ISO/PAS 28007:2012

ISO/PAS 28007:2012 was developed as an initiative by the maritime industry and based on a request by the International Maritime Organization to provide guidelines for ISO 28000-certified companies deploying Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP) on board ships.^[1][2]

It was specifically developed for organisations operating in the Piracy High Risk Area in the Indian Ocean, usually providing security transits from the Suez Canal to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. However, many of the certified or soon to be certified Private Maritime Security Companies equally apply the practices to their operations in other parts of the world.^[3]

ISO/PAS 28007 is part of a wider range of initiatives to regulate the private security industry which have been developed in recent years.^[4] The International Code of Conduct Association for Private Security Service Providers ("ICoCA") recognises ISO/PAS 28007 as a standard to achieve ICoCA certification. ^[5]

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service ("UKAS") is the only national accreditation body that accredits auditing companies to certify to the standard. As of May 2015, three certification bodies were actively certifying according to ISO/PAS 28007: LRQA, MSS Global and RTI Forensics.

In an op-ed criticizing the UK Governments laws for prosecuting individuals who enlist to fight in foreign wars George Monbiot described a loophole that allowed UK citizens to fight in foreign wars, for money, not ideology.^[6] Monbiot cited the qualifications for individuals to seek employment as Maritime Security operatives as legalizing "naval mercenaries".

See also

• ANSI/ASIS PSC.4-2013 - another maritime private security standard

References

1. "ISO/PAS 28007:2012 - Ships and marine technology -- Guidelines for Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSC) providing privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) on board ships (and pro forma contract)". iso.org. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
2. Siebels, Dirk (2014-02-23). "New ISO Standard for Private Maritime Security Companies". Piracy-law.com. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
3. "A Brief Explanation of the Private Security Regulatory Initiatives - The Standards | I.R. Consilium". irconsilium.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
4. Siebels, Dirk (October 2014). International Standards for the Private Security Industry. Vol. 159. pp. 76–83. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
5. "Certification".
6. George Monbiot (2014-02-10). "Orwell was hailed a hero for fighting in Spain. Today he'd be guilty of terrorism". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-02-09. Sue Hemming claims it is 'an offence to go out and get involved in a conflict', but that is not always true. You can be prosecuted if you possess a 'political, ideological, religious or racial motive' for getting involved, but not, strangely, if you possess a financial motive. Far from it: such motives are now eminently respectable. You can even obtain a City & Guilds qualification as a naval mercenary. Sorry, 'maritime security operative'. As long as you don't care whom you kill or why, you're exempt from the law.