ISO 18788 is an international standard that presents management systems for the management of security operations. It provides guidelines for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring and reviewing, maintaining, and enhancing the management of security services. It seeks to ensure that organizations provide effective and constant security services that adhere to international legal frameworks, safeguard human rights, and also adhere to ethical conduct.

This standard will benefit all private security companies, outsourcing organizations of security services, and any other commercial entity seeking to enhance its manner of providing security management. ISO 18788 implementation enables businesses to ensure that the execution of security operations is efficacious, in conformity with all applicable laws, and reasonable in all aspects.

Managing security operations in the modern business environment is challenging. Security risks are constantly changing, and organizations have to ensure that their operations not only are effective but also are changeable with the introduction of new threats. ISO 18788 will let businesses take on managing security operations in a structured manner, while maintaining control, accountability, and transparency of security activities.

Through ISO 18788 , organizations can:

– Assure Compliance : This standard means that your security operations are up to date with the international laws, human rights guidelines, and the ethics of doing business.

– Promote Accountability : The creation of ISO 18788 puts into account the accountability in the security operation management starting with senior management down to an operational team.

– Repute Building : Companies employing ISO 18788 stand for trying to be ethical and effective security management, which can attract clients, partners, and even the reputation among regulatory authorities.

– Minimize Risk : This ISO 18788 structured approach proactively identifies and manages risks, avoiding the happening of security incidents as well as the impact on business.

In Unikonsultant, we offer professional consultancy to support organizations to deal with business operations through ISO 18788 . Our consultancy service focuses on making practice in your organization’s security operations based on the criteria of ISO 18788 ; no issued certification. Your personnel and ours collaborate to analyze the existing practice, identify the area that needs improvement, and design a custom program for conducting security operations management as guided by ISO 18788 .

How can Unikonsultant assist your organization?

1. Security Risk Assessment and Gap Analysis
The implementation process for ISO 18788 begins from knowing the nature of your current security operations and the gaps between your existing practices and the requirement of ISO 18788. Unikonsultant conducts an exhaustive security risk assessment and gap analysis to identify areas where there is a need for improvement. Ensures the understanding of risks faced and the best practice in mitigating them.

2. Tailored Security Management System Development
Where gaps are identified, our team works directly with your organization on developing a tailored security management system in keeping with ISO 18788 , establishing clear policies, procedures, and controls for effective management of security operations, where your security services should be efficient, ethical, and compliant with the law.

3. ISO Documentation Services
Proper and detailed documentation is one of the elements ISO 18788 takes into account. Unikonsultant will help you with all the documentation involving preparing and structuring. This includes security management plans, risk assessments, and even incident reports. Our ISO documentation services ensure that your security management system is documented well and is ready for audit or review.

4. Training and Awareness Programs
Employees must clearly understand their specific roles and responsibilities when implementing a solid security management system. Training workshops provided by Unikonsultant are aimed at educating your teams in ISO 18788 requirements, best practices in the management of security operations , and the importance of ethical standards in dealing with security activities.

All of our programs are user-friendly, and simple designs. They are implemented by us as needed for the complete potential of your employees in allowing the processes to be implemented and maintaining the new security procedures.

5. Ongoing Support and Continuous Improvement
ISO 18788 is not a once-off affair but something that will be constantly in review and in processes of improvement. Unikonsultant can assist you with the assessment of your security management system to watch it. That is to say, even when your system has effectively been working before, we can enable it to keep being that over time. We could assist with internal audits, continuing risk assessments, and periodic updates to your system for continued strength against changing security threats.

With such specificity from ISO 18788 , organizations benefit in many ways from improving security operations:

– Smarter, Leaner, and More Cost-Efficient Security Operations : The standard would make security operations more efficient.

– Intensification of Accountability : Defining the role and responsibility of individuals working within your organization, as required by ISO 18788 , would make sure everyone knows what to do.

– Improvement in Legal Compliance : With ISO 18788 , security operations are aligned to international legislation and human rights principles. This way, there would be limited or no cases related to legal or regulatory exposure.

– Improved Reputation : The service provider companies registered for ISO 18788 would enjoy the reputation of ethical management in security operations, thus creating more business trust and credibility with their clients and associates.

– Risk Reduction : The structured approach to risk management detailed in ISO 18788 enables organisations to undertake proactive identification of security risks, making it possible to either eliminate them or at least reduce their impact.

Unikonsultant assists companies in implementing ISO 18788 and in improving their methods to execute security operations. Our consultant’s tailored experience is based on the specific security requirements you need. We do not certify; we will follow you through every process–from initial risk assessment through system development and onward improvement.

What separates Unikonsultant is focus on practicality and simplicity. We make the adoption process through the ISO 18788 system clear and simple, and thus your organization can quickly benefit from a more robust and effective security management system.

Conclusion

The very fast and dynamic nature of today’s world entails the basic aspect of the most important thing to be assured: the safety of time assets, people, and operations. ISO 18788 supports effective management of security operations in respect of acceptable ethics; by Unikonsultant’s experience, possible implementation regarding the improvement of security management practice, as well as better accountability and minimizing the risk.

Let Unikonsultant get a hold on such intricacies of ISO 18788 and make your security operations stronger. Call us today to kick-start the process towards effective and ethical security management.