BSSb1195 Security management in practice: property security

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Kučera, Ph.D. (lecturer), prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. (deputy)
Bc. Oldřich Jelínek (assistant), prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! BSS195 Population protection && !NOW( BSS195 Population protection )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to introduce students to security management issues in the physical and technical protection of objects. The course aims to comprehensively understand the topic from theoretical approaches to object security, object typologies, and normative object security standards through physical and technical protection methods and setting security procedures for case emergency management. All with an emphasis on practical application and individual topics. After completing the course, the student will gain basic knowledge from the security manager position of state institutions or private entities.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- carry out a security analysis of the object;
- propose specific regime and technical measures;
- comprehensively set the security policy of the institution/company
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the course
  • Theory of Object Security
  • Physical security
  • Security technologies and systems
  • Protection of classified information
  • Fire protection and occupational safety
  • Crisis management
  • Protection of soft targets
  • Case study
  • Case study
Literature
    required literature
  • 1) Ščurek, R., 2011. „Analýza rizik objektu kritické infrastruktury.“ The science for population protection 3, 1 – 11.
  • 4) Hesterman, J., Fagelm, J., 2017. Soft Targets and Crisis Management – What
  • 4) Hesterman, J., Fagelm, J., 2017. Soft Targets and Crisis Management – What Emergency Planners and Security Professionals Need to Know. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • 3) Hesterman, J., 2015. Soft Target Hardening – Protecting People from Attack.
  • 2) Bureš, O. a kolektiv 2013. Privatizace bezpečnosti. Praha: Grada.
Teaching methods
form of teaching: theoretical and practical training
teaching methods: lectures
Assessment methods
The course ends with an exam. Her assessment consists of two parts, namely seminar work and exams. It is possible to get 20 points for the seminar work. For the written examination, then 40 points. The topic of the seminar work is elaboration on internal safety guidelines or safety analyses of a specific object.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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