Security advice from the SIA

A key part of protecting your business is making sure you have the right security in place. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) outline what you can do to ensure that your business has trustworthy security in place.

Security for your business could include:

• Security guarding
• Door supervision
• Close protection
• Cash and valuables in transit
• CCTV for public spaces

The SIA is the independent government body responsible for regulating the private security industry. By employing individuals and private security companies who are SIA licensed, you are ensuring that your security employees are properly trained and qualified to do their job and have passed a criminal record check.

Top security advice:

• Employ SIA licensed security to help protect your business and your business' property. Read more about SIA Licensing.
• If you are employing a private security company, rather than an individual, to look after your business security, ensure that they are a member of the SIA's Approved Contractor Scheme. Read more about the Approved Contractor Scheme.
• If your business is a security company and is not yet part of the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS), get in touch with the SIA. To have passed the criteria needed to be a member of the ACS will provide peace of mind to your clients.
• To check if a person is SIA licensed, go to the Register of License Holders. A licence may be revoked or suspended if the individual holding that licence is no longer considered 'fit and proper' under the SIA's published criteria. You can check the SIA's register of revoked and suspended licences. Search the SIA's revoked and suspended licenses.
• If you come across unlicensed security professionals who should be SIA licensed (such as door supervisors and privately contracted guards) call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or fill out our anonymous online Giving Information Form.

For more information about the SIA, visit the SIA website.