Security in General

- Defined as the state or quality of being secured, freedom

from fear or danger, assurance or certainty. To secure is to
make safe or be protected.
Security may also be defined as:
1. State or feeling of safety: the state or feeling of
being safe and protected.
2. Freedom from worry about possible loss: the
assurance that something of value will not be
taken away.
3. Something giving assurance: something that
provides a sense of protection against loss, attack
or harm;
4. Safety: protection against attack from without or
subversion from within;
5. Precautions to maintain safety: precautions taken
to keep somebody or something safe from crime,
attack or danger
6. Guards: people or an organization entrusted with
the job of protecting somebody or something
especially a building or institution against crime.
Necessity of Security
- Are inevitable or necessary for the attainment of the goals
and objectives of a certain individual, group or
organization.
- It follows that when an individual or organization is
exposed to hazards their productivity is adversely affected.
- The economic growth of the Philippines for instance is
moving at a turtle-pace because of the impending internal
and external threats.

- Internal threats include but not limited to communist

aggressions, Muslim separatist, the extreme rightist such
as threat of military takeover of the government and the
restless mass actions like strikes and protests by civil
organizations.
- External threats include the country’s incapability
to defend itself in case of war.
- All of these threats if not deterred or reduced will
bring political instability which surely hampers the
economy of the country.
The Role of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and their
other Government Law Enforcement Agencies

- Industrial security is an indispensable part of the Philippine

economy because it serves as a partner of Law Enforcement
Agencies in the country such as PNP. With its doubtless
significance the PNP takes responsibilities in the supervision,
control and training and operations of security agencies and
in the issuance of license to operate and the license to
practice the security profession.
- PNP and other government law enforcement agencies serve
as the immediate law enforcement agency which assist
security guards and security agencies in the performance of
their security functions such as accepting and processing
crime reports submitted by the private security agency.
Industrial Security- means security measures applied to
business industries.

Industrial Security Management- skillful handling of the

security and safety measures of business enterprises and
industrial establishments.
Hazards
- Refers to conditions that may cause damage to
property, injury or loss of life.
- It is also define as “exposure to the chance of loss
or injury.
- Hazards are caused either by nature or by man
himself.
R.A 5487- Considering the significance of
providing
security to industries the Philippine legislative
body
enacted this act governing the organization and
management of private security agency, company
guard forces and government security forces.
 Fundamentals of Industrial Security Management

a. Industry- the term denotes “:earnest or constant

application to work or business”.
b. Industrial- pertaining to or engage the industry.
c. Security- means the state or quality of being secured,
freedom from fear or danger.
d. Management- skillful use of means to accomplish a
purpose.
Security and Safety Measures
- The security of any business establishment today is a
complex process. Security work involves active and
passive measures so those effective defenses can be
established against crime.
- Active measures- are physical barriers, security
lighting, safes and vaults designed to detect and
impede hazards.

- Passive measures- are those will deter man from

committing such acts for fear of being caught such as
security education programs, security investigation,
fire prevention seminars, safety drills and personal
security checks.
 Types of Security

1. Physical Security- is the broadest branch of security

which is concerned with the physical measures adopted to
prevent unauthorized access to equipment, facilities,
materials and documents and to safeguards them against
espionage, sabotage damage and theft.
 2. Communication Security- the protection resulting
from the application of various measures that prevent or
delay the enemy or unauthorized persons in gaining
information through the communication system.

a. Transmission Security- a component of

communications security that results from all measures
designed to protect transmission from the interception,
traffic analysis and imitative deception.
 b. Cryptographic Security- result from the provisions of
technically sound crypto-systems and their purpose use.

c. Physical Security- providing of safeguards to equipment

and materials from access by unauthorized persons.
3. Hotel Security- refers to the protection of assets, guests,
personal effects and other properties in hotels, inns and other
similar establishments.
4. Bank Security- a specialized type of physical security
protecting the assets, personnel and operation of a bank with
special emphasis on the precaution and measures to
safeguard the cash and assets while the storage in transit and
during transaction.
5. Document Security- is the physical security involving the
protection of documents and classified papers from loss
access by unauthorized persons, damage, theft and
compromise through disclosure.
6. Personal Security- this involves the protection of
personnel especially ranking officials from any harm, kidnap
and other acts. VIP is a type of personal security.
7. Crises Security- part of VIP security involved in hostage
and kidnapping of VIP’s.
8. Industrial Security- a type of security applied to business
groups engaged in industries like manufacturing , assembling
research and development, processing warehousing and even
agriculture.
- Use of protective barriers and security lighting, personnel
movement control, lock and key management.
9. Operational Security- a type of security that primarily
with the protection of processes , formula patents and other
industrial and manufacturing activities from espionage,
infiltration, loss, compromise and photocopying.
10. Other Special Types of Security
a. Air Cargo Security- this is applied to minimize, if not
prevent, losses of cargo during in transit, storage or transfer.
b. School Security- this is applied in response to the
increase of violent crimes committed against students and
school personnel and school properties.
c. Supermarket Security- this is applied in response to the
mushrooming of bazaars, marts, super malls and the like.
d. Personnel Security- this is involved in the background
checks of individuals commensurate with the security
requirements of their work. This also includes measures
designed to protect employees of an organization or business
establishment.
 Major Divisions of Industrial Security

Physical Security- this is the broadest type of security it can

be defined as those measures taken to prevent physical
access of entry to an installation or area by unauthorized
personnel.
Personnel Security- applied to check background of persons
as well as the protection of company personnel against
potential harmful acts or conditions.
Document and Information Security- includes every
measures designed to safeguard company documents from
unintentional or intentional harmful acts or against
unauthorized disclosure of the information contained therein.