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Mrs Nicola Lockhart

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: n.lockhart@ecu.edu.au

Nicola Lockhart is a lecturer in ECU School of Science

Current Teaching

  • SCY2109.3 Surveillance Systems
  • SCY1108.3 Building Management Systems

Background

Nicola has tutored and lectured on the ECU Security Science degree pathway since 2016. A PhD candidate in Security Risk, Nicola has over 15 years’ experience in the Government Security and Facility Management industries, managing high risk, high profile and high security government facilities. Nicola is a qualified Trainer and Assessor for the SIA and has extensive hands-on security industry experience.

Professional Memberships

  • 2020 – ASIS International, WA Chapter (Committee Member)

Research Areas and Interests

  • Privacy vs Security and the legal arguments around security innovations
  • The role of security risk within the wider organisational risk taxonomy
  • The growing importance of security risk management in the application and implementation of threat detection systems due to cyber security risk and AI
  • The impact of AI upon technical protective security systems such as Threat Detection Systems and Access Control Systems
  • How AI can be used to increase the influence and effectiveness of the Security Risk Professional
  • How the increased focus upon Cyber Security can be effectively leveraged to bring the organisational focus (and resource allocation) back to physical security.
  • The impact of Cyber Security upon the role and influence of the “Security Professional”

Qualifications

  • Managing Safely, United Kingdom, 2013.
  • BIIAB Level 2 National Cert for Door Supervisors, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • Level 2 Cert for Security Guards, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • Level 3 Award Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Sector, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • Level 3 Cert Conflict Management Training, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • LLB, United Kingdom, 2005.

Research Outputs

2017

Reports

  • Brooks, D., Coole, M., Haskell-Dowland, P., Griffiths, M., Lockhart, N. (2017). Building Automation & Control Systems An Investigation into Vulnerabilities, Current Practice & Security Management Best Practice. Australia. ASIS Foundation.
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