ISO 18788:2015 (BDS ISO 18788:2016) Management systems for private security activities. Requirements with application guidelines
The standard sets requirements and provides guidance for organizations that conducts or contracts security operations. It contains principles and requirements for a security operations management system (SOMS) and provides a framework for establishing, implementing, operating, maintaining and improving of these activities.
ISO 18788 enables security organizations and their clients to demonstrate a commitment to comply with their obligations under international law, the good practices set out in the Montreux document, compliance with the principles of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers (ICoC), the UN "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights created in 2000. It is applicable to any organization wishing to:
- establish, implement, maintain and improve SOMS;
- assess its compliance with its stated security operations management policy;
- demonstrate its ability to provide services that meet the client needs are in conformance with applicable international, national and local laws and human rights requirements.
The structure of ISO 18788 is in accordance with Annex SL of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), namely:
1: Scope;
2: Normative råferences;
3: Terms and definitions;
4: Context of the organization;
5: Leadership;
6: Planning;
7: Maintenance;
8: Activities;
9: Performance evaluation;
10: Improvement.
Scope
This International Standard is applicable to any type of organization that performs security activities, especially in an Environment where the rule of law or the rule of law may be vulnerable to human or other naturally occurring events. Such organizations, in coordination with clients and government entities, shall adopt and implement the standards necessary to ensure that human rights and fundamental freedoms are respected in order to protect life and property. They manage the use of tactics, techniques, procedures and equipment, including weapons in a manageable risk Environment.
The purpose of this International Standard is to improve and demonstrate the consistency and predictability of activities to maintain the safety and security of the client to ensure respect for human rights, national and international laws, and fundamental freedoms.
Benefits
Private Security Operations play an important role in protecting and maintaining peace, stability, development and trade efforts in regions where the capacity of social institutions is overwhelmed by human and natural destructive events. ISO 18788 provides an opportunity to differentiate organizations that can provide services according to the highest professional standards in accordance with the needs and rights of stakeholders.
The protection of tangible and intangible assets (physical, human and information assets, image and reputation) of companies and their customers is an important task for the viability, profitability and sustainability of any type of organization (public, private, non-profit).
The development and implementation of SOMS provides:
- establishing and maintaining a transparent governance framework to detect, monitor, address, prevent the occurrence or recurrence of incidents that adversely affect human rights and fundamental freedoms;
- identification of security risks and their management in accordance with the applicable international and national regulations, strategic and operational objectives of the organization;
- a framework that protects the safety, security and human rights of internal and external stakeholders, including customers and affected communities;
- conducting comprehensive internal and external risk assessments related to safety, security and human rights risks;
- implementing risk control measures that maintain the rule of law, respect for the human rights of stakeholders, protect the interests of the organization and its clients, and provide professional and services;
- appropriate and sufficient operational control, based on an identified risk, to improve the health and safety and well-being of those working on behalf of the organization;
- effective communication and consultation with public and private stakeholders;
- conducting effective screening and tràining of persons working on behalf of organizations;
- that the use of force is applied reasonably when necessary, proportionately and lawfully;
- assessment of the characteristics of the provided services and the achievement of the objectives;
- developing and implementing systems for reporting and investigating allegations of violations of international law, local law or human rights, as well as mitigating and eliminating the effects of adverse or destructive events.
ISO 18788:2015 (BDS ISO 18788:2016) Management systems for private security activities. Requirements with application guidelines
Implementation of management standards
CONSEJO EOOD is a consulting company formed by a team of consultants with over 15 years of experience in management systems in the field of international standards. The focus of the company is the provision of consulting services in the development and implementation of management systems that meet the requirements of international standards for quality, the environment, safe working conditions, information security, good production practices based on international standards: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 22000, ISO 27001, IFS Food, HACCP and others.
The CONSEHO team has participated in the realization of projects in all branches of the economy. The projects implemented by the CONSEHO team are over 1000, in the fields of production and design, construction, trade, information and communication technologies, transport and forwarding, hotel and restaurant industry, special production, energy, design, food industry, services, etc. The company has established a strict procedure for monitoring the compliance with the agreed requirements with the clients, both the terms of the contracts and the quality of service performance. The established working style of the company consists of developing real management systems together with our customers, on the basis of conducting multiple trainings and providing full assistance in the implementation process. Through its approach to work, CONSECO ensures and guarantees trouble-free certification of the built systems in extremely short terms.
