Access Control and Physical Security Management

Today’s security landscape requires individuals and businesses to take the threat to safety and security seriously. Safe and secure environments can be achieved by applying principles, concepts and knowledge of access and egress control, risk management, physical security procedures, security and resilience measures. This specialized security course provides participants with the skills and foresight to protect assets such as; people, property, policy, procedure and reputation, through engaging live exercises, demonstrations, and active participation.

This course has been designed for security team leaders, supervisors and managers who are looking to increase their knowledge on access and egress operations. It is also ideal for site or company managers or owners who are looking to set up physical security systems and/or teams, or security professionals new to physical security and access control.

At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

•          demonstrate a strong knowledge of physical security planning;
•          develop a strong knowledge of access and egress control principles required to manage and perform physical security;
•          conduct risk, vulnerability and exposure assessments;
•          demonstrate knowledge of internal versus external security procedure; and
•          apply knowledge of Information Technology for access control.

• Modern security environment
• Proactive and reactive security
• Operational requirements for physical security
• Fundamentals of security planning
• Importance of security strategy in management
• Principles of security

• Security threat terminology
• Importance of asset protection
• Threat typology
• Onion principle and defense in depth
• Exposure to environmental threats
• Differences between risk and threats

• Introduction to fundamentals of access and

egress control

• Methods of access and egress control
• Access and egress control duties
• Types of access control
• Practical session on conducting access and egress control
• Access and egress control planning session

• Introduction to fundamentals of technology systems and security equipment
• Types of access control systems
• Operational controls & indicators for maintenance and response
• Types of physical security equipment
• Practical session on application of physical security equipment

• Different risk assessment methodologies
• Risk assessment process
• Risk exposure and vulnerabilities in access control technologies
• Introduction to Information Technology
• Information Technology and physical security

Training Methodology

Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods.

Engr. Akinbanjo Ogun – HND Mech., PGD. Safety Education, University of Ibadan. Member Nigeria Society of Engineers, IOSH Certified. A seasoned professional facilitator in the areas of facilities maintenance and management, construction site, environmental and industrial safety and industrial production expert. Engineer Banjo Ogun has worked as a site and safety engineer in Nigeria railway cooperation, Vita Construction Company limited etc. for over a decade. He had supervised buildings, bridge and roads construction, and other lots of project awarded by the federal government of Nigeria in various states. Engr. Ogun has equally worked as Safety Advisor, QC Analyst and Production Manager in different industries in both Public and Private Organizations. Engr. Ogun has lectured and facilitated at a number of training workshops in the areas of Occupational Health Hazards & Bio-mechanical Work Processes, Ergonomics Hazards / Assessment & Work Safety Regulations / Procedures.


Nurse Lucy Godwin - A certified professional Nurse, Therapist, Coach, Counselor and Speaker, she loves spending a huge amount of her time touching lives. She believes that she is her client's experience and this belief makes her leave everyone that comes in contact with her better than they were before they met her with her magical smile and touch. Her desire to push beyond boundaries and hunger for more knowledge made her train and got certified as a Neuro- Linguistic Programming (NLP) expert practitioner. She is the lead consultant at Royal Health Consult - a leading private nursing and home care services firm. Lucy is a member of Toastmasters, an international organisation for effective communication and leadership and a career capacity development advocate. She will join other health professionals to share their experiences on this program