ASIS International 56th meeting opens in Dallas, Texas next week

or effects of terrorist events.

ASIS also received this recognition for its Guidelines program in 2005. The guidelines include General Security Risk Assessment Guideline, the Threat Advisory Response Guideline, and the Business Continuity Guideline —which have been included as resources on the homeland security section of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Web page (www.uschamber.com/issues/index/defense/homelandsecurity.htm). Through these series of security provisions, ASIS and the U.S. Chamber were able to offer American businesses viable plans of action to prepare for and react to emergency situations.

ASIS has developed three internationally accredited certification programs. Since the program’s inception in 1977, approximately 12,600 security practitioners have earned the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) designation. The program is offered in thirty countries.

The three programs ASIS offers: Certified Protection Professional, Professional Certified Investigator, and Physical Security Professional; the Professional Certification Board (PCB), assures those who enroll in the ASIS certification program that the exams were designed by qualified test development professionals and according to internationally accepted procedures

• Certified Protection Professional (CPP) — This certification designates individuals who have demonstrated competency in all areas constituting security management.
• Professional Certified Investigator (PCI) — Holders of the PCI certification have demonstrated education or experience in the fields of case management, evidence collection, and case presentation.
• Physical Security Professional (PSP) — The PSP designation is the certification for those whose primary responsibility is to conduct threat surveys, design integrated security systems that include equipment, procedures, and people, or install, operate and maintain those systems.

The Professional Certification Board (PCB), which was established by ASIS to elevate the professional standing of the security profession and improve the practice of security through testing and certification of individuals, assures those who enroll in the ASIS certification program that the exams were designed by qualified test development professionals and according to internationally accepted procedures

The questions and contents of the exams were determined by security management, investigations, and physical security professionals in order to reflect the knowledge and skills necessary to gain accreditation in the security industry.

Owing to the great amount time and effort required to develop the areas for testing, reference identifying, and question validation, ASIS and the Professional Certification Board do not plan to introduce other certifications in the near future. ASIS and the board recognize the fact that there are already a considerable number of successful organizations offering similar certification programs, making it difficult, in ASIS words, “to provide a new and unique certification in the computer security arena.”