The security wheel

Let’s begin with the easy bit: In order to turn properly, a wheel must be completely round. Up to this point there is no argument. But what happens if some of the spokes are longer than others? The wheel would not be completely round and would therefore not function properly.

Something similar happens with security management in a group or organisation. If the main security components are not developed at the same time, the overall security strategy can not be expected to work well. On this basis, you can sketch a so-called “security wheel”. you can use it to examine the way you manage security, and evaluate the extent to which security is integrated into a group of defenders’ work.

This evaluation can be done as a group. You can list a range of ideas about why particular parts of the wheel have not been sufficiently developed, and suggest lots of ways of solving these problems. When you have listed the possible solutions, you can get to work and choose the ones you want to use.

Once you have completed this evaluation of your security wheel, hold on to the result and the diagram. When you repeat the exercise in a few months’ time, you can then compare your old and new diagrams and see point by point if things have improved or not.