The Crisis Management Seminar (CMS) is a 3-day leadership-oriented course which provides participants with the knowledge, skills and abilities to develop a competent security and crisis management program. Participants will be trained and prepared to serve on a Crisis Management Team in the most complex and critical events. Core components of the training include risk assessment (including using a risk assessment software program provided to participants), developing appropriate policies and contingency planning, understanding the present-day terrorism threat, forming and leading crisis management teams, and using a crisis resolution protocol to guide response to emergencies. Case studies and tabletop exercises are used extensively.