The SRMC® course has been specially designed by subject experts to provide a comprehensive and diverse learning experience that aims to equip individuals with the practical skills, knowledge and competence to operate confidently, and credibly, as a Security and Risk Management Consultant.


Throughout the distance learning course we enable you to achieve a broad and comprehensive understanding of risk management and its associated practices. The goal is to not only significantly improve your skill set and gain a selection of recognised qualifications, but to also develop your practical understanding and widen your future career opportunities. As an example, many of our former students have gone on to secure senior positions within the 'Big Four' consultancies; Energy and Extractives, Aviation, Defence and Media, as well as other leading risk management organisations. The course will also equip you with the skills required to consult in a broad range of risk management and business practices.


Unit 1 is all about Security and Risk Management. It will focus on various risk and enterprise risk management models, developing frameworks for managing security risk throughout business and the practical risk assessment processes and mitigation measures involved, before finally covering country and regional risk analysis.

Unit outline

    1. Course Welcome

    2. Research, Referencing and Critical Writing

    3. Course Documents

    1. Book 1-to-1 Course Tutor Meetings

    2. Core Resources

    3. Useful Resources

    4. Background Reading

    5. Assignment Writing Resources

    1. Unit 1 Assignment Overview

    2. Unit 1 Assignment Brief

    3. Unit 1 Assignment Template

    4. Annexes A to D

    5. Final Assignment Submission

    1. Introduction to Risk Management

    2. Will Gadd's Risk Secrets

    3. Introduction to ISO 31000

    4. ISO 31000: Risk Management

    5. Enterprise Risk Management

    6. Alternative Risk Management Frameworks and Models

    7. Risk Perception

    1. What is Security Risk Management?

    2. How to Create a Stakeholder Map

    3. The SRM Process

    4. Threat Identification and Assessment

    5. Criticality Assessment

    6. Asset Identification

    7. Vulnerability Assessment

    8. How to Use a Risk Matrix

    9. Analysing Risks

    10. Qualitative & Quantitative Risk Analysis

    11. Evaluating Risks

    12. Risk Appetite Frameworks

    13. Treat the Risks, Monitor & Review

    1. Country Risk Assessments and External Context

    2. Pestle Analysis

    3. Pestle and POST-T

    4. Political Risk Analysis

    5. POST-T Breakdown

    6. Managing Operational Risk

    7. POST-T Breakdown Continued

    8. Why Terrorism Can But Should Not Be Defined

    9. Recognising Terrorist Threats

    10. Country Risk Scores

    11. OSINT - Open Source Intelligence

    12. OSINT and Credible Evidence

About this course

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  • 45 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content