Corporate Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: Crisis, Crime, Fraud, and Misconduct

About Christopher J. CubbageChristopher J. Cubbage CPPCPPDavid J. BrooksDavid J. Brooks PhDPhD

Chris Cubbage BSc (Hons) CPP GAICD AdvDip BusMgt Dip CI Dip Pol is a corporate security and public safety consultant who has provided crisis and risk management advice and has conducted security audits and investigations for government and private industry around the world. He has more than twenty years combined experience in criminal and civil investigations in roles as homicide detective with the Western Australia Police Major Crime Squad and senior investigator at the Australian Crime Commission (ACC). Chris has lectured in security risk and physical security at Edith Cowan University Perth Australia and has published research on the application and recognition of security risk management in Australian public companies. He is the executive editor of the Asia-Pacific Security Magazine and a presenter and producer of MySecurity TV. Through the media and his private consultancy company Amlec House Pty. Limited he continues to serve clients in the region and around the world. He is accredited as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) with ASIS International. David Brooks PhD MSc (Security Science) BSc ADipEng (Electronics) is a senior security science academic with the Security Research Centre (SECAU) at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. He conducts research and teaches security risk management security management resilience and security technology evaluation. He is the academic chair of the Security Research Centre Annual Security and Intelligence Conference and is on the editorial committee of the Security Journal. In addition Dr. Brooks has authored previous books on public space CCTV and the corporate security body of knowledge and has numerous published articles in international journals and conference proceedings.Dr. Brooks has been previously employed by the Australian Defence Department as the Western Australia regional fixed plant and equipment contract manager. During this period he was primarily responsible for the development implementation and maintenance of the strategic process of facility plant maintenance and management. Other past employment included seven years within the commercial security environment as a technical consultant and thirteen years in the Royal Air Force (UK) as a development technician in defense radar systems.