SFJ Awards
Level 4
QN: 610/5561/X
Curriculum Active
SFJ Awards Level 4 Certificate for Protective Security Advisers
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by SFJ Awards. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 111 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
SFJ Awards
Syllabus Units
14 Units
Guided Hours
111 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Asset, Threat and Vulnerability
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the types of organisational assets and identify which assets and people require protection
- Understand the concept of threat and how to access and use relevant sources of threat information
- Understand how to identify threats to an organisation
- Be able to develop comprehensive protective security plans by documenting assets, analysing threats, and assessing vulnerabilities
2
Crime and Security Science
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the development of Crime and Security Science as a discipline
- Understand the contribution the National Technical Authorities provide to Crime and Security Science
- Understand the concept of security convergence
- Be able to apply crime science and security convergence principles to meet organisational protective security needs
3
Cyber Security
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of UK legislation and regulation in Cyber Security and the concept of Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA)
- Understand the basics of malware
- Understand the basics of the internet
- Understand the basics of cryptography
- Understand how to protect data on the net
- Understand the impact when cyber defences fail
- Understand how authentication supports cyber security
- Be able to assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in organisational assets to protect data confidentiality, integrity, and availability
4
Effective Communication and Reflective Practice for Professional Development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to communicate effectively
- report in line with organisational procedures, and engage in self-reflection and professional development to enhance practice
5
Incident Response and Management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand incident response and management
- Be able to assess and enhance Incident Response and Incident Management plans to improve organisational resilience
6
Investigations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to gather and grade information to be used in investigations
- Understand how to process information
- Understand how to use digital technology to support investigations and inform decision-making processes
- Understand how to make recommendations, based on processed information, for further investigation
- Be able to analyse and assess information for investigations
7
Legislation and Governance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand relevant legislation relating to protective security
- Understand why effective governance is paramount to protective security
- Understand how organisational objectives and international standards influence the development and implementation of protective security measures
- Understand the challenges and positive impact embracing equity, diversity and inclusion has on protective security
- Understand how to apply security policies and governance practices to meet organisational needs effectively while fostering an inclusive environment
8
People Security
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what a Security Culture is
- Understand hostile reconnaissance and disruptive effects, and how protective security measures and communication strategies can be used to mitigate threats
- Be able to develop and implement mitigations against hostile reconnaissance
9
Personal Security
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of personal security and safety
- Be able to apply personal security and safety protocols effectively in the work environment
10
Personnel Security
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key definitions of personnel in the context of protective security
- Understand the typologies, motivations, and methods associated with insider events
- Understand the current societal and cultural challenges that may encourage threat actors to undertake insider events
- Understand what is required for an Insider Risk Mitigation Programme to be effective
- Be able to mitigate Insider Risk
11
Physical Security Standards and Mitigations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand Forcible Attack Standards that enhance security through delay tactics
- Understand how to mitigate postal threats
- Understand the risk posed by building glazing systems and the benefits of blast mitigation for safety and carbon reduction
- Understand what risk attack vectors employing vehicles could pose to organisations
- Understand how HVM measures are the integrated deployment of security processes, procedures and physical obstructions to counter vehicle borne threats
- Understand what a Marauding Terrorist Attack is and how to mitigate the impact to an organisation
- Understand what the surreptitious threat is and how to mitigate against surreptitious attack vectors
- Understand how the Cyber Assurance of Physical Security Systems (CAPSS) can support organisations with protective security
- Understand where to source security rated products to mitigate forcible and surreptitious attacks
- Be able to produce designs for physical security mitigations
12
Security as a Business Enabler
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to demonstrate a Return on Security Investment (ROSI)
- Understand how protective security can support organisational resilience
- Understand how protective security can support sustainability
- Be able to provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership, applying organisational learning and sustainable practices to enhance protective security and resilience
13
Security Risk
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of security risk components, including the methods of risk assessment, risk statement construction, and the role of a risk register
- Understand the benefits and key principles of developing a protective security plan and the importance of regular risk review
- Be able to use and produce security risk assessments and registers
14
Technical Security
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what technical security is and why organisations may be targeted
- Understand the methods that information can be egressed from an organisation
- Understand how strong cyber, physical, personnel and people security may encourage standoff attacks
- Understand the range of technical security devices and how they are deployed
- Understand Technical Security Mitigations
- Be able to develop and implement mitigations for technical security
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/5561/X
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- SFJ Awards
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- May 2025