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1. |  An Introduction to Credit Derivatives, 2nd Edition By: Moorad Choudhry Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 31-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 21-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: An Introduction to Credit Derivatives, 2nd Edition
The second edition of An Introduction to Credit Derivatives provides a broad introduction to products and a marketplace that have changed significantly since the financial crisis of 2008. Author Moorad Choudhry gives a practitioner's perspective on credit derivative instruments and the risks they involve in a succinct style without sacrificing technical details and scientific precision. Beginning with foundational discussions of credit risk, credit risk transfer and credit ratings, the book proceeds to examine credit default swaps and related pricing, asset swaps, credit-linked...
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2. |  By: E. R. Yescombe Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 01-APR-2011 Insert Date: 21-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Public-Private Partnerships
Over the last decade or so, private-sector financing through public-private partnerships (PPPs) has become increasingly popular around the world as a way of procuring and maintaining public-sector infrastructure, in sectors such as transportation (roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, ports, airports), social infrastructure (hospitals, schools, prisons, social housing) public utilities (water supply, waste water treatment, waste disposal), government offices and other accommodation, and other specialised services (communications networks or defence equipment). This book, based on the...
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3. |  By: Tom Gilb Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 15-JUL-2005 Insert Date: 20-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Competitive Engineering
Competitive Engineering documents Tom Gilb's unique, ground-breaking approach to communicating management objectives and systems engineering requirements, clearly and unambiguously. Competitive Engineering is a revelation for anyone involved in management and risk control. Already used by thousands of project managers and systems engineers around the world, this is a handbook for initiating, controlling and delivering complex projects on time and within budget. The Competitive Engineering methodology provides a practical set of tools and techniques that enable readers to effectively...
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4. |  By: Thomas L. Norman Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 07-OCT-2011 Insert Date: 19-SEP-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Electronic Access Control
Access Control Systems are difficult to learn and even harder to master due to the different ways in which manufacturers approach the subject and the myriad complications associated with doors, door frames, hardware, and electrified locks. Electronic Access Control consolidates this information, covering a comprehensive yet easy-to-read list of subjects that every Access Control System Designer, Installer, Maintenance Tech or Project Manager needs to know in order to develop quality and profitable Alarm/Access Control System installations. Within these pages, Thomas L. Norman, a master...
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5. |  By: Greg N. Gregoriou; Maher Kooli; Roman Kraeussl Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 31-OCT-2006 Insert Date: 15-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Venture Capital in Europe
Until recently, only the United States had an active venture capital market. This is changing rapidly, as many other countries have experienced rapid growth in venture capital financing over the past five years. This book contains new scientific articles showcasing the latest research on venture capital in Europe. Venture capital investment remains a hot topic with portfolio managers, individual investors, academics worldwide. This book examines in detail all the major issues regarding venture capital investment: contracting, financing, regulation, valuation, etc. and identifies new...
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6. |  The Corporate Security Professional's Handbook on Terrorism By: Edward Halibozek; Andy Jones; Gerald L. Kovacich Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 28-AUG-2007 Insert Date: 15-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Corporate Security Professional's Handbook on Terrorism
The Corporate Security Professional's Handbook on Terrorism is a professional reference that clarifies the difference between terrorism against corporations and their assets, versus terrorism against government assets. It addresses the existing misconceptions regarding how terrorism does or does not affect corporations, and provides security professionals and business executives with a better understanding of how terrorism may impact them. Consisting three sections, Section I provides an explanation of what terrorism is, its history, who engages in it, and why. Section II focuses on...
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7. |  Background Screening and Investigations By: W. Barry Nixon; Kim Kerr Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 19-MAR-2008 Insert Date: 15-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Background Screening and Investigations
Hiring highly qualified people is crucial to every company, and Background Screening and Investigations is an essential guide to succeeding in a turbulent business environment. A crucial part of any hiring process should be employment background screening, pre- and post-hire, which gives hiring personnel a glimpse into a person's past behavior patterns, propensities, and likely future behavior. Background Screening and Investigations describes all aspects of the employment background screening processes - its history and evolution, the imperative for implementing a screening process,...
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8. |  By: Marc Alvarez Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 17-NOV-2006 Insert Date: 15-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Market Data Explained
This book is intended to provide a guide to the universe of data content produced by the global capital markets on a daily basis. Commonly referred to as “market data?, the universe of content is very wide and the type of information correspondingly diverse. Jargon and acronyms are very common. As a result, users of marker data typically face difficulty in applying the content in analysis and business applications. This guide provides an independent framework for understanding this diversity and streamlining the process of referring to content and how it relates to today’s business...
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9. |  By: Robert Pearson Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 29-NOV-2006 Insert Date: 15-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Electronic Security Systems
Electronic Security Systems is a book written to help the security professional understand the various electronic security functional components and the ways these components interconnect. Providing a holistic approach to solving security issues, this book discusses such topics as integrating electronic functions, developing a system, component philosophy, possible long-term issues, and the culture within a corporation. The book uses a corporate environment as its example; however, the basic issues can be applied to virtually any environment. For a security professional to be...
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10. |  Securing Intellectual Property By: Information Security Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 01-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 15-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Securing Intellectual Property
Most employeers are astounded at how easily and quickly their proprietary information can get out of their control. In a large number of cases, theft of trade secrets often involves employees leaving a company to start their own business or work for a direct competitor. Nearly all books that address the topic of trade secrets have the “spy vs. spy? perspective. The author approaches the topic from a practical business perspective and not simply creating “paranoia? for paranoia’s sake. The material for this book comes from the author’s extensive work experience as a computer forensics...
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11. |  Security Supervision and Management, 3rd Edition By: IFPO Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 06-NOV-2007 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Security Supervision and Management, 3rd Edition
The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) has for many years provided materials to support its certification programs. The current edition of this book is being used as the core text for the Security Supervision and Management Training/Certified in Security Supervision and Management (CSSM) Program at IFPO. The CSSM is unique and was designed in 1988 to meet the needs of the security supervisor or senior protection officer. The book has enjoyed tremendous acceptance and success in the past, but after seven years, it has become dated. The changes, vetted by IFPO, make...
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12. |  Introduction to Security, 8th Edition By: Robert Fischer; Edward Halibozek Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 18-MAR-2008 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Introduction to Security, 8th Edition
Introduction to Security, 8th Edition, has been the leading introduction to private security for over thirty years, celebrated for its balanced and professional approach to this increasingly important area. Now the eighth edition expands the key topics and adds material on important issues in the 21st c environment. The author team brings together top-level professional experience in industry with years of teaching experience. As a recommended title for security certifications, it is a crucial resource for the 30,000+ ASIS International members, and is also used as a core security...
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13. |  Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems, 2nd Edition By: Mary Lynn Garcia Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 26-SEP-2007 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems, 2nd Edition
Design and Evaluation of Physical Security Systems, 2e, includes updated references to security expectations and changes since 9/11. The threat chapter includes references to new threat capabilities in Weapons of Mass Destruction, and a new figure on hate crime groups in the US. All the technology chapters have been reviewed and updated to include technology in use since 2001, when the first edition was published. Garcia has also added a new chapter that shows how the methodology described in the book is applied in transportation systems. College faculty who have adopted this text have...
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14. |  Stress Testing for Risk Control Under Basel II By: Dimitris N. Chorafas Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 20-DEC-2006 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Stress Testing for Risk Control Under Basel II
The Consultative paper issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel II) cites the failure of bankers to adequately stress test exposures as a major reason for bad loans. Sample quotes from this crucial document: * "Banks should take into consideration potential future changes in economic conditions when assessing individual credits and their credit portfolios, and should assess their credit risk exposures under stressful conditions." * "The recent disturbances in Asia and Russia illustrate how close linkages among emerging markets under stress conditions and previously...
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15. |  Risk Management Technology in Financial Services By: Dimitris N. Chorafas Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 23-JUL-2007 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Risk Management Technology in Financial Services
Written for professionals in financial services with responsibility for IT and risk management, Dimitris Chorafas surveys the methodology required and IT systems and structures to support it according to Basel II. The book is consistent with the risk management certification process of GARP, as well as the accounting rules of IFRS, based on research the author conducted with IASB. The author provices an in-depth discussion of the types of risk, stress analysis and the use of scenarios, mathematical models, and IT systems and infrastructure requirements. * Written in clear,...
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16. |  Process of Investigation, 3rd Edition By: Charles A. Sennewald; John Tsukayama Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 15-MAY-2006 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Process of Investigation, 3rd Edition
The Process of Investigation, Third Edition, is a book written to address the needs of the private investigator in the security field. Continuing in the tradition of its previous editions, this book covers essential topics which are often overlooked in works that concentrate on the public aspects of investigation. Investigative skills such as surveillance techniques, interviewing and interrogation, evidence, and confessions and written statements are all discussed, and supplemented with updated case studies and examples from the authors’ own experiences. Major revisions to The...
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17. |  High-Technology Crime Investigator's Handbook, 2nd Edition By: Gerald L. Kovacich; Andy Jones Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 25-AUG-2006 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: High-Technology Crime Investigator's Handbook, 2nd Edition
The high-technology crime investigator's profession is one of the fastest growing professions in the world today, as information security issues and crimes related to them are growing in number and magnitude at an ever-increasing pace. High-Technology Crime Investigator's Handbook, Second Edition , informs professionals of the potential risks of computer crimes, and serves as a guide to establishing and managing a high-technology crime investigative program. Each chapter is updated with the latest information and guidance, including added coverage of computer forensics and additional...
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18. |  Risk Analysis and the Security Survey, 3rd Edition By: Gene Tucker; James F. Broder Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 22-FEB-2006 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Risk Analysis and the Security Survey, 3rd Edition
Security and risk management are principally concerned with the protection and conservation of corporate assets and resources. The task of protection continues to be an increasingly complex one in a time when technology is creating new products (and thus risk) at an explosive rate. Add this to the crime rate -- now aggravated by domestic and international terrorism -- and the importance of risk analysis and evaluation to design proper protection becomes self-evident. With an awareness of the growing threat of global terrorism, the third edition of RISK ANALYSIS AND THE SECURITY SURVEY...
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19. |  Integrated Security Systems Design By: Thomas L. Norman Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 23-JAN-2007 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Integrated Security Systems Design
Integrated Security Systems Design is a one-stop resource for security directors, consultants, engineers and installation managers who are interested in providing enterprise-class security in goverment and corporate installations worldwide. An integrated security system is a system that has been incorporated into other programs (such as Access Control, Private Branch Exchanges, Human Relations, Security Video, and Intercommunications) to perform tasks in a manner consistent with corporate or agency policies and procedures. This book explains how to accomplish such integration, thereby...
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20. |  Security Operations Management, 2nd Edition By: Robert McCrie Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication Date: 04-DEC-2006 Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Security Operations Management, 2nd Edition
The second edition of Security Operations Management continues as the seminal reference on corporate security management operations. Revised and updated, topics covered in depth include: access control, selling the security budget upgrades to senior management, the evolution of security standards since 9/11, designing buildings to be safer from terrorism, improving relations between the public and private sectors, enhancing security measures during acute emergencies, and, finally, the increased security issues surrounding the threats of terrorism and cybercrime. An ideal reference for...
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