PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

Professional Knowledge and Abilities

Professional Knowledge and Abilities

Introduction

In a career, a person must develop professional knowledge and abilities to have a successful affect. The knowledge and abilities are learned through separate organizations outside of the company a person works for and personal experiences attained from multiple careers. This essay will explain: (a) a professional organization, which provides the professional knowledge; (b) the organization's contribution to increasing professional knowledge and abilities; and (c) how the knowledge and abilities will affect a person's career success.

Professional Organization

Many organizations throughout the world are devoted to increasing a person's knowledge and abilities. The American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) is a prestigious nonprofit organization designed to making security professionals more informed through education and networking of other certified security professionals. ASIS was founded in 1955 and officially changed its name to ASIS International in 2002 (American Society for Industrial Security International [ASIS], 2009, ¶ 1.) ASIS has more than 138 chapters in 70 countries (ASIS International Signs Agreement with Information Systems Security Association, 2009, ¶ 2) successfully increasing the security professional's productivity and efficiency through education programs and materials pertaining to specific security topics.

Contribution to Professional Knowledge and Abilities

ASIS is a major contributor to the increase of professional knowledge and abilities throughout multiple areas for security professionals. ASIS has a commission on standards and guidelines which works with other organizations throughout the world to create a universal standard by using the knowledge, experiences, and expertise of its members and the experts within the industry to find the most up-to-date practices and issues. ASIS offers three accredited certification courses which have specific requirements of time in the profession, academic studies, and an in-depth testing to certify an individual in areas of security management, investigations, or physical security specialties. ASIS is becoming recognized by major corporations ...