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Security Manager

AVG. SALARY

$94,630

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree

JOB OUTLOOK

Stable

Directs an organization's security functions, including physical security and safety of employees and facilities.

Analyzes and evaluates security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement through auditing, review, or assessment.
Assesses risks to mitigate potential consequences of incidents and develops a plan to respond to incidents.
Attends meetings, professional seminars, or conferences to keep abreast of changes in executive legislative directives or new technologies impacting security operations.
Communicates security status, updates, and actual or potential problems, using established protocols.
Conducts physical examinations of property to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations.
Conducts threat or vulnerability analyses to determine probable frequency, criticality, consequence, or severity of natural or man-made disasters or criminal activity on the organization's profitability or delivery of products or services.
Coordinates security operations or activities with public law enforcement, fire and other agencies.
Creates or implements security standards, policies, and procedures.
Develops budgets for security operations.
Develops or manages investigation programs, including collection and preservation of video and notes of surveillance processes or investigative interviews.

You would sit most of the time. There's some walking and standing. You may have to lift and carry things like books, papers or tools weighing 10 lbs. or less.
Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time
Work in this occupation requires being outside most of the time
Work in this occupation involves sitting more than one-third of the time