Houses of Worship, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and other organizations are faced with a growing concern of how to address their security and risk management needs. Managing security and risk requires an inclusive perspective where everyone (managers, workers, clients, and customers) are risk makers and risk takers, and therefore, risk managers. This book focuses on the thought processes involved in good security planning through personal responsibility, awareness, communication, and training. It emphasizes the need for personal responsibility and action as well as the need for a formal program for security and risk management, coordinated by a threat assessment team. It is not a do-it-yourself guide but rather it provides steps to understand security and risk management planning. Many of the steps will provide you with ideas to enhance security that can be implemented in-house at little or no cost. The book also provides the tools to discuss security with security service providers. The book recognizes that all organizations have resource limitations, so having an integrated program simultaneously looking at a range of risks in your day-to-day activities will help you make better resource allocation decisions and develop a comprehensive view needed to assure the safety and security of your House of Worship. The old paradigm of security being solely deploying guards, guns, and gates has demonstrated time and again that it is inadequate alone to protect our Houses of Worship. Therefore, establishing a program that fits seamlessly into the day-to-day activities of the organization is an essential part of a comprehensive and effective approach to a safe and secure environment.