BS 7499:2020

This standard BS 7499:2020 Provision of static guarding security services. Code of practice is classified in these ICS categories:

• 13.310 Protection against crime

This British Standard gives recommendations for the management, staffing and operation of an organization providing security guarding services on a static site.

NOTE Annex A gives information on the use of the term “security guarding”.

This British Standard does not apply to all security services, for example cash-in-transit services, the management and operation of closed-circuit television (CCTV), door supervisors, keyholding and response services, mobile patrol services and event stewarding.

NOTE Recommendations for cash-in-transit services, CCTV, door supervisors, keyholding and response services, mobile patrol services and event stewarding are given in BS 7872, BS 7958, BS 7960, BS 7984‑1, BS 7984‑3 and BS 8406 respectively.