INDUSTRIAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT
immediately notifies said personnel and when
Access list - An authenticated registry given to
security of personnel given to security allowing
entry to a compound or installation natural or
man-made.
Advance Party – Refers to a group of protective
personnel tasked to conduct surveys and
inspection on the area of visit, performs
coordination and make the required
arrangement of visit of a VIP or Principal to a
particular area.
Agency Manager – Is automatically the chief
security director who shall be responsible for the
entire operation and administration/management
of the security agency. He shall be directly
responsible to the agency operator/owner/
Board of Directors.
Alertness – A desirable quality of a security
guard as it determines his effectiveness; it must
be therefore developed by anyone desiring to
become a watchman. It means spotting the
intruders, violators and unusual incidents. It may
be attained by vigilance, watchfulness
dedication and diligence.
Amateur Swindler – As distinguished from a
professional swindler who does resort to fraud or
scam for living.
Armored Car Security – It is the protection
resulting from the application of various methods
which safeguards cash and other valuable
transits.
Assassination – Refers to the treacherous
killing of a protected person.
Asset Protection Program – It is the sum-total
of protect scheme encompassing the entire
security spectrum, design to eliminate reduce or
control threats hazards risk or dangers to
company assets.
Automatic Sprinkler System – Attached to the
ceilings and roof and activated when there is a
sudden increase in temperature. Water is
directed where it is needed.
Auxiliary System – Alarm system where the
circuit is directly linked to the local police
stations or fire stations and when activated it
activated it immediately notifies said personnel
for prompt response. This system is prone to
false alarm and is considered unpopular.
However, banks and other vital establishments
are fitted with such devices for response in
cases where the alarm is activated.
Background Investigation – A check made on
an individual usually seeking employment
through subject records in the police files,
educational institutions, place of residence, and
former employees.
Bank Security – Is the protection resulting from
the application of various measures which
safeguards cash and assets which is in storage
in transit and during transaction.
Barriers – Any structure of physical device
capable of restricting, deterring or delaying
illegal access to an installation natural or man-
made.
Barrier Maintenance – The regular inspection
of fencing barrier and protective walls by
security guard.
Buffer Zone – Refers to an area which
separates a VIP from an attack.
Casual Pilferer – One who steals primarily
because of irresistible urge to take a company
property when an unexpected opportunity
presents itself and has minute or little chance of
detection.
Central Station Systems – The type of alarm
system utilizes a station located outside the
compound. When the alarm is sounded, the
security immediately calls the attention of law
enforcement units and fire teams as the case
may be. The alarm panel system is located
outside the facility but manned by company
personnel.
Change Key – A key to a single back within a
system of locks in an installation.
Character – The sum of traits that have been
impressed by nature education and habit upon
the individual.
Clear Zone – Unobstructed area should be
maintained on both sides of the perimeter
barrier.
Close in Security – Also known as personal
security composed of two or three men assigned
to a VIP.
Combination Lock – For installation in safe and
bank vaults, it can have an intricate system of at
least 1 million possible combination consisting of
more than six dials; it affords the maximum
delay in terms of efficiency.
Communications Security – The protection
resulting from the application of various
measured which prevent or delay the energy or
unauthorized person in gaining information
through communications. This includes
transmissions, cryptographic and physical
security.
Company Guard Forces – A security guard
recruited and employed by the company. Those
hired will be in the company payroll and are
usually entitled to the same benefits received by
other employees. At times, organic personnel as
guards get special allowance for uniforms and
are even gratuitously given special privileges for
uniforms and meal allowance.
Confidence - Is a state of being sure, a state of
mind, free from doubt, or misgiving. These
attributes include faith in oneself, and in hid
abilities, which is attained by job knowledge. A
state of trust.
Confidential – Spoken or written in secret.
Controlled Areas – Are those section and zone
where access is restricted as to entrance or
movement by all but authorized personnel and
vehicles. It should additionally marked by a
fence or other barrier, and access to it should be
limited to as a few guests as possible.
Cost of Security Protection – Principle which
states that it is not economical to spend an
exorbitant or excessive amount on plant security
when the return on such investment is only a
fraction of the amount.
Critical Clearance – In these businesses in
which money or other valuable objectives are
handled by employees is otherwise subjected to
temptation or entrusted with secrets of value to
the industry or to the government, cave must be
exercised in the selection of personnel.
CSG – Civil Security Group.
Cylinder Locks – Usually installed at home,
also called a night latch and is operated by a key
on the outside and a knob on the inside.
Debriefing – Serves to place the person on
special notice on his continuing responsibility to
protect classified information which he has
knowledge of.
Defense Ring – Arrangement of protective
personnel and or physical barriers in a
concentrate circle to detect, negate potential
assassins.
Deluge System – It is similar to a dry pipe
system however, it is designed to direct the flow
of water in a specified direction.
Destination Security – Refers to the security
personnel of the place of stop or rest, included in
the security function of the advance party.
Dial Alarm System – Dial alarm system – this
system automatic dials the number of personnel
in cases of breach of security. It utilized phone
lines thru fiber optics and inexpensive alarm
system which is easy to install and operate.
Disc Tumbler Lock – It contains one or more
pieces of metal of different heights known are
tumblers, which intercepts bolt and prevents it
being moved until the tumblers are raised or
released by action. It is usually installed in cars
and would afford delay of at least 5 to 10 mins.
Doctrine – refers the set of principles, dogma,
guidelines or policy which is ought to be
observed.
Document – an official paper, certificates
anything written that gives information or
supplies evidence.
Document and Information Security – is the
sum total of all policies, regulations, doctrines,
practices, enforces to safeguard the contents
and integrity of any classified information of
document from compromise or loss.
Document Security – protection of documents
classified papers and vital records from loss,
access to unauthorized persons, damages, theft
and compromise though proper storage and
procedures.
Doppler Effect – a phenomenon that causes
frequency shift in an object located in area
permeated by radio frequency radio signals.
Dry Pipe System – a system for fire safety
which is activated when the head is ruptured the
pressurized air escapes and water directed to
pipes.
Dry Run – practical test or exercise of plan to
test its effectives and operational readiness.
Duress Code – a type of code system so that
security personnel when forced by armed men
to enter an installation can give alarm by used of
certain words in casual conversation with other
personnel in the installation.
Electro Magnetic Lock – The doors are closed
by magnetism and plates are operated by
means of electricity. When the power is on and
the door is locked, it can resist a pressure of
more than 1000 lbs.
Emergency Flashlight Supply – An extra stock
of flashlight batteries and bulb always on hand.
Energy Barrier- Usually electrical or electronic
devices used to provide assistance to guard
personnel.
Entrance Conference – A conference or dialog
between the survey team and management
official of a plant before security survey is
conducted.
Ethical Standard – Ethics moral belief or codes
which are common to a group or profession.
Exclusion Area – Is used only for handling and
storage of high value cargo and classified
documents. The number of people authorized to
enter this area should be strictly limited, and the
area should be under surveillance at all times.
Fences – An independent structure designed to
control physical and or visual access between
outside areas.
File Room - A storage facility constructed
lighter than a vault but bigger in capacity it is
installed as part of the building which holds up to
10,000 cubic meters of essentials items. At least
in 12 feet in height, with enough ventilation and
fire proof at least 1 hour.
Fire Hydrant – A mechanical device
strategically located in an installation or street
where a fire hose is connected that water with
pressure will be available to extinguish fire.
Floodlights – It projects lights in a concentrated
beam. It is ideal to use in illumination of
buildings, fences, perimeter areas, and
boundaries.
Fresnel Light – A type of radiance which
projects wide beam illumination in long and
narrow horizontal strips, approximately 180
degrees in the horizontal plane and 15 to 30
degrees in the vertical plane.
Frisking – This is the pot down inspection of the
passenger’s buddy for weapons, explosive or
other dangerous substances which may be
concealed. This is done through manual frisking
or with the use of hand-held metal detectors.
Government Guard Forces – A security guard
recruited and employed by the government.
They are assigned to guard government
installation and other government assets. They
are entitled to all benefits received by other
government employee, and under the control
and supervision of Civil Service Commission.
Grand master Key – A key that will open
everything in a system involving two or more
master key groups.
Guard Control Station – This is normally
provided at main perimeter entrance to secure
areas located out of doors, in manned by guard
on a fulltime basis.
Hazard – Any act or condition which maybe
conclusive to breaches of security and resulting
in subsequent compromise, loss, damage, injury
or death.
Hotel Security – Is the protection resulting from
the application of various measures, of assets,
guests, personnel and other properties in a
hotel.
Human Barrier – Refers to guards, office and
shop workers, and the like who stand between
the intruder and the matter to be protected.
Human Hazard- An act or condition caused by
humans which affects the safe operation of a
facility. They include sabotage, theft, pilferage,
and espionage.
Industrial Security – Form of physical security
involving industrials plants and business
enterprises which includes the safe guarding of
personnel, properties and operation.
Information – Refers to any form of
communicated knowledge.
Initial Interview – The first contact with security
and should be formally conducted. It’s purpose
is to impart security concern, it’s importance to
the company and the penalties that would result
to violation of company rules, regulations and
security measures.
Inner Ring – Refers to areas immediately
outside the principal’s door or close-in to the
principal if outside.
Inquiry – It is process of determining the loyalty,
honesty, integrity, and reputation etc., of
particular applicant or employer.
Inside Perimeter – A line protection adjacent to
protected area passing through points of
possible entry into the area, such as doors,
windows, skylights, panels or other point of
access.
Inspection – Refers to follow-up surveys.
Installation Security – Security of a building
and facilities by use of towers and posts with
guards, protective lighting and alarm systems,
and the use of fence with top guards barbed
wires.
Insubordination – Refers to refusal to carry out
the lawful and legitimate orders of his superiors.
Integrity – Uprightness in character, soundness
of moral principles, freedom from moral
delinquencies.
Kabit System – Unauthorized and illegal
practice of agency operators which operate,
promote or enter into an agreement of “merger”
with any person or a group of person for the
purpose of organizing a branch unit or
subsidiary under separate control and
ownership.
Lever Lock – Similar in design with this tumbler
lock, it is commonly installed in safe deposit
boxes and is deemed pick proof since it can be
operated by utilizing combination means of dial.
License to Operate – A document issued by
the chief, Philippine National Police or his duly
authorized representative authorizing a person
to engage in the occupation, calling or
employment as security guard or detective or a
judicial person to establish, engage, direct,
manage or operate an individual or a private
detective agency/company security force after
payment of the prescribed dues or fees.
Limited Area – Locale, part or section within the
controlled area where a greater degree of
security is required.
Local Alarm System – Once the security has
been breached, the siren is sounded or a light
flashes in remote stations located in the
immediate vicinity of the installation. It would
afford response of personnel to the areas
wherein intruders were able to penetrate.
Local Alarm by Chance System – This is
similar in function with local alarms but the
response would depend on persons who are
alerted within the immediate vicinity of the place
where intrusion was committed, hence it gives
no predictable response.
Lock and Key Record – Written account
provided for all company pad locks, to which
they are issued or where they are installed and
the name of the person and department who
carried or controls the keys for various locks.
Lock and Key Storage – Placed under the
control of the security personnel it is a safe and
secured cabinet where duplicate or reserve
locks and keys are kept.
Loyalty – Faithful allegiance to the Philippine
Government and it’s duly constituted authorities.
Master Key – A key that is capable of opening
series of locks. Master keys should have no
markings that will identify them as such. They
should be issued only to personnel especially
designated by management, and the list of
holders of these keys should be frequently
reviewed to determine the continuing necessity
for the individuals having them.
Middle Ring – Refers to inside quarters,
residence or office covering all stairways and
elevators.
Moral – Distinctive identifying qualities which
serve as an index to the essential or intrinsic
native of a person.
Multiple Pass System – Provides extra
measures of security by requiring that an
exchange take place at the entrance to each
restricted area within the controlled area.
Natural Barriers – Are those natural features
constructed by men that tend to delay the
intruder, whether or not constructed with that
specific purpose in mind.
Natural Hazards – Caused by natural
phenomena which results in damage,
disturbance and problems o the normal
functions. These include floods, earthquakes,
lightning storms, typhoons, and volcanic
eruption.
Non- Critical Clearance – Those plants not
vitally concerned with questioned of security on
in securing employees with a high degree of
honesty and integrity, the employment
application should be relatively simple.
One Thousand - The maximum number of
security guards that an agency/company guard
forces may employ to include it’s branches.
Operational security – Involves the protection
of processes, formulas patents and other
industrial and manufacturing activities from
espionage, infiltration, and lose compromise, of
photocopying.
Outer Ring – Refers to sidewalks, stationed in
front of quarters residence or office covering all
entrances.
Outside Perimeter – The line protection
surrounding, but somewhat removed from a
protected area such as a fence.
PADPAO – Philippine Association of Detective
and Protective Agency Operators.
Padlock – Is a detachable lock having a sliding
hasp which passes through a staple ring and
secures fixtures and other storage containers.
Pass Exchange System – Procedure in which
a person exchanges one color coded pass at the
entranced to the controlled area for another
which carries a different color specifying the
limitations of authorization. Upon leaving the
person surrenders the controlled area badge in
exchange for the basic authorization
identification. In this system, the badge never
leaves the controlled area,thus reducing the
possibility of switching forging or alteration.
Perimeter Barrier – A medium or structure
which defines as the physical limits of an
installations, or area to restrict or impede access
thereto.
Perimeter Lighting – Usually referred to as a
protective lighting to completely a part of
standard system in security when fence and
guards are employed. There are four
considerations that will influence the
effectiveness of protective lightning. These are
brightness, silhouette, seeing contrast and
shadow elimination. Darkness is an ally of
potential intruders and must be approximately
assesses to limit hiding places.
Personal Security – It is the protection of
personnel especially ranking officials from any
harm, kidnap and other acts. Also known as VIP
Security.
Personnel Security – Is the sum of procedures
followed, inquires conducted and criteria, to
determine the work suitably of a particular
applicant or the retention or transfer of particular
employee.
Personnel Security Investigation – Is an
inquiry in the character, reputation, discretion,
integrity, morals and loyalty of an individual in
order to determine a person’s suitability for
appointment or access to classified matter.
Peterman – Term used in England for locks
pickers, safe crackers, and penetrates or
restricted rooms or area.
Physical Barrier – Any physical means to
impede, delay, or prevent instruction into a
protected area.
Physical Security – Part of security concerned
with the physical measures designed to
safeguard personnel to prevent unauthorized
access to equipment, facilities, materials,
documents, and to protect them from espionage,
sabotage damage or theft. The broadest branch
of security, defined as a system of barriers
placed between the matters protected and the
potential intruder.
Private Security – He operates on a covert type
of mission on a specific confidential order issued
by his agency. Any person who does detective
work for hire, reward or commission, other than
members of the Philippines, guards of Bureau of
Corrections, provincial guards or members of
the Philippine National Police or of any other law
enforcement agency of the Government.
Private Security Agency – Any person
association, partnership, form or private
corporation, who contracts, recruits, trains,
furnishes or posts any security guard, to do its
functions or solicit individuals, business firms, or
private, public, or government-owned or
controlled corporations to engage his/its service
or those of his/its security guards, for hire,
commission or compensation thru subscription
or as a consultant/ trainor to any private or
public corporation whose business or
transaction involve national security or interest
like the operation and or management or
domestic or ocean vessels, airplanes,
helicopters, seaports, airports, heliports, landing
strips etc. or as consultant or any security
related matter, or to provide highly specialized
security detective and investigation services like
gangway security, catering security passenger
profiling, baggage examination, providing
security on board vessels or aircraft, or other
security needs that the PNP SAGSD may
approve.
Promptness – Punctually when reporting for
duty or always being on time.
Proprietary Alarm System – This is an alarm
technique wherein the panel or station is located
inside the premises of the compound. It is fully
owned and operated by the company and
response is assured with the least time of delay.
Protective Alarms – Are devices and
contrivance installed inside and outside a facility
or buildings to compliment and provide
additional security measure and operates to
advertise entry into sensitive and protected
areas. It signals and alerts the security
personnel to intrusions within the compound.
The alarm is activated in cases of tampering into
the circuitry or activated upon intrusion.
Protective Cabinets – Referred to as the final
line of defense, it is a high security stirage area
where papers, plans, cash and other negotiable
instruments are kept.
Protective Operations – Refers to those
activities designed or intended to provide
physical protection of VIP from all hazards.
R.A 5487 (AS AMENDED) – Otherwise known
as Private Security Agency Law, this enacted
legislation governs the operations, and activities,
qualifications, duties and licensing of security
guards, watchmen and private detectives. In
short, it is the intention of this law is towards
professionalism of the security services in order
to upgrade the level of security protection.
Refresher Conference – It reminds individuals
of their job responsibility. It also serves as a
forum to resolve security problem and explain
new rules and regulations.
Regular Inventory – Periodical accounting of all
tools and equipment charged out to departments
or reaming on hand in supply.
Relative Criticality – Importance of a firm or
installation with reference to the national
economy or security.
Relative Vulnerability – Susceptibility of a plant
damage, loss or destruction due to various
hazards, natural or manmade.
Remote Station System – A structure where
the alarm signal is transmitted to a remote
location manned and operated by a dependent
party or police department.
Reporting of Duty – Checking in at the
beginning of his shift and take down in writing
any special orders for the day.
Reputation – Opinion or estimation in which
one is generally held. It is what a person is
reported to be whereas character is what a
person is.
Residence Security – Protection assigned in
them place the VIP resides or live.
Return Tools at End Shift – It is the practice in
some plants that all tools and equipment used
during the shift is checked back into the tool crib
at the end of their shift.
Route Security – Refers to personnel assigned
by the roads, avenue, boulevards where the VIP
will pass en route to his destination.
Safe – It is a metallic container used primary for
safekeeping of documents and small items, It
should be at least 750 lbs. in weigh or anchored
to the building of lighter. The walls should be at
least one inch thick and the door 1 ½ inch thick.
SAGSD – Security Agencies and Guards
Supervision Division.
Search Lights - Are incandescent lamps which
are highly focused and utilized to pinpoint
possible threat areas.
Secrecy - The state of being surreptitious. The
ability to keep or restrict confidential matters.
Security – Protection of any type pf crime to
safeguard life and assets by various method and
device.
Security Agency Service – A guard hired by
company belonging to a private Licensure
Security Guard agency is in a contracted basis.
The agency supplies the number of guard
needed to carry out the security duties and
functions required. This would include
supervision as part of the force, or if the force is
small, supervision may be accomplished by
schedule visits of uniformed supervisors are
paid by the agency. The agency usually makes
contact with the firm of facility. Law will do by the
24 hours duty by thru guards on an 8 hours tour
of duty. Duties of agency guards are similar to
that of the other company guard.
Security Alarm System – Combination of
compatible intrusion and detection device so
arranged and wired as to support one another.
Security Cabinet – Added protection of
important vital papers, data, special
correspondence, cash and other essential
documents, such as vault, safe and file room.
Security Education – The exposure and
teaching of employees on security and its
relevance of the building structure used to keep
and protect cash, documents and negotiable
instrument.
Security Education Program – A program
given to employees of an installation by lecture
and other means pertaining to measures and
safeguard to be taken to protect the interest of
the installation for loss, damage, sabotage,
pilferage, and other criminal acts.
Security Guard – Is any natural person, not a
member of the regular police force or the AFP
who acts as watchman.
Security Guard Forces – A group of forces of
men selected trained or organized into functional
group for the purpose of protecting operation
process those disruptions which impede
efficiency or halt operation at a particular plant,
facility, institution or special activity.
Security Hazard – Is any act or conditions
which may result in the compromise of
information, loss of life, or destruction of
property or disruption of the objective of the
installation.
Security Lighting – The providing of sufficient
illumination to areas during hours of darkness to
ensure visibility and to act as to deterrent to th4e
intruders.
Security Planning – Is a corporate and
executive responsibility. It involves knowing the
objectives of the security and the means and the
method to reach these objectives or goal must
then involve.
Security Promotion – It is a positive effort to
sell security or make the employees more
involved in the implementation of security
measures.
Security Reminders – It is commonly
manifested in office memorandum,
announcement, posters placed at strategic
areas within the company.
Security Supervisor – Is charged with directing
the work and observing the behavioral
performance of the guard under his
command/unit.
Security Survey – Is the process of conducting
an exhaustive physical examination and through
inspection of all operation system and procedure
of facility. (Security Risk Analysis/Assessment)
Single Pass System – Technique wherein the
badge or pass coded for authorization to enter
specific areas is issued to an employee who
keeps it in is possession until his authorization is
charge or until he terminates.
Special Interview – It is conducted with the aide
of senior company officials to facilitate
compliance by means of example.
Storage System – The Third Line of Defense
which may be utilized by means of safes, vaults
or file-rooms.
Structural Barriers – These impediments are
features constructed by men that tend to delay
the intruder, whether or not constructed with that
specific purpose in mind.
Systematic Pilferer – One who steals primarily
because of irresistible urge due to an
unexpected opportunity and has title chance of
detection.
Teaching Skill – The ability to communicate
and impart the basic knowledge and awareness
to subordinates.
Technical Mastery – The ability required for
supervisors to possess and knowledge that are
necessary for his post.
Top Guard – Is an additional overhang or
barbed wire placed on vertical perimeter fences
facing upward and outward with a 45degree
angle with three to four strands of barbed wires,
6 inches apart and must be stalled on the
supporting arms.
Towers – Guard tower are house like structures
above perimeter barriers.
Trade Secret – May consist of any formula,
device, pattern or compilation of information
which is used in one’s business and gives the
user advantage over competitors who do not
utilize or know it. Proprietary information and
intellectual property are similar to trade secrets.
Training Conference – It is normally held in the
training period. Conducted for at least a period
of four hours, its concern is to reiterate to
employees that security is an additional burden
imposed on them as part of the company.
Transmission Security – The component of
communication security designed to protect
transmission firm interruptions, traffic, and
analysis and initiative deception.
Two Hundred – The minimum number of
security guards that a private security agency
may employ.
Utility Openings – Sewers air intakes, exhaust
tunnels and other utility opening which penetrate
the barrier and which have cross sectional area
of ninety-six inches or more should be protected
by bars, grills, providing protection to that portion
of the perimeter barrier.
Vaults – It is a heavenly constructed fire
resistance storage facility installed four inches
higher than the floor and part of the building
structure. The door of vaults should be at least 6
inches thick. The vault wall, ceiling, floor should
be reinforced by concrete at least 12inch thick. It
is normally moisture and condensation resistant
with electrical conduits which should not exceed
1 ½ inch in diameter. Standard size vaults can
store up t0 5,000 cubic feet and fire resistant of
at least 6 hours.
VIP – Refers to executives, any ranking official
of the national government, foreign dignitaries,
or other important persons who due to their
positions are accorded or provided with security.
VIP Security – Involves the protection of top
ranking official of the government visiting
persons of illustrious standing and foreign
dignitaries.
Warded Lock – Simplest form of lock which
uses a bolt containing a notch called talon. The
bolt is removed backward or forward by
engaging a key in the talon. It offers little degree
of security and is merely used to afford one for
obtaining privacy.
Watchmen – Considered more passive as the
term implies, they are to observe something and
make periodic reports and sound the alarm if
any unusual condition or incident develops.
Police Intelligence
Accommodation Address – Is the forwarding
address of agent’s mail packages other
communications.
Active Measures – Operations intended to
influence or otherwise affect other nation’s
policies. Active measure, both overt and covert
consist of a broad range of activities including
manipulation or control of the media, written or
oral dis information, clandestine radio
broadcasting and other related activities.
AFP – Armed Forces of the Philippines
After Mission Report – Account submitted
immediately upon completion of mission by an
undercover agent.
Agent – A person who is engages in spying or
in support of those who do, or who seeks to
detect them. And whose primary objective is to
obtain information pertaining to processes,
activities, movements or operations of others.
Agitator – A person or group of person whose
mission is to cause discontent among the
population.
Agriprof – A person or group of persons tasked
to agitate and spread propaganda among the
population usually for a certain cause.
Analysis – Shifting and isolating elements
which have significance in light of the mission.
Anthrax – Single celled bacterial organism
capable of forming spores. Used as a biological
weapon producing pneumonia like symptoms.
Anti- Terrorism – Defensive measures used to
reduce vulnerability to terrorist acts.
Area of Operations – Aspect of the operational
environment exclusive of the military forces
involved.
Assimilate – To be absorbed into the system of
a foreign society.
Assumptions – Accepting some things as a
being factual although not entirely thus proven.
Audio Surveillance – Checking on persons by
listening thru wire tapping or use of electronic
eavesdropping equipment to pick up
conversations of persons and their associates.
Bag Man – One who collects illicit or illegal
money such as ransom in kidnapping, delivering
bribe money thru middleman.
Bigot List – A registry of names of all persons
with authorized access to sensitive information.
This ensures that all certified personnel reading
sensitive document have a true “need to know:
which regard to the information contained
therein.
Bird – Slang for an informer.
Black Bag Operations – In this covert
maneuvers, agent illegally entered offices of
targeted individuals and/or organizations, and
photographed information found in their records.
This practice was used by the FBI from 1942
until 1967. Director Hoover in July 1966 ordered
the practice discontinued and he again restated
his position in January 1967.
BSIS – British Secret Intelligence Service
Bug – A surveillance device which requires a
communications channel. A “bug” usually
involves a radio transmitter, in which the user
can pick up the data from poorly configured
wireless computer networks or tune in to the
radio emissions of a computer monitor.
BW – Biological Warfare, involves the use of
diseases to debilitate population, food or
livestock.
BWC – Biological Weapons Convention which
prohibits developing, producing and stockpiling
bacteriological and toxin weapons.
CBI – (complete background investigation) –
Detailed check on an individual’s activity from
the town a person was born and life 15 years
ago.
CCTV – Closed-circuit television with which the
picture is viewed or recorded, but not
broadcasted. It was initially designed as a
means of security for banks. Today it has
developed to the point where it is simple and
inexpensive enough to be used in home security
systems, and for everyday surveillance.
CIA – Central Intelligence Agency (USA)
Federal body responsible for the evaluation and
dissemination of foreign intelligence within
government.
Cipher – A code or secret message which takes
the form of an innocent text.
CIS – Commonwealth of Independent States,
established on 1991 following the disintegration
of the Soviet Union. There are 12 member
states namely: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
and Georgia.
Clandestine Activities – Action used to
accomplish intelligence, counter intelligence and
other similar activities, sponsored or conducted
by government, all departments in such a way to
guarantee secrecy or concealment.
Clandestine Operation – An operation
conducted in secrecy, but with no effort to
disguise its nature.
Classified Matters – Information in any form,
which in the interest of national security, must be
safeguard in the manner and to the extent
required by its importance.
Clipping Service – Publications of local and
foreign news cut and posted with captions.
Close Tail – Is one in which extreme pre-
cautions are taken against losing the subject.
COINTELPRO – Counter Intelligence Program
was a program of the United States Federal
Bureau of Investigation aimed to investigating
and disrupting dissident political organizations
within the United States.
Collation – Refers to the process of organizing
raw data into usable form grouping of similar
items of information.
Collections Agency – Is an individual
organization or a unit that knows and exploits to
source of information.
Combat Intelligence – Refers to the
intelligence utilized in designing plans and
conducting tactical and administrative
operations. It includes knowledge of the enemy
characteristics of operations used in the
planning and conduct of tactical operations.
COMINT – Communication Intelligence.
Communication – The process by which
information is exchanged and understood by two
or more persons, usually with the intent to
motivate or influence others.
Communication Systems – The imparting or
exchange of information or data by electronic or
other means.
Community Relation Program – Program that
evaluates public attitudes identifies the mission
of organization with public interest and executes
a program of action to earn public understanding
and acceptance.
Confidential – Document information or
material wherein the unauthorized disclosure of
which while not endangering national security
would be prejudicial to interest or prestige of the
nation.
Confidential Informer – A person who secretly
provides information with the understanding that
his identity will nit be divulged and that he will be
compensated either in money or favor.
Counter Insurgency – Aspect of intelligence
devoted to destroy the effectiveness if inimical
enemy intelligence activities to protect
information from espionage, individual against
subversion and installation or material against
sabotage. Military, paramilitary, political,
economic, psychological and civic actions taken
by the government to defeat subversive
insurgency.
Counter Intelligence – Activities concerned
with identifying and countering the threat to
security post by hostile intelligence services or
organizations or by individuals engage in
espionage, sabotage or subversion.
Counter Subversion – Aspect of counter
intelligence designed to detect, destroy,
neutralize or prevent subversive activities
through identification, exploitation, penetration,
manipulation, deception and depression of
individuals, groups or organizations conducted
or suspected of conducting subversive activities.
Counter Surveillance – Reliant on good
information security planning, good information
security planning. Protecting information is the
first stage of counter-surveillance.
Counter Terrorism – Offensive measures taken
to respond to terrorist acts.
Cover – It is the exchange forging and
screening, of person’s real personality, things,
events and places.
Cover Operative – Spies who enjoys diplomatic
immunity.
Covert Intelligence – Information gathering
which are clandestine in nature.
Covert Operations – Operations which are so
planed and executed as to conceal the identity
of or permit plausible denied by the sponsor or
concealment of the identity of sponsor.
Criminal Intelligence – Information of
knowledge about person or organization
engaged in illegal activities.
Criminality – Relating to crime and the degree
thereof.
Crypt – Something that is concealed or hidden.
Cryptography – Art and Science of making,
devising and protecting codes and ciphers.
CSIS – Canadian Security Intelligence Service,
set uo in 1984 under the Canada Security
Intelligence service Act.
CW – Chemical Warfare.
Dead Drop - A dead drop or dead letter box, is
a location used to secretly pass items between
two people, without requiring them to meet.
Spies have been known to use dead drops,
using various techniques to hide the items and
to signal that the drop has been made.
Dead Drop Spike – It is concealment device
similar to a microcache which have been used
since the late 1960s to hide money, maps,
documents, microfilm, and other mildew-proof
and can be shoved into the ground or placed in
a shallow stream to be retrieved at a later time.
Debriefing – An interview with personnel from a
mission or captivity to get information of
particular interest.
Deception – An attempt to mislead another
generally as to its capabilities and intention to
confuse enemy about one’s plan and intension.
Decoy Vehicle – In a convoy deployments it is
an identical vehicle with that of the vehicle
where the principal may be located, it usually
tails or fronts the principal’s vehicle.
Deduction – Formulation of a conclusion from a
theory which was tested and considered valid.
Defector – A person who turns away or against
his allegiance to the government.
Defector in Place- Person who turns himself
against the government but not physically
deserted his country.
Demented – A quick personality, bothered
information.
Departmental Intelligence - Intelligence
needed by a government in order to execute its
mission or discharge its responsibilities.
DES – Data Encryption Standard. DES was
based on LUCIFER, and makes use of the
computer binary code consisting of 0’s and 1’s
(see computer). Each unit is called a bit. DES
transforms 6-4 bit message into 64-bit segment
of cipher-text, using a 56-bit key. Each user
randomly selects a key and reveals it only to
those persons authorized to see the protected
data. The actual message is encoded and
decoded automatically by electronic devices
attached to the sending and receiving
computers.
DIA - Defense Intelligence Agency – U.S.A
DIS – Defense Intelligence Staff – BRITAIN
Dissemination – The distribution of information
or intelligence products in written, oral or graphic
form to intelligence customers.
DND – Department of National Defense – PHIL.
Document Intelligence – Assembling,
analyzing and disseminating information about
those individual or groups whose interest is the
overthrow of a democratic country.
Drop – Is a convenient secure and unsuspecting
place to live a note or small package where an
item can be handed to an agent.
Duress Code – A type of coded system is used
as internal defense which uses certain word in
casual conversation alarming the personnel
concern.
Economic Intelligence – Deals with the
extended utilization of the natural and human
resources and the industrial potential of the
nation.
ELINT – Electronic Intelligence.
Escort Vehicle – In a convoy deployment, it is
usually located at the front and back of the
group.
Espionage – It is the practice of spying on other
countries, places or facilities in the course of
systematic gathering information in secret. The
very nature of data sought is inimical to the
survival or interest of a nation, organization or
company.
Ethnic Extremism – Small minority groups who
falsely use their ethnicity for selfish political
gains.
Evaluation – Appraisal of information with
regards to its accuracy.
Evaluation rating – Each item is indicated by
standard evaluation system the reliability of
source and agency is shown by letter and
accuracy is manifested in number.
Eye – A slang term for a person conducting
surveillance on a specific person.
Family Background – It includes the name,
background, residences, reputation of the
parents including the siblings.
Farm – Central Intelligence Agency training
facility.
False Flag – Refers to covert or clandestine
operations conducted by governments,
companies, corporations or other organizations,
which are designed to appear as if they are
being carried out by other entities. The name is
derived from the military concept of flying false
colors; that is, flying the flag of a country other
than one’s own.
Fear – Afraid of law violated and their criminal
associates.
Financial Capability – The state of funding or
monetary ability of a country, company,
organization or any private person which may be
inferred form income tax returns professional
fee, assets and liabilities.
Fixed Surveillance – Residence, place or=f
work, place frequented or visited.
Flowcharting – A technique used in data
description, which visualizes event or commodity
flow over a given period.
Foreign Internal Defense – Participation by
civilian and military government agencies in any
of the action program taken by another
government to free and protect its society and
sovereignty.
Front Group – Movements organized to
promote a cause of insurgent group.
FTO – Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Gain – To obtain privilege inside the cell.
Geographical Intelligence – Is the evaluation
of environmental factors which in any way
influence the courses of action of a nation.
General Principles – Are fundamental guides to
actions, broad statement of truth from which
others is derived.
Geneva and Hague Conventions – Laws
governing warfare and the engagement thereof.
GOST – The soviet and Russian government
standard symmetric key block cipher. GOST has
a 64-bit block size and a key length of 256 bits.
Its S-boxes can be secret, and they contain
about 512 bits of secret information, so the
effective key size can be increased to 768 bits;
however, a chosen-key attack can recover the
contents of the S-boxes in approximately 232
encryptions.
GPS – Global Positioning System
Gratitude – Information is given as an
expression of appreciation to a police officer.
Gray Propaganda – A misinformation wherein
the source is clear but the desire result is
indirect.
Guerilla Warfare – Irregular combat waged
independently by small insurrectionist bodies.
Hackers – Refers to persons breaking into a
computer system.
HUMINT – Human Source Intelligence.
IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency.
ICT – International Center for Terrorism.
IMINT – Imagery Intelligence.
Industrial Intelligence – Is the gathering
information about product manufacturing
technique, processes from manufacturing
formulas that cannot and can be used of value
or advantage.
Infiltration – Is the penetration of an agent to an
intelligence target either in the land, air, or sea,
either through mechanical or electronic devices.
Informants – Is an individual of confidential
basis with the understanding that his identity will
not be mistaken.
Information – Is a communicated knowledge, a
raw data or unprocessed intelli8gence. It is the
bloodline of intelligence.
Information Procurement Division – A
component of the central intelligence service
which is divided into the intelligence proper,
secret intelligence and intelligence operations
unit.
Information Technology – The hardware,
software, telecommunications, data base
management, and other technologies used to
store, process and distribute information.
Informative Communication – Pertaining to up
and down and lateral flow of communication
necessary for administrative effectiveness or the
smooth flow of information.
Insurgency – A condition arising from a revolt
or insurrection against a duly constituted
government, which falls short of a civil war. It is
an organized movement aim at the overthrow of
a constituted government through the use of
subversion and armed conflict.
Integration – Hypothesis developed and
considered valid as a result of such activity. It is
the process of combining the information
isolated in analysis and known element to form
logical theory or picture.
Intelligence Community – Conglomeration of
all intelligence units and agencies in a country
composed of civilians, military and quasi-military
organizations.
Intelligence Journal – A chronological log of
activities.
INTERPOL – An acronym for the International
Criminal Police Organization (ICPO). Where
member countries assist one another in the
pursuit of suspected criminals and terrorist.
Interpretation – Result of critical judgement
involving three factors namely analysis,
integration and deduction. It is the determination
of the significance of the intelligence data in
relation to other data at hand.
Internal Defense – The full of measures taken
by a government is free and protect its own
society from subversion, lawlessness and
insurgency.
IPP – Internationally Protected Persons.
ISAFP – Intelligence Service, Armed Forces of
the Philippines.
ISTAR – Intelligence, Surveillance, Target
Acquisition, and Reconnaissance.
Kill Zone – A point or specific areas where a
possible attack to a principal or VIP may be
executed.
Leap Frog – Variation of tailing which
concentrate on the subject and guards the
surveilant and the subject.
Legislative Records – Registry of law making
bodies (House of Congress, Senate City,
provincial boards)
Line Intelligence – Any processed information
coming from open and covert sources that affect
police agencies, operations and harmony with
the community and other government agencies.
Link Analysis – A technique used to show the
relationship between individuals and
organizations by means of visual graphic design.
Loose Surveillance – On and off continuous
close shadowing of the subject.
Loose Tail – Casual observation of the subject
in which general impression of the subject’s
habit and associates is determined.
Low Intensity Conflicts – A limited political-
military struggle to achieve political, social,
economic or psychological objectives confined in
geographic area.
LUCIFER – Developed in the early 1970’s it is a
crypto-system that used both substitution and
transposition.
MILINT or MI – Military Intelligence
Military Intelligence – Refers to the use of
processed information in formulating military
plans, programs and policies.
Mission Order – Duty slip in which all personnel
on undercover operations shall carry at all times
it must be duly approved by their immediate
supervisors and filled appropriately with their
respected offices.
National Intelligence – Covers the broad
aspects of national policy and national security.
It is concern to more than one dependent and
transcends exclusives interest of a single
department or agency.
Nerve Agent – A chemical agent that interferes
with the central nervous system.
NICA – National Intelligence Coordinating
Council.
NOC – Non Official Cover is a term used in
espionage (particularly by the CIA) for agents or
operatives who assume covert roles in
organizations without ties to the government for
which they work. Such agents or operatives are
typically abbreviated in espionage lingo as a
NOC (pronounced “knock”)
NPT – Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
NSC – National Security Council.
Objectives – Specific results an expertise seeks
to achieve in pursuing its basic mission.
OIR – Other Intelligence Requirements –
additional information.
Order of Battle – Intelligence list containing the
main or primary threat to a nation’s security and
peace and order.
Ordinary Informer – Usually gives but expects
in return favor or money.
Organization – Is the arrangement of person
with a common purpose. It is the division and
unification of effort toward the same goal or
policy.
Organized Crimes – Is a combination of two or
more persons for the purpose of establishing by
terror, threat, intimidation or conception in the
city or municipality or any community of either
monopoly or criminal activities in a field that
provides continuing financial support.
OSCINT – Open Source Intelligence.
Operations – It performs the line functions,
establishment of contracts, recruitment of
informers/informants, execution of intelligence
plans.
Overt Intelligence – Processed information
produced openly.
Para Military Focus – Force that the distinct
from the regular armed forces of any country but
resemble them in organization, equipment,
training or mission.
PBI – Partial background investigation for record
and employment check.
Peace Time Contingency – Politically sensitive
military operations normally characterize by the
short term rapid projections or employment of
forces in condition short of conventional war.
Personal Circumstances – Includes the name,
date of birth, place of birth, age, city and
provincial address, civil status, and the like
pertaining to the target ort subjects.
PHOTINT – Photographic Intelligence.
Planning – Is a process of developing a
method, procedure or an arrangement of parts
to achieve a defined objective more easily.
PLO – Palestinian Liberation Organization.
PNP – Philippine National Police.
Police Intelligence – It is the gathering of
information regarding the activities of the
criminal and their law violators for the purpose of
effecting their arrest obtained evidence of their
activities and for stalling their plans to commit
crime.
Police Intelligence Operations – It includes
discovery, identification, activity, surveillance,
liaisons, programs, informant management.
Police Intelligence Process – Refers to the
cyclical steps followed from intelligence planning
to the dissemination of processed information.
Political Intelligence – Deals with their
structure of government, the electrocute,
national policies and foreign relations of
governmental organizations, public order and
safety, subversion, intelligence and security
organizations.
Principal Vehicle – In a convey deployment it is
the object of protection where the VIP may be
located.
Private Sources – Business establishments as
spring of information (e.g. telecom, leading
companies, insurance companies, hotels and
restaurants)
Principle of Communication – Intelligence is
adequate to their needs, it must be
communicated to all the decision maker in
manner that they will understand and in form
that will permit the most effective use.
Principle of Objectives – Intelligence must be
based on the decision makers own plans and
intentions as much as on considerations of the
intelligence target themselves.
Processing – A step by which the intelligence is
transformed from raw facts or materials to
intelligence data.
Propaganda – Psychological techniques
designed to alter control opinions, ideas and
values.
Psychological Operation – Planned activity in
peace and war directed towards enemy, friendly
and neutral audiences in order to create an
attitudes behavior favorable to the achievement
of political and military objective. Psychological
warfare which encompasses: Political, Military,
Economic, Ideological, Information activities.
Psychological Warfare – The planned use of
propaganda and other psychological actions
having the primary purpose of influencing the
opinions, emotions, attitudes and behavior of the
hostile groups to support the achievement of
national objectives.
Psychological Warfare Consolidation –
Operations directed towards populations in the
friendly rear areas on the territory occupied by
friendly force. Use to facilitate military operation
and promote maximum cooperation.
Public Record Sources – Spring of information
from government institution (e.g. hospital, public
libraries, civil service, police stations, NBI,
different bureaus, AFP, intelligence organization
and other offices.)
Rabbit – Refers to the subject or person being
followed in a surveillance operation.
RADINT – Radar Intelligence.
Recon Vehicle – Also known as a counter
attack vehicle in a convoy deployment it fronts
the principal’s vehicle to neutralize all possible
threats.
Recording – Act of reducing of information to
writing.
Reform Motive – Repenting for wrong and
wants to set a straight record.
Rehabilitation – Restoration of a normal life by
specially training programs, also restoration to
former privileges when training is satisfactory
when training is satisfactory completed.
Research – Systematic investigation in order to
establish facts and research conclusions; an
endeavor to discover new, or a subject, or topic
by a course of critical investigation.
Restricted – Document information or material
other than top secret or confidential which
should not be published or communicated to
augment except for official purpose.
Revenge – A motive induced by grudge to get
even with by giving false, bogus and
exaggerated information to law enforcers which
is detrimental to the interest of another.
Rough Shadowing – Criminal is aware that ha
is being tailed, witness that should be protected.
Sabotage – A willful and malicious destruction
of natural processes and functions of a plant,
installation or premises.
Saboteur - A person or group of person to carry
out sabotage act.
Safe House – Is a place or building enclosed
mobile or apartment where police undercover
and operatives meet for purpose of the briefing
or plainly to report.
Sarin – A G-series nerve agent (gas)
Scientific Intelligence – Deals with the
progress of scientific research and development
as it affects a nation potential.
Security Clearance – An administrative or
directorial determination that an individual is
eligible from a security standpoint for access to
a classified matter of specific category.
Shield Vehicle – A heavily armored vehicle
located at the side of the principal’s vehicle.
SIGINT – Signals Intelligence extracted from
various types of communication.
Snippet – Fragment of information.
Security Intelligence – Investigation of actual
or theoretical violation of espionage laws with a
purpose of apprehending violator.
Secret – Document information or material
wherein the unauthorized disclosure of which
endangers national security cause serious injury
to the interest or prestige of the nation or nay
governmental activity or would be great
advantage to a foreign nation.
Shadowing or Tailing – The act of following
person (overtly or covertly).
Sociological Intelligence – Interest centers
with the study of population and manpower or
demography, national characteristics labor,
public opinion and public welfare.
Strategic Intelligence – Refers to the process
of gathering information designed to disturb and
disrupt enemies state of finances and destroy
the stability and foundation of its organization.
Knowledge pertaining to the capabilities,
vulnerabilities and probable courses of action of
foreign nation.
Subject – Is a person or place or obj3ect being
surveyed or watched.
Subversion – An organized and systematic
conspiracy designed to discredit and overthrow
duly constituted authorities.
Subversive – Agitators, propagandist,
infiltrators, organizers, front group mobs, paper
organization, activities, terrorists and saboteurs.
Subversive Activities – Activities designed to
disrupt or even overthrow ruling parties or
government.
Subversive Intelligence – Assembling
analyzing and dissembling information about
those individual or groups whose interest is the
overthrow of a democratic country.
Supervisory – Overseeing of administrative
work and not supervising operating units.
Surveilant – Is a person or group who does the
surveillance works.
Surveillance – Is the discreet observation of
places, person, and vehicle for the purpose of
information concerning the activities of the target
on the subject.
Tactical Intelligence – Targets criminal activity
considered to be of immediate importance to law
enforcement units. It furnishes the police about Transportation and Telecommunication
an individual, organization, and their type of Intelligence – It is concerned with operations
activities. and facilities of transportation system.

Targets – Person, places and organizations, Undercover Assignment – It is a strategy

which are objects of police interest due to their
criminal activities.
Target Selection – First phase in the process of
identifying criminals and subversive elements. It
involves utility, probability of success, required
resources and objectives.
Technical Intelligence – Concerns the foreign
technical developments, which have practical
military application and the practical
performance, capabilities and limitations of
materials and installation used by foreign military
forces.
wherein a member of a police organization joins
the underworld for the purpose of obtaining
evidence or gathering of information against the
criminals and criminal organization.
Utility – Refers to the type of criminal activity,
amount and frequency of criminal activity and its
impact.
White Propaganda – Open activity to clear out
government image.
WMD – Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Telecommunication Intelligence – Is
concerned with operations and facilities of long
distance communication media including
telegraph, telephone, radio, satellite, television
and other electronic communications.

Terrorism – A crime committed by any person

who perpetrate an act punishable under any of
the following provisions of the Revised Penal
Code which are as follows: Piracy in General or
Mutiny in the High Seas or in the Philippine
Waters; Rebellion or Insurrection; Coup D’ Etat,
Murder, Kidnapping or serious Illegal Detention;
or under the Law on Arson (PD 1613); Toxic
Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste
Control Act of 1990 (RA 6969); Atomic Energy
Regulatory and Liability Act of 1968. (RA 5207);
Anti Hijacking Law (RA 6235); Anti Piracy and
Anti Robbery Law of 1974 (PD 532) and; Decree
Codifying on Illegal and Unlawful Possession,
Manufacture, Dealing in, Acquisition and
Disposition of Firearms Ammunitions or
Explosives (PD 1866) thereby sowing and
creating a condition of widespread and
extraordinary fear and panic among the
populace in order to coerce the government to
give into an unlawful demand.

Top Secret – Certain document information or

material wherein the security and defense
aspects of which are paramount and which
unauthorized disclosure would cause
exceptionally great damage to the nation.