The World Association of Security Professionals, with more than 36,000 members around the world, has announced its attempt to initiate the development of two North American standards. The Continuing Business Management standard will be based on the ASIS Business Continuity Guide, and the Risk Assessment standard will be based on the Association's General Security Risk Assessment Guideline. The North American continuing business management standard, based on the ASIS guidance, will include auditable criteria for preparedness, crisis management, business continuity of operations and disaster management.The North American standard of general risk assessment, also established in the Association's guidance, will provide a necessary basis for the complicated process in the objective analysis of the efficiency of managers in risk management, which protects the asset of an organization. This will address professional risks and not financial risks. Both North American standards will use systems of approach to the management process that uses the Plan-Do-Check-Act model.
Organizations of all types, including the global business community, non-profit entities, educational institutions, government agencies, among others, will be the most directly impacted by the rules.
Standards are voluntary criteria, guidelines and best practices that are often used to enhance and improve the quality, performance, reliability and consistency of products, services and/or processes. "In the United States and globally, standards are becoming highly influential aspects of the security scene," says Mark Geraci, chair of the ASIS Commission on Standards and Guidelines. communities, societies, organizations and individuals in order to improve their resilience to both natural and artificial security threats, Geraci adds.
In 2007, ASIS decided to actively contribute to the process of developing national and international standards in the field of safety, through its National American Standards Institute (ANSI), the Standards Development Organization, as well as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
