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Membership

2019 was a year of record growth for the Security Institute, with 716
successful applicants joining our membership. This is a 22% increase
in new successful applications from the 2018 total figures.

Of the 716 successful applicants, our ‘Member’ (MSyI) grade of 3,404
membership accounted for the biggest percentage of successful
applicants with 304 new ‘Members’ joining the Security Institute in
2019. This was then followed by ‘Associate’ (ASyI) grade members,
which represented 178 of the successful applicants joining in 2019.
This was then proceeded by Affiliate and Student grade members
accounting for 127 and 107 successful applicants respectively. Total Members

With regards to leavers of the Institute, there were 207 that left our
membership in 2019. This figure indicates a 26% decline in leavers
compared to the 2018 total, continuing a steady decline in leavers.
When it comes to why individuals decided to leave and not continue
their membership, the majority of leavers left due to non-payment/
lost contact with this accounting for 127 of the 2019 leavers. The next 716
most common reason for leaving the Institute was that the member
had ‘Retired or Left the Profession’, which accounted for 23 of the
leavers.

Also, in 2019 a number of Student members that we had lost contact Successful applicants
with were identified. In early 2020, these Student members were
contacted and asked if they wish to upgrade their membership or to joined the Institute in
be processed as leavers.
2019

This brought our end of year Membership total for 2019 to 3,404 - an
increase of just over 20% from the end of year figures for 2018.

Recruitment vs Leavers Year on Year

New members

Leavers

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