Data Driven Security

Data Driven Security

Karim H. Vellani, CPP, CSC

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Table of Contents

Section 1 - WHAT IS DATA DRIVEN SECURITY?

Section 2 - DOCTRINES

    Legal Standards
        Expert Testimony
        Crime Foreseeability

Standards and Guidelines

Section 3 - RETURN ON INVESTMENT

Section 4 - USING CRIME DATA TO DRIVE SECURITY

    Data Sources
        Law Enforcement Statistics
        Internal Reporting Systems
        Inherent / Conceptual Threats

    Analysis
        Interpersonal vs. Stranger Initiated Crimes
        Crime-Specific Analysis
        Crime Rate Analysis
        Temporal Analysis
        Spatial Analysis
        Modus Operandi Analysis
        Threshold Analysis

Section 5 - THREAT DYNAMICS

    Assault Type Crimes (Assault, Aggravated Assault, and Murder)
    Robbery
    Theft and Auto Theft

Section 6 - RISK MITIGATION

Section 7 - BIBLIOGRAPHY

About The Author

Karim H. Vellani is the President of Threat Analysis Group, LLC, an independent security consulting firm. Karim is a Board Certified in Security Management (CPP), a Board Certified Security Consultant (CSC), and has over 14 years of security management and forensic security consulting experience. He is the author of two books, Applied Crime Analysis and Strategic Security Management, and has contributed to a number of other security related books and journals. As an independent security management consultant, Karim has been retained by Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. He has extensive experience in risk management and security force protection and provides consultation on a regular basis at government, commercial, and industrial facilities across the nation. Karim is responsible for managing the quality control/assurance function for United States Department of Homeland Security’s protection force at federal government buildings in 14 states.

Karim specializes in Crime Analysis and Foreseeability. He developed a crime analysis methodology that utilizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Report coding system and a proprietary software application called CrimeAnalysisTM. The software allows end users to identify specific threats, select appropriate countermeasures, and reduce their risk. The methodology was published in Applied Crime Analysis. Since developing the crime analysis methodology, Karim has assessed crime threats at thousands of facilities. Karim has also developed a Risk Assessment Methodology for Healthcare Facilities and Hospitals.

As an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston - Downtown, Karim taught graduate courses in Security Management and Risk Analysis for the College of Criminal Justice’s Security Management Program. He has also trained Police and Security Officers in weapons and use of deadly force and profiling and assisted in the development of maritime security training curriculum compliant with ISPS Code and the United States Coast Guard under the Maritime Transportation Security Act. Annually, Karim instructs for the International Association of Professional Security Consultants and ASIS-International. Karim is a member of the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS), the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC), ASIS-International, and the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA). He serves as the President of the IAPSC.

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