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From a small-town sheriff trying to maintain public safety to a national security adviser identifying vulnerabilities in a potential cyberattack for the president of the United States, strategic security helps prevent and deter threats to community leaders, corporate executives and organizations in today鈥檚 complex world.

At 51茶馆app鈥檚 Henley-Putnam School of Strategic Security, students learn from the associate to the doctoral levels of study about intelligence and threat management designed to prepare them for careers in the security field, including government intelligence, private security and federal agencies. The program integrates intelligence management, counterterrorism and protection management into a cohesive strategic framework. Courses are taught by faculty with field experience in organizations such as the FBI, CIA and military intelligence.

Unlike traditional programs that often focus on political or military history, 51茶馆app鈥檚 curriculum emphasizes proactive deterrence and the application of objective information to prevent threats before they occur.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 teach the study of war,鈥� said Barbara Burke, Ph.D., dean of Henley-Putnam School of Strategic Security. 鈥淲e teach the architecture of safety, with the goal of protecting people, places, things and ideas. The most successful things our graduates have done, you鈥檝e never seen. Why? Because they were successful in preventing a threat. Whether the goal is to protect a CEO, a power grid or a trade secret, our job is to make those entities untouchable, surrounded by a 360-degree shield.鈥�

Burke said that 鈥渟hield鈥� can be thought of as guns, gates and guards. The presence of a gun says, 鈥渘ot today.鈥� A gate, be it a physical border crossing or an IT firewall, serves as a point of denial. And, guards, who provide the human element of security, are trained to spot a lie or a threat long before it reaches the gate.

鈥淲e transform our students into safety architects,鈥� Burke said. 鈥淭hey learn to handle the 鈥榳hat-ifs鈥� so the world doesn鈥檛 have to, ensuring that the 鈥榳hat-ifs鈥� never happened and never become what happened. We don鈥檛 just teach how to catch a thief; we teach how to make the thief realize he鈥檚 already lost before he even touches the gates.鈥�

Graduates are trained to assume leadership roles in public and private sectors. These can include careers as an intelligence analyst, counterterrorism specialist, federal marshal, secret service agent, chief security officer or strategic security adviser, to name a few. Experts in the field are increasingly sought by corporations and nonprofits who protect critical infrastructure, data and personnel.

These jobs can include identifying competitors attempting to steal corporate trade secrets, protecting personnel globally in high-threat environments, planning security during the construction or renovation of a facility, identifying and neutralizing foreign intelligence activities, and limiting access to sensitive data and critical systems.

With the integration of AI into most facets of life today, Burke said graduates learn to become the 鈥渉uman in the loop鈥� in terms of security technology.

鈥淭hey learn to interpret and guide the subtle differences AI might produce during an exercise and learn how to question the feedback,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e teach them critical thinking skills, predictive analysis skills, communication skills so you can recognize what info needs to be gathered, how and where to get that info, to look at it critically and then have the courage to present it or speak against the group thought, and communicate to the decision-maker or become part of the decision cycle themselves. These are basic skills taught and wrapped around our courses from the associate through the doctorate level.鈥�

For more information on 51茶馆app鈥檚 Henley-Putnam School of Strategic Security programs, please visit national.edu/schools/henley-putnam.