Online training is an effective way to transfer knowledge to others in the security industry. Here are a few reasons why our training is so effective: 

• Not a "gimme" course - Some courses offered provide basic, limited information to their students to meet the requirements. These students are ill-prepared to complete their duties. Our courses are focused on ensuring students receive and retain critical information to make them effective. Several companies use our courses for their new employees to reduce the on-the-job training time required for them to become an effective solo employee. This reduces liability, time spent on training, and more importantly, time and money required spent in terminating poor performing employees and replacing them. 
• Changes in culture - How often have you searched the web to learn new things. Maybe you want to change the oil in your car, need to repair a clothes dryer, or want to learn more about a particular subject. Online learning has become a norm for for all of us today. When a question arises, we go to the Internet to find answers where we find videos, articles, and the latest up-to-date information. Our training program takes advantage of these self-taught skills and leverages various content sources. 
• Focus - Online training allows students to learn when they want to learn. Your mind can wander easily when sitting in a traditional classroom. How often have you sat in a class looking at your watch waiting for the class to be other. We often see our students work on their course in bites, spending 20-30 minutes in the course, taking a break then returning to continue for another bite. This method allows students to absorb the information being presented, then take a mental break to reflect on what they have learned and to prepare for the next section. This allows you to retain more information. Coupled with the changes in culture, learning on your schedule, when you can best avoid distractions, is a great way to learn skills, gain the knowledge you need to perform the job. 
  
• Up-to-date Content - Consider a training course that you took a few years ago in a traditional setting. Chances are the content was up-to-date at the time. Information changes, we are learning new ways to complete job duties all of the time. Our online content ensures that students receive the latest information rather than an instructor teaching from the same outline they have used for several years. In addition, much of our course content encourages students to seek out new information about specific topics as it changes frequently. In other words, they learn to learn on their own. 
  
• Several Sources of Information - In an online format we are able to include several sources for students to learn from. Homeland Security is an example where students gather the latest information for protecting the homeland from expert sources. Rather than one instructors point of view, they receive information from various sources with the information specific to the topic. 
  
• Diversified Knowledge - Consider that in a traditional classroom, students are often limited to receiving information from one or maybe two instructors. With online training, using several sources of information, students are provided with a diverse look at topics covered in the course. One topic is covered from 2-3 perspectives. It's like having 10-20 instructors that provide varying perspectives, experience. 
  
• Adaptable - Our course content is adapted to our students needs. Through an online format we are able to adapt, based on student feedback and test scores, to ensure the success of our students. Our goal is for our students to learn, retain the information they are presented. Multiple feedback systems are in place for instructors to monitor student progress, adapting as needed. Finishing the course is important, it is more important that they retain the knowledge beyond the course for application in the field. 
  

Online learning has been commonplace in today's society, whether we are taking online courses or searching the Internet for answers to questions we have. The ability to learn when you want to learn also increases the effectiveness of retaining the information, not to complete a test, but for use in the field. Classroom instruction still is an important part of the learning process, but general and technical topic learning is quickly becoming an online training venue. 

With the holiday seasons upon us, chances are you will see security officers in your daily activities whether shopping, or at work. They are hired by companies to make the places they work safer and more secure. As you go about your holiday activities consider they are there to protect you. 

• Training - in almost all states security officers must complete training to ensure they are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to complete their duties. Properly trained officers protect you and your property while you are in their presence. 
• They detect and deter criminal activity. Often their presence discourages criminals from initiating criminal activity. Although they can not stop all criminal activity, their presence can greatly reduce criminals from targeting you while you are on the premises. 
• As a part of the homeland security effort they observe, detect, and report activities that may be a threat to the homeland. Some are hired specifically for that purpose. Unfortunately the news carries stories about terrorist activities. Security officers help secure the homeland by carrying