ISo 18788:2015(E) Management system for private security operations —Requirements with guidance for use
ISo 18788:2015(E) Management system for private security operations —Requirements with guidance for use
1 Scope
This International Standard provides a framework for establishing.implementing,operating.monitoring,reviewing, maintaining and improving the management of security operations.
lt provides the principles and requirements for a security operations management system (SOMs).This International Standard provides a business and risk management framework for organizationsconducting or contracting security operations and related activities and functions while demonstrating:a) conduct of professional security operations to meet the requirements of clients and other
stakeholders;
b)accountability to law and respect for human rights;
c)consistency with voluntary commitments to which it subscribes.
This International Standard also provides a means for organizations and those who utilize securityservices to demonstrate commitment to the relevant legal obligations, as well as to the good practicesprovided in the Montreux Document on Pertinent International Legal 0bligations and Good Practicesfor States related to Operations of Private Military and Security Companies during Armed Conflict, andconformance with the principles and commitments outlined in the Ilnternational Code of Conductfor Private Security Service Providers (ICoC). This International Standard is specifically aimed atany organization operating in circumstances where governance may be weak and the rule of lawundermined due to human or naturally caused events.
NOTE 1 This International Standard is not intended to place additional burdens on general guarding servicesoutside these specific circumstances.
Applicable laws can include allkinds of laws including,but not limited to, national, regional, internationalor customary laws. lt is the sole responsibility of the user of this International Standard to determinethe applicable laws and to abide by them.This International Standard does not provide any advice orguidance concerning applicable laws, the conflict between laws, or the interpretation of the laws, codes,treaties or documents mentioned within it.