The first ten Registrants have been admitted to the new Register of Chartered Security Professionals. Don Randall MBE, announced that as the outgoing Master of The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals.
The occasion was the Company’s Installation Lunch held at Drapers Hall in the City of London, attended by 265 liverymen, freemen and guests. A year ago as the incoming Master, Don spoke of the challenge that lay ahead in researching and developing a Register, as detailed in the Company’s Royal Charter, granted in February 2010. The Register itself endorses the main aim of the Company, which is “to promote, support and encourage standards of excellence, integrity and honourable practice in conducting the profession of security practitioners and to aid societies and other organisations connected to such profession.” Last year the Company agreed to partner with the Security Institute in developing the chartered professional competencies, management controls and processes. The Institute is the first licensee permitted to admit Registrants into the Register. This development was funded jointly between the Company, the Institute and the City of London Crime Prevention Association.<br><br>Certificates of admittance were presented to the registrants at the event: former institute chair Bill Wyllie, Mark Lindsay, institute chairman and Corps Security’s director of security consulting Mike Bluestone, institute vice-chairman David Gill, Chris Northy-Baker, pictured, Principal Security Advisor and Head of Business Resilience Team at the UK Hydrographic Office; Emma Shaw of counter-measures firm Esoteric, Mike O’Neill of consultancy Greymans; and Kevin Blythe. Registrants unable to attend were Angus Darroch-Warren of Linx International and Jerry Woods, University of Bristol head of security. A member of the Register (the Registrant), known as a Chartered Security Professional, can put CSyP after their name. After receiving his certificate, Mike Bluestone called it ‘a ground breaking day’. “At long last we have a Chartered Security qualification that places security practitioners on a par with other recognised professions. I am immensely proud of the fantastic co-operation that has taken place over many months between the Security Institute and the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals. Our two organisations have come together for the betterment of professional security practice in our country, and I congratulate my fellow Registrants on attaining their hard earned CSyP status.” The incoming Master of the Worshipful Company, Nigel Churton MBE, formerly of the consultancy Control Risks, is also company secretary of the Security Institute, and served on its board of directors for many years. <br><br>Authority<br>A committee looks after the register. Chairman of the Chartered Security Professionals’ Registration Authority (CSPRA) is Lord Carlile of Berriew, QC. He says: "I am delighted that we have produced a registration process as good as any for other professions. Our Chartered security professionals can truly be regarded as members of a quality and regulated body. This is the beginning of a major new organisation, in which industry and the wider public can have full confidence"<br><br>Routes<br>Entry to the register is based on applicants showing five core competencies – weighted in favour of security knowledge and application skills, but also including leadership, communication and professional commitment. Those applying must be of undisputed integrity and have a good level of expertise, operating at a strategic level, or the senior end of operational level, of security practice. You show your competence by qualifications, experience, or both. Under the Standard pathway, applicants must hold a bachelors or a masters degree in a security-related discipline (or an equivalent qualification recognised by CSPRA) or a bachelors or a masters degree in any subject plus a security-related vocational qualification such as the Security Institute’s Diploma in Security Management or the ASIS Certified Protection Professional (CPP). They must also have a minimum of five years’ operational security experience with at least two years at the chartered competence level. For applicants without security qualifications, the Individual pathway applies. For this applicants must have ten years’ operational security experience, with the last five years at the chartered competence level. They are asked to complete a portfolio (of 4,000 to 5,000 words) on a subject chosen to complement their application. Every applicant attends an interview with two assessors, and is required to give a presentation to show their competencies. The application fee is £300, and the annual renewal fee is £75. Visit www.csyp-register.org
