Purpose of the course:

Provide professional knowledge regarding the operation of complex security systems and teach different combat doctrines based on a common language; enhance security managers' awareness and management skills; provide professional knowledge and effective tools and improve operational readiness to enable prompt real-time decision making in emergencies.

Primary course topics:

The concept of security and operational responses, self defense, planning operational activities, operational security procedures, prevention of intelligence gathering, reporting security-related events, emergencies and multi-casualty events, security companies at the service of security managers, and defense and security technologies; the threat of global terrorism, review of types of secured facilities, security and rescue forces and collaboration between them; prevention of suicide attacks, prevention of firearm assaults against secured crowds, prevention of hostile vehicle entry into a secured area, prevention of firearm smuggling in luggage/on a visitor's body, preventing booby-trapped cars from being driven and parked in a secured area, explosives and firearm used by terrorists; intelligence gathering for security purposes, drawing conclusions from previous events, control and inspection methods, leadership-related terms and principles, and planning routine activities; reciprocity within the organization and between security managers and security units, and employee reliability; training security personnel; review of different secured facilities, security centers as part of security arrays, and professional visits.

Target audience:

Local security managers in public institutions listed in the Security Regulation Law; security officers in municipalities and in private organizations; security officers in licensed businesses and in security companies.

Terms of acceptance:

People who intend to work as security managers or who are working as security managers in public organizations as prescribed by the Administration of Security in Public Agencies Law. People who intend to work as security managers need to pass a personal interview with the course managers.

Course duration:

The course comprises about 190 hours including the final project, professional visits, and the qualification test. The lessons will be delivered once a week between 8:00 AM to 5:20 PM.

Course-completion certificate:

Students who will complete the course will receive a course-completion certificate issued by the security division of the Israel Police's operations department and the National Security Unit.