Strategic Security Management

Table of Contents

Abstract 1

Introduction 3

Human Security 3

National Security 4

Security Management 4

Security Assessment 5

Strategic Management 5

Strategic Security Management 6

Rationale for Security Assessment as a Strategic Security Management Tool. 7

Challenges of Strategic Security Management in Kenya 8

Solutions to Strategic Security Management in Kenya 10

Conclusion 11

References 12

Abstract

This paper looks at the relationship between security assessment and strategic security management. It starts by defining the terms: security, human security, national security, security assessment, management, strategic management and strategic security management. It provides the rationale behind security assessment and strategic management

All the seven security classes are mutually complementing in that lack of one security may trigger one or more other insecurities thus the need for strategic security management to developing applicable and sustainable security policies. With globalization accelerated by international trade and technological advancement, human security concept adopted a global perspective.

Human security means the condition where people and communities have the capacity to manage stresses to their needs, rights and values (Paper & Alkire, 2003). Poor governance and political interference have always increased peoples’ needs and interfered with their rights due to lack of strategic plans to integrate development and human rights under supremacy of human security.

National

Threat is any indication, action, circumstance or event that may cause harm, loss or damage to the United Nations system, including its personnel, assets, and operations (Isselquist, 2002).

Vulnerability is a characteristic of, or flaw in, an asset’s design, location, protective security measures, process, or operation that renders it susceptible to, or offers the opportunity for, disruption or destruction, incapacitation, or exploitation by terrorists or other malicious actors (Isselquist, 2002). These characteristics may be found in infrastructure on which the asset is dependent.

Risk is the probability for harm, loss, or damage to an organization, including its personnel, assets, and operations from threats (Isselquist, 2002). Risk is a function of vulnerability and the impact loss if in case of a successful threat