Private Sector

is defined as the international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system (QMS). Organizations use the standard to demonstrate the ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements.

provides a framework for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving the management of security operations. It provides the principles and requirements for a security operations management system (SOMS).

provides a business and risk management framework for organizations conducting or contracting security operations and related activities and functions while demonstrating:

• Conduct of professional security operations to meet the requirements of clients and other stakeholders;
• Accountability to law and respect for human rights;
• Consistency with voluntary commitments to which it subscribes.

is a management standard for quality of private security company operations. The standard seeks to operationalise the International Code of Conduct (ICoC) within a formal structure familiar to businesses. That structure, with national and international supervision, provides auditable procedures for the development of the standard, certification to it, and monitoring of ongoing compliance. It incorporates elements of the Montreux Document.