vandalism, or a potential active threat, knowing what to look for—and what to do—can help prevent incidents or reduce their impact.
You’ll also learn how to support cybersecurity by managing passwords and protecting sensitive data. By the end of this course, you’ll understand how your daily actions contribute to a secure work environment.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify common workplace security risks and warning signs
- Apply access control procedures to prevent unauthorized entry
- Respond to suspicious behavior or activity in a calm, effective way
- Support physical and digital security practices
- Participate in drills and emergency planning
Skills you’ll gain
Access ControlsCyber SecurityIncident ResponsePhysical SecuritySecurity AwarenessWhat You'll Learn
- Identify common workplace security risks, vulnerabilities, and warning signs of suspicious behavior
- Apply access control procedures to prevent unauthorized entry and monitor visitors
- Strengthen physical security using doors, glass, locks, lighting, surveillance, and alarms
- Respond calmly and effectively to suspicious activity and workplace violence
- Support cybersecurity by managing passwords and safeguarding sensitive company information
- Participate in drills and emergency planning to reduce the impact of incidents
Key Takeaways
- Workplace security goes beyond locks and alarms and depends on everyone on-site staying aware of their surroundings and following the right procedures.
- Recognizing warning signs of suspicious behavior and knowing how to respond can help prevent incidents such as theft, vandalism, or a potential active threat, or reduce their impact.
- Both physical security measures and information security practices are needed to keep a workplace safe.
- Reporting concerns and protecting entry points are key parts of preventing unauthorized access.
- Daily individual actions, including supporting cybersecurity by managing passwords and protecting sensitive data, contribute to a secure work environment.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this Workplace Security course cover?
It covers how to recognize warning signs of suspicious behavior, maintain physical and information security, prevent unauthorized access, protect entry points, report concerns, and take part in drills and emergency planning. It also explains how to support cybersecurity by managing passwords and protecting sensitive data.
What skills will I gain from this course?
The course builds skills in access controls, cyber security, incident response, physical security, and security awareness.
How is the course structured?
The course is organized into lessons covering Workplace Security; Identifying Security Issues and Vulnerabilities; Strengthening Physical Security: Doors, Glass and Locks; Strengthening Physical Security: Lighting, Surveillance and Alarms; Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Company Information; Controlling Access Points and Monitoring Visitors; Dealing with Workplace Violence; and a Review.
What will I be able to do by the end of the course?
By the end of the course, you will understand how your daily actions contribute to a secure work environment, including identifying security risks, applying access control procedures, responding to suspicious behavior, supporting physical and digital security, and participating in drills and emergency planning.
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We hear about it almost every day. Somewhere, something bad has happened in a workplace. An employee has been shot by an angry co-worker or an estranged spouse, a bomb has been set off, and people have been injured. A truckload of valuable product is missing, or a company's computer system has been hacked, and the credit card information of millions of customers has been stolen. These things don't just happen somewhere else. They can occur in our own city or town, even our own company. But having a good workplace security program in place can often prevent these situations from occurring. In this course, we will discuss the importance of workplace security, how to identify vulnerabilities in your facility, and the types of policies and procedures that need to be included in your workplace security program.
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