INTRODUCTION

TO INDUSTRIAL
SECURITY
CONCEPTS
• In the ancient world, humans learned to unite into clans, then into
tribes and later into bigger communities with their primary reason
of securing their lives, and livelihoods.

• Humans that time were only worried of;

a) natural causes of dangers
b) other tribes competing for survival

• Ancient tribesmen’s earliest form of security is assigning all of their

able-bodied males of the tribe to guard their crops and their
territory against animal’s attack.

• They used variety of means to protect themselves such as:

a) weapons out of wood, stones and then later those made of metal
b) traps or devices designed to catch animals
c) Barriers like wooden fences , natural barriers like river and cliff
• In the 18th century, the Agricultural Revolution or the
improved agricultural methods paved way for the
massive growth in crop production. Microsoft Encarta
states that the increased of population causes the
increased demand for food. It has been noted that the
lack of food leads people to steal, hence , security is
needed for those who have plenty of stocks.
• In Great Britain, economic progress started , “The
Industrial Revolution” – the influx o0f the rural people
resulted to crime increase to the point that thief catchers
were recruited to aid the law enforcement officers in
locating criminals .
• This could be the onset of hiring private individual to do
security works. As a result, some business firm emerged,
such as the Pinkerton’s Detective Agency, which offered
to protect property and pursue offenders for a fee.
• Here in the Philippines , “hacenderos” or owners of large
tracts of lands often hire farm workers ho often double as
protectors of the property against cattle rustlers and robbers.

• In 1958, Philippine Association of Detective and Protective

Agency Operators (PADPAO)was established.
 they are the organization who endorsed to the Congress a bill
to regulate the organization and operation of private
detectives, watchmen, security guards and agencies.

• In June 13, 1969 , Republic Act 5487 or the “Private Security

Law” was born.
this event started the professionalization of security works in
the Philippines.

• “Sikyu” – blue clad individual

SECURITY
• 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.
• Any measures taken to keep an individual or group
from dangers or hazards that may cause harm,
injury, loss of life , and or loss or damage to
property.
• it’s roles is to prevent or stop the hazards.

HAZARDS
• refers to the conditions that may cause damage to
property, injury, or loss of life.
• exposure to the chance of loss or injury.
• it is caused by either by nature or by man himself.
WHY SECURITY IS IMPORTANT?
• Most if not all economically secured
countries are free from any external
threats. Their socio-economic
advancement relied so much on the
maintenance of their peace and order.

• The economic growth of the Philippines

is moving at turtle-pace because of the
impending internal and external threats.
INTERNAL THREATS
• Communist aggressions
• Muslim separatists
• Extreme rightists; military takeover of the government
• Restless mass actions; strikes and protests by civil
organizations
EXTERNAL THREATS
• country’s incapability to defend itself in case of war.

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) takes responsibilities in

the supervision, control, training, and operations of security
agencies and the issuance of license to operate and the
license to practice the security profession.
SOME IMPORTANT TERMS IN INDUSTRIAL SECURITY CONCEPTS

• INDUSTRY – special branch of productive work , or the capital or

workers employed in.

• INDUSTRIAL – pertaining to or engaged in industry, Relating to, used

in, or created by industry, industry’s workforce or relating to or
involving workers in.

• MANAGEMENT –skillful use of means to accomplish a purpose. Also

define as planning, deciding, or exercising of control and supervision
on some functions of the organization.

• INDUSTRIAL SECURITY – security measures applied to business

industries, or the business providing security and protection to
private individual, business enterprises, or government and non-
government industries.

• INDUSTRIAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT – skillful handling of security

and safety measures of business enterprises and individual
establishments.
2 TYPES OF SAFETY MEASURES
ACTIVE MEASURES
• physical barriers, security lightings, safes and vaults, locks and
other devices and gadgets designed to detect and impede
hazards.

PASSIVE MEASURES
• Those that will deter men from committing such acts for fear
of being caught or charged in court or get dismissed. These
are:
a) Security education programs
b) Security investigation
c) Fire prevention seminars
d) Safety drills
e) Personal security checks
TYPES OF SECURITY
1. PHYSICAL SECURITY
- broadest branch of security
- concerned with the physical measures adopted to prevent
unauthorized access of equipment, facilities, materials, and
documents, and to safeguard them against espionage ,
sabotage damage and theft.

2. COMMUNICATION SECURITY
- application of various measure that prevent or delay the
enemy or unauthorized person in gaining information
Through the communication system. These includes:
• Transmission Security – protect transmission from the
interception, traffic analysis, imitative deception.
• Cryptographic Security – from the provisions of sound crypto-
systems and their proper use.
• Physical Security – safeguards to equipment and materials
from access by unauthorized persons.

3. HOTEL SECURITY
- protection of assets, guests, personal effects and other
properties in hotels, inns and other similar establishments.

4. BANK SECURITY
- Specialized type of security
- Protecting the assets, personnel and operation of bank
with special emphasis on the precaution and to safeguard
the cash and assets while in the storage, in transit and during
transactions.
5. DOCUMENT SECURITY
- Physical security
- Protection of documents and classified papers from
loss access by unauthorized persons damage , theft,
and compromise through disclosure.

6. PERSONAL SECURITY
- Protection of personnel especially ranking officials
from any harm, kidnap, and other acts, Very
Important People (VIP) is a type of personnel
security.

7. CRISES SECURITY
- part of VIP security involved in hostage and
kidnapping of VIP.
8. INDUSTRIAL SECURITY
- Physical security
- Applied in business groups engaged in industries
like manufacturing, assembling research and
development, processing warehousing and even
agriculture.

9. OPERATIONAL SECURITY
- Deals primarily with protection of processes,
formula, patents, and other industrial and
manufacturing activities from espionage,
infiltration , loss, compromise, or photocopying.
10.OTHER SPECIAL TYPES OF SECURITY

• Air Cargo Security – applied to minimize, if not prevent,

losses of cargo during in transit, storage or transfer.

• School Security – response in the increase of violent

crimes against students and school personnel, and school
properties.

• Supermarket Security – applied in response to the

mushrooming of bazaars, marts, super malls, and the
like.

• Personnel Security – involved in background checks of

individual commensurate with the security requirements
of their work.
- protect employee of an organization or business
establishment.
MAJOR DIVISIONS OF INDUSTRIAL SECURITY

1. PHYSICAL SECURITY
- broadest type of security
- measures taken to prevent PHYSICAL access or entry to an
installation or area by unauthorized personnel.

2. PERSONNEL SECURITY
- division of security is applied to check the backgrounds of
persons as well as the protection of company personnel
against potential harmful acts or conditions.

3. DOCUMENT AND INFORMATION SECURITY

- every measures to safeguard company documents from
unintentional or intentional harmful acts against unauthorized
disclosure of the information contained therein.