There is a steady increase in crime rates and what is most alarming is that the crimes are carried out using advanced technology. Thus the importance of security agencies to prevent and curtail crimes, is gaining more and more significance. Security personnel are required from shopping malls to, movie theatres to government offices, public places like railways stations, airlines and so on. The security personnel are trained under several levels depending on their area of jurisdiction. Security threats could be of several natures like physical security, information security, personnel security and so on. Such a professional would require a high level of courage, stamina, and analytical skills.

There are training courses offered by a few institutes. There are innumerable security agencies all over the world. In the Caribbean countries, there are few areas where crime is on the rise and lot of security personnel are required to curb it. Apart from physical crimes there are a lot of cyber crimes happening and extremely trained professionals are required to track them and prevent them.

The different areas would be in the field of

Physical Security-

They are basically required to supervise security guards, check vandalism and locate threats within and outside the company/firm. These employees should have a lot of physical and mental stamina so as to be alert always. They world be required to make safeguards against all possible threats.

Information Security

There are a lot of confidential data in any given organization, the access of which have to be restricted to only a few people concerned. Information security is basically this security where the right information rests with the right people. With the communication system becoming so advanced and accessible, the peril of information being leaked is huge. Hacking is a huge crime which is becoming widespread and several measures have to be taken to prevent it .These professionals are responsible for protecting the intellectual data of a particular organization. A person with a technical background would be required to supervise these events.

Personnel Security

These employees come in handy during job recruiting as they would be in charge of background investigations. screening tests ,drug tests and so on.