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           Chief Executive’s Address:



           Government Security Group memberships



           and the positive impact for all members of




           the Security Institute.



           Rick Mounfield CSyP FSyI



           In 2017, I met with a member of HMRC to discuss the
           Government’s security framework and how the Institute could
           be involved in providing a collaborative enterprise for the good
           of the Government Security Profession Competency Framework
           (GSPCF) and the wider security community. It was a complex
           conversation that seemed to be very much one-sided. Over the
           following years, the baton was passed to Department of Works
           and Pensions to the Cabinet Office. The resulting framework,
           launched in Feb 2020, was far from one-sided.


            The Government Security Profession amounts to 11,500
           professionals working in specialisms. Those being Physical,
           Personnel, Technical, Cyber and Corporate enablers. These
           “clusters” or “centres of excellence” aim to define baseline
           standards and skills in each area with 45 defined GSPCF roles.
           The training opportunities and career progression that are
           required, mirror what the corporate security sector would like
           to achieve but find too difficult because the different businesses
           have no way of collaborating in any meaningful way. The
           Security Institute is aspiring to address this dislocation.


           The Government Security Profession was officially launched at
           their Security Conference in London back in February 2020, just
           before the pandemic brought everything to a grinding halt. The
           Institute was declared as an intrinsic part of the professional
           journey and all GSP personnel were encouraged to join the
           Security Institute to broaden their exposure to the wider security
           world. This decision to “open up” to collaborative projects has
           already resulted in innovative working groups and will continue
           to accelerate the protective measures we can all consider in our
           areas of responsibility, whatever our specialism may be.
           Back in February, the Institute had group memberships in place
           with the FCO, MOD DE&S and the Civil Aviation Authority.



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