National Security Inspectorate

The National Security Inspectorate

NSI is the umbrella body representing firms providing security systems across the UK. It brings together two well established organisations, National Approval Council for Security Systems (NACOSS), and the Inspectorate of the Security Industry (ISI) covering electronic services and manned services respectively.

Their objective is to promote and monitor high standards across activities relating to the secure environment so that business, specifiers and consumers can purchase products and services with confidence from reliable, independently assessed suppliers.

It was created to provide inspection and approval services across various sectors of the security industry. If you are looking for security and fire products acceptable to insurers you should look for NSI memebership.

NACOSS

NACOSS is the national approval service for companies in the electronic security sector and is the standard demanded by many insurers. NACOSS is now part of NSI and approves firms that install and maintain:

• Intruder Alarms
  
• Access Control
  
• CCTV Systems
• Alarm receiving centres
  
  

ISI - Inspectorate of the Security Industry

ISI is an independent body to provide an inspection service for the "people based" sector of the security industry against nationally recognised standards of competence.

ISI is now a core part of the NSI's package of quality inspection services.

Security by Design

SBD

The Developers Award is a certificate given to building developments which, following consultation with local police Architectural Liaison Officers (sometimes called Crime Prevention Design Advisors), are built to conform to the ACPO guidelines and so reduce the opportunity for crime.
Licensed Products - Secured by Design licensed company status is awarded to those companies producing security products, including doors and windows, which pass standards and tests nominated by the police service as "Police Preferred Specification".

The Association of Chief Police Officers manages and supports Secured by Design .

Secured by Design does not guarantee that a particular area will be crime-proof but indicates that the site has been subject to a design process and improved level of security which, in the experience of the police service and other agencies, have been shown to significantly reduce the risks of crime and the fear of crime.

British Security Industry Association

BSI

The is the professional trade association for the security industry in the UK.

A key areas of BSIA activity includes the maintenance of high standards within the industry. It places rigorous requirements on companies wishing to become members and draws up industry codes of practice and technical documents often for consideration as British Standards.

Computer Security

Guardian

Guardian safety is a manufacturer of specialist PC enclosures for protection against harsh environments and theft.

Personal security

The Suzy Lamplugh Trust

The Suzy Lampugh Trust is a registered charity, and a leading authority on personal safety. Its role is to minimise the damage caused to individuals and to society by aggression in all its forms - physical, verbal and psychological. It works alongside government, the police, the educational establishment, public bodies and the business sector to encourage safety wherever people may be at risk - in the home, at work, in public and in schools and colleges, on public transport and when travelling at home or abroad.

The Trust is able to provide advice on lone working, personal panic attack alarms, videos, counselling and training.

Guardian angel

Addressing the important issue of staff safety. Guardian Angel from Blue Chip Technologies is a unique and versatile wireless software solution, which is able to provide mobile workers with added security when away from base.

With an increasing number of violent incidents being recorded in many areas of the country, responsible employers are recognising they have a duty to protect staff from the fear as well as from the reality of personal crime.

Guardian is a software-based service for mobile phone users, which has been designed to help reduce anxiety and risk by enabling mobile staff to keep in close contact with their base.

Staff are able to 'log on' to the system and enter the details and expected duration of a visit into their mobile phone. If they fail to 'log off' when the visit ends, the system activates a safety response. This response follows a client-defined set of rules.

Guardian can easily be tailored to the specific needs of any organisation or a user group within any organisation, whether in the public or private sectors.

This makes it a practical solution for, say, local authorities, NHS community based staff, Government workers who may wish to give an extra level of protection to mobile staff.