ISO/PAS 28007:2012

ISO/PAS 28007:2012 was developed as an initiative by the maritime industry and based on a request by the International Maritime Organization to provide guidelines for ISO 28000-certified companies deploying Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP) on board ships.[1][2]

It was specifically developed for organisations operating in the Piracy High Risk Area in the Indian Ocean, usually providing security transits from the Suez Canal to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. However, many of the certified or soon to be certified Private Maritime Security Companies equally apply the practices to their operations in other parts of the world. It was developed via an abbreviated ISO process and will have to be reviewed before it becomes a full-fledged ISO Standard.[3]

ISO/PAS 28007 is part of a wider range of initiatives to regulate the private security industry which have been developed in recent years.[4] However, it does not adopt the International Code of Conduct principles, which were developed for land-based private security operations rather than for the maritime environment.

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service ("UKAS") is the only national accreditation body that accredits auditing companies to certify to the standard. As of May 2015, three certification bodies were actively certifying according to ISO/PAS 28007: LRQA, MSS Global and RTI Forensics.

For another maritime private security standard, see ANSI/ASIS PSC.4-2013.

References

  1. ↑ "ISO/PAS 28007:2012 - Ships and marine technology -- Guidelines for Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSC) providing privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) on board ships (and pro forma contract)". iso.org. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  2. ↑ Siebels, Dirk (2014-02-23). "New ISO Standard for Private Maritime Security Companies". Piracy-law.com. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  3. ↑ "A Brief Explanation of the Private Security Regulatory Initiatives - The Standards | I.R. Consilium". irconsilium.com. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  4. ↑ Siebels, Dirk (October 2014). International Standards for the Private Security Industry. RUSI Journal. 159. pp. 76–83.
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