ISSUE 16
July 2017
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SPONSORS OF THE PSSA NEWSLETTER:
www.hcsecuritysolutions.comI am delighted to inform you that PSSA has, at the end of June, signed an
agreement funded by the Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSaRC),
a Home Office unit, on a project aimed at providing specifiers and
purchasers, especially within government, with increased support resource
when researching or selecting appropriate solutions to vehicle borne
terrorist risks.
At the beginning of this year JSaRC invited industry and academia to
propose projects for the betterment of national security with the intention
of selecting ten such proposals to take forward into projects upon which
JSaRC would fund successful proposals . PSSA made such a proposal and
we are delighted to have made the top ten and really look forward to
working with JSaRC on our project.
In summary, the project will involve the development of an
independently managed on line resource providing relevant parties
with information on the various standards that exist, how they compare,
products and suppliers that have been independently tested and which
standards they have been shown to meet, guidance on risk assessments,
etc. We will also be developing a suite of CPD seminars whereby PSSA
trained and certified presenters will be available to attend the premises of
specifiers and buyers to give them face to face industry information and be
able to take Q&A sessions thereafter.
The overall aim is to help end users to make informed selections of
products and services that are right for their particular circumstance and to
give them an independent resource whereby they can verify information
that they have received from elsewhere, should they feel the need to do so.
We will shortly be inviting all PSSA members to attend a launch of this
project at which we will provide further information and seek maximum
member input to help us to produce a quality end product/service for the
purchaser/user.
Coinciding with this project we have also now largely completed the
work on a revised Verification Scheme for PSSA manufacturers and an
article on this can be read elsewhere in this newsletter.
The need for high performance perimeters and hostile vehicle
protection systems has never been greater and PSSA remains determined,
through projects like these, to play a role in supporting both the end user
and the reputable members of our industry in their efforts to mitigate the
terrorist threat.
Simon Towers, Chairman PSSA
What is JSaRC?
The Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSaRC) is a
partnership jointly funded by the security industry
and the Home Office to act as an interface between
the sector (industry and academic) and the complex
security machinery of government. JSaRC has set
itself three core objectives. 1) Deliver a joint response
to the UK’s national security challenges, 2) Drive the
delivery of the right solutions, 3) Support the growth
of the security sector. The organisation has recruited
secondees across the security sector to ensure there
is the industry knowledge and expertise it needs
to succeed. When fully up and running, it will be
headquartered in Cambridge.
Agreement on a joint funded project with JSaRC