Security policies are mechanisms for identifying and managing a wide spectrum of risks. Policies can be complex and meet the requirements of a large scale and multi-national organization, or more simplistic and meet smaller organizational requirements, with a more domestic focus. Regardless of the size and scope of an organization, security policies provide the method by which to bring effective control to risk, protecting personnel and assets, as well as business and corporate interests through a well structured management approach.

Often security policies are designed without understanding how policies and associated protocols and plans will be migrated across multiple business or operating regions, and how changes to the company approach or focus, or indeed the risk and operating environment, can be practically reflected within evolving policies and plans. Frequently companies will invest a considerable amount of time, effort and resources only to find that policies quickly lose their relevancy, are difficult to sustain and become inconsistent in structure and focus as individual business or operating managers interject their own unique perspectives and styles.

RSM Consulting has supported both large and small companies in identifying their unique requirements and designing and implementing security policies which address risk management and crisis response in a sensible, sustainable and pragmatic manner. Our consultants all have over 18 years advisory experience within security and risk management. Most have Masters Degrees in Security Management and many are published authors within the security sector.

RSM Consulting understands that consistency in structure and approach does not remove the requirement to reflect unique local, regional and national factors, but provides a consistent framework which can guide managers to identifying, mitigating and responding to both generic and unique challenges. Our approach includes:

• Identifying the postulated risks
• Determining organizational requirements
• Frame-working policy structures
• Establishing stake-holder buy-in
• Consolidating policies and associated plans
• Providing training and education
• Launching and testing plans
• Validating and auditing policies

RSM Consulting will provide training on how managers can design their own security policies, or understand what standards and approaches outsourced security and risk consultants should provide to the company. The course will explain the different forms of security policies which might support the organization, and how managers should either framework their own policies and supporting documents, or issue an effective scope of work for outsourced consultancy support. This training will increase an organization’s internal capacity for risk management and crisis response, as well as enable managers to better understand what outsourced support services should be providing – increasing risk management provisions, while reducing costs, time, effort and frustrations.

RSM Consulting can provide companies a standard training package, or we can tailor a training course to meet a company’s unique and individual needs. RSM Consulting offers condensed packages which can cover focus points during conferences or meetings, as well as a series of progressive courses that allow busy company staff to receive a more condensed course. RSM Consulting will provide materials to support attendees in designing their own policies and plans on completion of the course.