Physical security specialist vs personal protection specialist

Differences between physical security specialist and personal protection specialist duties and responsibilities

Physical security specialist example responsibilities.

• Manage security force training plan and review, analyze, and plan security and anti-terrorism training and drills.
• Develop NIST compliant information security program.
• Know how in working with technical equipment like CCTV, surveillance system etc.
• Monitor alarms, motion sensors, closed-circuit television (CCTV) and other security systems, equipment and devices.
• Gather and prepare necessary document need to obtain building access badge such as obtain DHS clearance and take photograph.
• Create exceptions to policy to allow DoD personnel to escort more than the normally allot number of guests to DoD buildings.
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Personal protection specialist example responsibilities.

• Manage and navigate numerous motorcade and protective operations throughout the city of Kabul.
• Perform advance site security and intelligence gathering for other PSD teams within the theater of operations.
• Deliver firearms training as appropriate.
• Create meeting materials, distribution of memorandums, PowerPoint presentations, organizational hierarchy, reports and recommendations.
• Design security for major modernization, rehabilitation and or renovation projects.