Lesson 5.

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Security Hazards
A.Hazards in General

 As earlier defined, hazard could mean exposure to the chance of loss or injury; or
the term is synonymous to risk and or peril. In the field of industrial security, any
hazardous situation or conditions are called security hazards.

B.Types of Hazards

1.Natural hazards
-These are hazards which arise from Natural phenomena.

Types of Natural hazards

a.Floods caused by typhoons

b. Earthquakes
c. Fire (not caused by human action) such as those cause by lightning

d. Storms (typhoons cyclones, tornado and huricane)

e. Lightning Storms
f. Extreme temperature and humidity

2. Human- Man made hazards

- These are hazards which are result of state of mind, attitude, weaknesses or character
traits of one or more person.

a. Sabotage

- it can be described as the deliberate destruction or the deliberate damaging or

destroying of property or equipment.

b. Espionage

- it is describes as the activity of spying or the use of spying or spies to gather secret
information.

c. Pilferage

- the act of stealing small things or items of little value, especially habitually.

d. Theft and Robbery

- Both acts involved the taking of another property with intent to gain without the
owner’s consent. Theft is committed without violence against or intimidation of person
nor force upon things while robbery involves intimidation of persons or force upon things.
e. Disloyalty

- this is the act of unfaithfulness to one’s organization

f. Disaffections

- this is manifested by losing satisfaction thereby causing the dissatisfied person to

commit act that may cause peril to his own organization.

g. Subversive Activities

-these are activities design to overthrow government or intended or likely to

undermine or overthrow government or other institution.

C. Person’s Internal hazard

1. Faith- In the sphere of security operation, faith can be a questionable virtue. Those
person in which trust of their fellowmen is an abiding instinct.

2. Conceit – it is the desire to satisfy the ego or empress someone, provides the enemy
agents with his best source of information.

3. . Enthusiasm and pride – these are common causes of indiscretion. Anyone who is
truly interested in his job find it difficult not to talk and write about it.

4. Ignorance – many people compromise vital information simply because they do not
realize its value and do not know the methods by which intelligence agencies operate.
Lesson 5.2

Security hazards
Quiz
1.These are hazards which arise from natural phenomena.

a. Hazards in general c. Man made hazards

b. Natural hazards d. internal hazards

2. This is the act of unfaithfulness to one’s organization.

a. Subversive Activities c. Pilferage

b. Disaffection d. Disloyalty

3. This is the act of stealing small things or items of little value.

a. Pilferage c. Sabotage

b. Theft and Robbery d. Espionage

4. It can be described as the deliberate destruction or the deliberate

damaging or destroying of property or equipment.

a. Espionage c. Theft and Robbery

b. Pilferage d. Disaffection

5. Both acts involved the taking of another property with intent to gain
without the owner’s consent.

a. Subversive activities c. Disloyalty

b. Disaffection d. Theft and Robbery

6. These are hazards which are result of state of mind.

a. Human-Man made Hazards c. Internal Hazards

b. Natural Hazards d. Hazards in General

 7. These are the sphere of security operation.

a. Conceit c. Enthusiasm and Pride

b. Faith d. Ignorance

8. These are common causes of indiscretion.

a. Conceit c. Enthusiasm and Pride

b. Faith d. Ignorance

9. Many people compromise vital information simply because they do not

realize it’s value and do not know the method by which intelligence agencies
operate.

a. Conceit c. Enthusiasm and Pride

b. Faith d. Ignorance

10. It is the desire to satisfy the ego empress someone provides the enemy
agents with his best source of information

a. Conceit c. Enthusiasm and Pride

b. Faith d. Ignorance

1. b 6.a

2. d 7.b

3. a 8.c

4. c 9.d

5. d ` 10.a