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CERTIFIED SECURITY SPECIALIST, CSS

ESI's premier program is the most advanced curriculum that ESI offers. The Security Specialist combines the ESI core programs of High Risk Spec. Ops., Executive Protection and Protective Intelligence & Investigation. It affords the student the flexibility to design a course of instruction that is organized specifically to the student's needs. Any course taken in another program is applicable to the CSS Credential that is full academic and financial credit is awarded for completion of courses in a parallel program.

A security specialist is a "generalist" in the sense that he or she has crafted a series of job-related skills which will qualify him or her to undertake a broad variety of security assignments. In today's world, many of the traditional roles of private security which in the past were quite separate have now begun to meld together. Thus, a protection specialist or investigator may find that he or she is required to perform a number of heretofore unrelated tasks for a client, such as providing executive security, conducting an investigation, collecting competitor intelligence, and/or performing intricate electronic countermeasures.

SECURITY SPECIALIST PROGRAM

The Security Specialist Certificate Program consists of 900 hours (18 Distance Education courses and one Resident Training regimen). Academic courses are selected from the more than 25 offered in ESI's Distance Education curriculum and one Resident Training component: Spec. Ops. 15-Day, Executive Protection 15-day or the Protective Intelligence & Investigation 18-day Resident Training. Considered as a single curriculum, the Security Specialist Program consists of an intensive study of 1050 hours.

Enrollment in the Security Specialist Program is begun with the Distance Education prior to arrival for Resident Training. The Security Specialist Program has five required Distance Ed courses: Principles of Protection; Principles of Investigation; Criminal Intelligence Collection & Analysis; Stalking and Dangerous Human Behavior; and Interviews and Interrogation. The choice of which academic elective and the Resident Training are left to the student, but the thirteen electives should be selected to complement the student’s principal interest.

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DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES

EXECUTIVE PROTECTION RESIDENT TRAINING

PROTECTIVE INTELLIGENCE RESIDENT TRAINING

SPECIAL OPERATIONS RESIDENT TRAINING

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COMPLETION TIME

A student may register in the program at any time and he or she will have eighteen months to complete the program, however, some students complete the work much earlier. The student should complete the work as rapidly as is consistent with their schedule and satisfactory scholarship. On average, each of the eighteen courses can be completed in four weeks. We recommend that you work at a steady pace to complete each course approximately within the time frame allowed.

STUDENTS WILL NOT REPEAT ANY COURSE MATERIAL OR PAY DOUBLE FOR THE SAME CURRICULUM THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN ANOTHER CORE PROGRAM.

All ESI programs and course studies are approved and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Division of Private Occupational Schools.

If the student should decide to attend BOTH Resident Training programs, ESI will extend a 10% discount on the second Resident Training program, and the graduate receives three Certifications: Certified Protection Specialist, Certified Protective Intelligence Specialist, and Certified Security Specialist.

CD ROM CONVERSION

ESI is converting many of its copyrighted text books and printed manuals into CD Acrobat format. The CD Rom format facilitates student mobility and shipping to ESI's growing international student body.

This course consists of three CD manuals of over a 1,000 pages of technical material on Telephonic Wiretap & Countermeasures, Cellular Intercept & Countermeasures, and Physical & Electronic Surveillance Techniques by James Lindner. The fourth manual consists of Richard Udovich's industry standard text on CD Rom, Telephone Eavesdropping & Countermeasures.

OVERVIEW OF SECURITY SPECIALIST

Each course provides valuable information from a varied security fields and is particularly well suited for the specialist.

If you are primarily interested in acquiring as much executive protection related training as possible you should give consideration to the following courses as Electives:

• Bomb Search & Identification
• Electronic Security
• Profiles of Terrorism & Violence
• Fundamentals of Defensive Shooting
• Etiquette for Security Professionals

If your interest is investigation which you intend to apply to either private or corporate security, you should consider the following Electives:

• Human Intelligence Collection
• Internal Security
• Telephonic Eavesdropping Countermeasures
• Surveillance Methods & Electronic Countermeasures
• Legal Aspects of Private Security & Investigation

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