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Historic Academic Association to Launch New Citizen’s Security Awareness
Certification Program
The American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation has been around
since 1870 established to promote academic opportunities in this country. They
are now poised to make an impact in the nation’s educational landscape as big as
any in their eventful history. AAHEA (www.aahea.org ) is introducing a new
accreditation course aimed at keeping the nation’s citizenry more security
savvy. The degree is called Certified Security Awareness Agent and their basic
associate level course launches this January (limited to 1,000 first students,
advanced registration available.) The attitude of the program is well-summarized
in one of its slogans: We are only as vulnerable as our dumbest link. Also,
revealing are its tenets: 1. Know what you should know. 2. Know what you don’t
know. 3. Know who does know. 4. Use what you know to make others more aware. 5.
Use what you know to motivate and make your environment more secure.
The rationale behind the project is as follows: terrorists and vigilantes
operate under the mindset that innocent citizens are vulnerable to their hateful
terrorist plans. Terrorist cowardice mandates that they only go after those they
see as innocent and unknowing. Therefore, an informed and prepared citizenry
will deter and deflect them. With basic education, citizens are neither
unprepared nor incapable of making a difference. Such, knowledge in the nation
will discourage would- be attackers. Further, greater sensitivity to asset
protection in the business community will add an element of resiliency to our
economy. Besides national preparedness the program has promise for potential
career-advancement and new employment possibilities.
AAHEA believes that good knowledge of security awareness improves the national
business climate. Further, part of the class contains a security career
advisory. A student who gets a C-SAA certification will be more valuable to his
current employer and is beginning to open the door to future careers in safety
and security with additional training. A look at the course curriculum breakdown
reveals where those future careers await, and where the benefits are for current
employers. The curriculum categories for the course include: emergency
preparedness, crime prevention, background checks, asset protection, suspicion
sensitivity, stabilizing a workplace from violence, basic data protection, and
interesting historical and ideological insights into past attacks.
The presenters and developers of the class include a top security consulting
firm, a Police Chief, and a special operations professional from the NYPD (who
served at ground zero on 9-11), and other law enforcement and Psychology
professionals.
Finally, the CSAA program challenges to ask the following: is any company too
small to have a Company Security Officer? If a larger company has a security
officer, why not add workers to a security patrol for the officer? Or just be an
informed citizen and maybe march towards a new career direction. Get the basics
first. There may be more specialized study needed in the future but it’s a
start.
The AAHEA says: Our nation has stood for good values. Let’s stand as strong
chain links for those values. Be that element of stronger security in your
company or community.
Initial course limited to 1,000 for opening January session.
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