24/30499588 DC

This standard 24/30499588 DC BS EN 17483-4 Private security services - Protection of critical infrastructure is classified in these ICS categories:

• 03.080.20 Services for companies
• 13.310 Protection against crime
• 27.010 Energy and heat transfer engineering in general

This document includes the sector specific requirements for the provision of private security services in the energy sector that are additional to the requirements of EN 17483 1. It specifies service requirements for quality in organization, processes, personnel and management of a security service provider and/or its independent branches and establishments under commercial law and trade as a provider with regard to security services in the energy sector. It lays down quality criteria for the delivery of security services in the energy sector requested by public and private clients. This document is suitable for the selection, attribution, awarding and reviewing of the most suitable provider of security services in the energy sector. NOTE 1 This document is the Part 4 of a series of standards on the provision of private security services for critical infrastructure. See Figure 2. [Figure 2] NOTE 2 It is important that the selection of a private security service provider always represents the best balance between quality and price. This document sets out the minimum requirements that providers are expected to comply with in order for this balance to be struck. It specifies service requirements for quality in organization, processes, personnel and management of a security service provider and/or its independent branches and establishments under commercial law and trade as a provider with regard to security services in the energy sector. It lays down quality criteria for the delivery of security services in the energy sector requested by public and private clients. This document is suitable for the selection, attribution, awarding and reviewing of the most suitable provider of security services in the energy sector. This document is not applicable to private security services in nuclear power plants. List of possible activities Activities for PSCs in CIP in the energy sector: 1. Perimeter Protection and Surveillance: — Human – reception services, static guarding, patrols, possibly K9; — Technology – CCTV, Drones, others; — Operation of a control/monitoring room; — Operation of an alarm monitoring centre; — Access Control and Management (tourniquets, barriers, authorization and badges). 2. Human and technology, e.g. use of screening and detection equipment for: — Vehicles; — Goods; — Visitors; — Staff; — Contractors (means: human and technology, e.g. use of screening and detection equipment); 3. Site and off-site Protection and Surveillance / static securing & patrolling on-site and within the building; 4. Emergency response / crisis management; — Alarm intervention; — First responders (EHS – Emergency Health Services);