For some years, the Security Research Initiative, part of the consultancy Perpetuity Research led by Prof Martin Gill, pictured, has occupied a useful and unique niche in Britain’s private security world, each year picking a topic of practical importance, and gathering material and interviewing in confidence, to publish important research. Their 2022 subject is: Influencing the security budget.
As SRI organisers say, historically, security managers have been marginalised from key decision-making roles in organisations; but there is evidence this may be changing as security professionals are increasingly able to demonstrate that security is a business enabler. Hence Perpetuity Research is seeking the views of security professionals, to better understand the obstacles faced by security managers/directors. They would welcome your insights.
You can share your views, anonymously, via their survey. It is open to any type of security professional/expert. The questions ask about factors that influence the security budget, factors that influence how effective security is, whether there are similarities between ‘in-house’ and ‘contracted’ security managers, and about factors that are important when purchasing security. The survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to complete and the deadline for responses is Friday, March 11. The SRI report usually comes out in the autumn.
To begin the surve, click here –
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SRIsecuritymanagement
All participants are given the opportunity to automatically receive a free copy of the findings once the report is published.
About the research
More on the Security Research Initiative at https://perpetuityresearch.com/security-research-initiative/. You can read past years’ reports, on cyber and physical world issues, such as the pros and cons of in-house versus outsourcing; how and why people make the sector their career choice; and last year’s, security and the covid pandemic.
To recap briefly, SRI respondents felt that security may be more valued post-pandemic than prior and that some types of security professionals had gained more status (cyber security professionals the most). However, physical security has not necessarily emerged in a better position compared to other types of professionals, such as health and safety. Most, 83pc of survey respondents felt that overall security had performed well in the crisis, especially those in roles designated ‘essential’.
