Protective Security
PostgraduateTAS-HSP6012025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $2,894
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Protective Security
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Comprehend and analyse theoretical approaches to protective security.
- Synthesise and apply relevant theoretical perspectives and concepts to provide solutions for protective security.
- Produce written work on protective security that is clearly communicated and meets scholarly and industry requirements.
- Introduction to Security Risk Management
- Threat and Vulnerability Assessment
- Risk Assessment
- Selection of Controls
- Implementation of Controls
- Training and Exercising
- Assurance
- Governance
- Continuous Improvement
- Activation - Parts 1, 2
- Security Approaches
- Organisational Interconnectedness
Protective Security relates to security governance (including supporting a positive security culture), information security (including cyber security), personnel security (including employees and contractors) and physical security (providing a safe and secure physical environment for an organisation’s people, information and assets). This fully online subject provides you with a thorough understanding of the concepts and practical applications of Protective Security. You will gain an appreciation of the issues and elements that underlie the practice of Protective Security and draw upon theoretical concepts, real life case studies and relevant standards.
This subject will provide you with the knowledge and skills to translate and communicate theoretical concepts in Protective Security into tangible outputs for industry. This subject, together with crisis management, business continuity management, and the ability to lead resilient organisations, are collectively the underpinning foundation for enhancing organisational resilience. The subject provides you with an understanding and the requisite skills that will be interrelated with these subjects should you proceed further with your postgraduate studies in organisational resilience.
- Corporate security risk (1,500 words) (30%)
- Online Quiz (20%)
- Enhancing a strong security culture and implications for protective security governance (2,500 words) (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-ORG-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience
PostgraduateTAS-ORG-GCE