National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of ISO 22340:2024.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee GW/3, Private Security Management & Services.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2024.

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Introduction

This document aims to meet a global need for organizations to formulate and integrate their protective security controls in a way that is based on risk management principles and strategically aligned with the interests of the organization. It details an enterprise architecture and integrated framework within which a diverse suite of security-related policy, processes and practices can be coordinated.

Clarity on what protective security is, what it means, how it can be implemented, and how its benefits can be measured, will be helpful to managers, regardless of the sector. This is particularly important for the many organizations that have expended substantial resources on various security measures that have not necessarily been coordinated or informed by the full range of security risk. In an increasingly complex security environment, this document aims to provide clarity in this regard and to provide a basis for better enterprise security outcomes as a result.

This document:

Provides guidance on how organizations and their managers can implement and manage coherent protective security arrangements.
Demonstrates the critically important idea that effective security management is based on an understanding of risk and the application of risk management principles, and that the form and implementation of security controls (that protect an organization’s assets) are integral to the long-term success of the organization. Security is a business enabler, not an overhead cost to the organization.
Defines and details the elements of protective security, outlines an enterprise protective security governance model and defines the roles and responsibilities necessary in delivering protective security outcomes.
Demonstrates the critical importance of establishing and sustaining an organizational culture supporting positive security behaviours: where all personnel and interested parties have a sense of shared ownership of security outcomes; and where all are authorized and competent to act in the security interests of the organization and invested in the security of the organization.
Outlines the importance of continuous improvement in relation to an organization’s protective security.

This document is applicable for any organization and will be particularly useful for those that have had difficulty implementing risk-based frameworks appropriate to their security context. Organizations with such difficulties can be guided by this document in identifying and procuring appropriately competent services to assist.

The guidelines contained in this document do not provide detailed procedures at the technical or operational level. Where standards are not available at this level, organizations should formulate and implement procedures based on the high-level guidance contained in this document and according to best practices at international and national levels.

1 Scope

This document provides guidance on the enterprise protective security architecture and the framework of protective security policies, processes and types of controls necessary to mitigate and manage security risks across the protective security domains, including:

security governance;
personnel security;
information security;
cybersecurity;
physical security.

This document is applicable for any organization.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Enterprise protective security architecture

4.1 General

4.2 Integration

4.3 Elements of the architecture

5 Protective security principles and domains

5.1 Protective security principles

5.2 Protective security domains

6 Security governance domain

6.1 Objective

6.2 Security controls

6.3 Implementation

7 Personnel security domain

7.1 Objective

7.2 Security controls

7.3 Implementation

8 Information security domain

8.1 Objective

8.2 Security controls

8.3 Implementation

9 Cybersecurity domain

9.1 Objective

9.2 Security controls

9.3 Implementation

9.4 Rapid development of the digital domain

10 Physical security domain

10.1 Objective

10.2 Security controls

10.3 Implementation

11 Developing the organization’s security maturity

Bibliography

BS ISO 22340:2024

Security and resilience. Protective security. Guidelines for an enterprise protective security architecture and framework

Current

Published:

30 Nov 2024