SyI Focus Groups
Security Institute Focus Groups are new for 2009, and this initiative is being led by the Standards Directorate, under the overall leadership of Vice-Chairman Doug Cook. It is hoped that as many members as possible will actively contribute a small amount of time and a large amount of expertise to these Groups, thus ensuring that their experience, training and qualifications can be utilised for the benefit of the wider security community.
We will also be encouraging other specialist organisations to work with us, and we look forward to supporting and developing these links. We believe we don't need to have all the answers ourselves, but we need to know who does, and be able to promulgate that information for the benefit of all.
The objectives of the Focus Groups are:
- To place the Institute at the centre of the development of best practice for the UK Security profession
- To establish liaison with other relevant groups also involved in this type of activity, eg. SfS, BSI, ASIS International, SC, SSIAB etc.
- Through membership engagement, to develop pools of expertise within the Institute
- To feed best practice into the SyI Diploma and Certificate projects, via the Academic Board
Details of who has joined the initial Focus Groups, and what subjects will be covered, are shown in the Minutes of the Launch Meeting, held on 24th June 2009.
This initiative is being led by Security Institute Director Jerry Woods FSyI, who has recently joined the board. He can be contacted on Jerry.Woods@bristol.ac.uk .
Anyone wishing to join these groups or wanting further information should contact the scheme co-ordinator Danie Adendorff MSyI on ddaniead@aol.com or Mobile: 079 58 046 285 or Tel: 02089 88 37036.