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Developing Internal Security Champions
Developing Internal Security Champions
Duration: 3 days / 18 hours
Delivery method: Classroom / Online instructor lead delivery
Target Audience: This course is designed for internal security departments .
Cost: Available upon application
Language: English
Course code: ARSC3-C
Are you ready to revolutionize your company’s security posture?
Presenting a game-changing opportunity that empowers your non-security professionals to become the first line of defence. Introducing the immersive classroom course: Developing Internal Security Champions. Prepare to transform selected employees into vigilant guardians who strengthen your multi-layered corporate security approach. Through a clear process of selection, onboarding, training, quality assurance, and offboarding, you’ll build a team that supports a unified view of security risk.
The course walks you through a structured process of:
✅ Selection: Identifying the right candidates with the aptitude and mindset to serve as internal security champions.
✅ Onboarding: Equipping them with foundational security knowledge and an understanding of their critical role in the broader security ecosystem.
✅ Training: Providing in-depth, scenario-based learning, hands-on exercises, and collaborative workshops to reinforce essential skills such as threat recognition, behavioural analysis, and effective communication.
✅ Quality Assurance: Ensuring that your champions maintain a high standard of vigilance through ongoing assessments, mentoring, and feedback loops.
✅ Offboarding: When necessary, transitioning champions out of the program in a way that preserves institutional knowledge and prepares successors to continue the mission.
By embedding these champions within your workforce, you’ll create a culture of security awareness that resonates across all departments. This not only reduces your organisation’s exposure to threats but also fosters a sense of shared responsibility and collaboration.
Potential business benefits, the why
Your workforce is a treasure trove of talents waiting to contribute to security. The course explains how to empower non-security professionals with the knowledge and tools to amplify your defence strategies.
When your entire team becomes security-aware, a network of guardians is born. More eyes spotting anomalies and more ears hearing whispers of potential threats creates a unified shield of vigilance.
With a team trained in security principles, you have a dynamic pool of thinkers ready to craft innovative solutions that evolve with the threat landscape.
Non-security professionals might question their capabilities. Our expert trainers instill confidence by providing practical skills and knowledge, ensuring every participant feels equipped to contribute effectively.
By cultivating a cadre of Internal security champions, your organisation becomes a fortress. The collective watchful eye acts as a deterrent and rapid response system, deterring potential threats
Fresh perspectives often spark ingenious solutions. The course creates an environment where creative minds from diverse backgrounds collaborate to strengthen your security foundation.
Empower your employees. Being an internal security champion has the potential to enhance their career prospects and solidifies their commitment to the company's well-being.
Merging security roles with existing responsibilities can be a challenge. Our classroom-led course offers a tailored plan to ensure smooth integration that aligns with your company's vision.
Secure your company’s future now.
In an era of ever-evolving threats, your company’s security demands a united front. Developing Internal Security Champions isn’t just a course – it’s an investment in a future where selected employees stand as vigilant sentinel, ready to protect your corporate legacy.
SWOT on internal security champions
- Unleash Hidden Talents: Your workforce is brimming with untapped potential. By training non-security professionals, you harness a diverse range of skills, insights, and perspectives that traditional security teams may lack.
- Enhanced Vigilance: With a network of vigilant eyes and ears across the organization, potential threats are identified faster, allowing for proactive responses that safeguard your company's assets and reputation.
- Cohesive Culture: Fostering a culture of security awareness unites your team in a shared commitment to protect your company's integrity, creating a collaborative environment where security is everyone's responsibility.
- Initial Resistance: Some non-security professionals may initially feel unqualified or hesitant to embrace security roles. The course expertly addresses these concerns, building confidence through comprehensive training.
- Skill Standardisation: Ensuring a consistent level of security expertise across multiple departments can be a challenge. How to standardise training that consistently maintains an understanding of security principles, with an ever evolving threat landscape.
- Amplified Security Posture: Empowered with security knowledge, your Internal Security Champions become an integral part of your defence strategy, making your company a less attractive target for potential threats.
- Innovation Nexus: Fresh perspectives from non-traditional security roles can spark innovative solutions that enhance your security landscape and adapt to evolving risks.
- Career Growth: Offering your team the chance to become Internal Security Champions enhances professional development, boosting job satisfaction and fostering loyalty.
- Misalignment: Integrating security roles with existing responsibilities may lead to role confusion or misplaced priorities. The course ensures a seamless integration process that aligns with your company's objectives.
- Time Constraints: Balancing training with daily responsibilities can be challenging.
In-house courses
Classroom: To facilitate *oversight, there is the option to have one or two remote delegates. Remote delegates watch the instructor and presentations, hear full audio, and ask questions.
This is subject to Terms and Conditions, regarding privacy for classroom delegates, reliable internet speed requirements and confirmation of an agreed framework for remote participants.
*Example: Training manager, inhouse instructor, line manager, quality manager.
Translations (classroom): Course are delivered in English, with the use of a client approved translator, for a second language.
Frequently asked questions
No, as with more eyes seeing more, there will be more work for your internal security department, as you improve your security posture.
No, the course is designed for organisations with an internal security departments, that want to utilise their non-security staff, in supporting their security mission and vision. This does not remove dedicated security personnel or the needs to adhere to national law/compliance.
Yes, (example: security ambassador) but it is recommend the title you use, should not be confused with a security practitioners role and responsibilities in your organisation.
This would be an internal decision, as the staff assigned as Internal Security Champions will already be internal staff. The course will signpost attendees to non-restricted security publications and resources. In addition, the course will go through areas to consider for the cycle of the security champion role.
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