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How to Get Ahead in Security Project Management

Ready to take your security projects – and career – to the next level? More than just knowing the technology, successful project management involves budgeting, client management, timeline execution and more. The Security Industry Association (SIA) has created a variety of professional development offerings to help your security projects and business thrive, and these programs have been adopted by companies like Microsoft, Northland Controls, SAGE Integration and other top firms to ensure their people have the best training possible.

Security Project Management (SPM) Training

SIA’s SPM course is designed for security project managers, lead installation technicians, security managers, system architects, engineers and sales professionals who oversee project completion. The training will help you to increase profit margin through more accurate estimations, deliver projects on time and within budget, apply the five phases of security project management, enhance customer satisfaction and increase return business. The training is available as a live, instructor-led 10-hour Basics of SPM course and a 20-hour in-depth SPM Training Seminar, and the Basics of SPM course can also be accessed as an on-demand training. SIA can even offer a private class of the SPM seminar for your team!

Here are some of the things you’ll learn if you sign up for one of the SIA SPM training offerings:

• The key responsibilities of a project manager

• Clients’ expectations of security project managers

• How to achieve the highest positive impact for your company and the greatest quality and financial integrity for your client

• Key elements of the Security Project Manager Body of Knowledge, such as the project life cycle, security project processes, security systems technologies, scope and time management and human factors

• Security industry-specific knowledge, initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, project closing and management skills

Certified Security Project Management (CSPM) Certification

After taking an SPM training course, you're highly encouraged to earn your Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM) credential. This respected certification demonstrates that holders can manage complex, technical security projects. CSPM is the only credential that addresses the unique demands of a security project manager and can help you move your career forward and propel your business.

New Offering! CSPM Review Course

To help you prepare to get certified, SIA has launched a new CSPM Review Course, which covers key concepts and skills outlined in the CSPM exam blueprint. The 6-hour live, instructor-led course will help you identify specific areas where you might need to do some additional studying before the exam. During each session, our experienced instructors experienced instructors will guide you through an in-depth review of the key knowledge domains and subdomains of the CSPM exam, discuss exam preparation strategies and provide direct feedback on any questions.

Missed the in-person SPM class at ISC West this year? Visit securityindustry.org/SPM to register for one of our upcoming virtual classes or learn more about this training program.