Standards are an industry's common language of performance and acceptability. Standards help build the 'soft infrastructure' of modern, innovative economies. They provide certainty, references, best practices and benchmarks for designers, engineers and service providers. Standardisation diminishes trade barriers, promotes safety, allows interoperability of products, systems and services, and promotes common technical understanding. Core principles of standardisation include openness, due process, transparency, and consensus. The development of standards needs active participation to make them work.

Participants are expected to take away the following:

- Understanding of the concepts of management systems standards and the underlying concepts.
- Understanding of management systems standards specific for security.
- Insights into how security professionals and organisations can successfully add this tool to the services they provide to enhance preparedness and resilience.
- Understanding of what standards are, how they are made and how you and your company can help develop them.
- Practical hands-on experience of benchmarking and certification.
- How to pass auditing and how to become an auditor.

The training will be conducted by following speakers:

Dr. Marc Siegel is adjunct professor at San Diego State University and the security management systems consultant heading the ASIS International Global Standards Initiative. He represents ASIS at the ISO and other international forums. He is a highly experienced trainer on the implementation of standards

Roger D. Warwick CPP is a qualified lead auditor ISO27001, and sits on ISO, CEN and UNI committees. He is regional secretary of the British Chamber of Commerce for Italy and managing director of Pyramid International. Roger is licensed as an investigator by the Italian Government for both civil and penal matters. He currently serves as regional vice president for ASIS International Region 27A and is a regular speaker at conferences.