PSSA Newsletter - December 2019

ISSUE 25 December 2019 | NEWS – 19 – In the spotlight with PSSA Council member, Jon Trott How long have you been on the PSSA Council? My LinkedIn account tells me it’s been 3 years and 4 months, although I was standing in for my Managing Director for a year or so ahead of that. What experience and knowledge do you have to bring to the role? My background is in developing and implementing business process improvements, ensuring compliance to relevant standards while challenging health and safety practices. I believe my strength comes in the form of helping develop the councils’ core processes, through implementation of mechanisms that benefit and give transparency to the membership. The PSSA is driven to ensure that anyone sourcing perimeter security products or the installation/ placement of these products is well informed, has confidence in selecting a PSSA member because the products and services offered will be as described, legitimately tested and subjected to scrutiny. As demand for perimeter security grows, with it, new and exciting products enter the market. The PSSA must therefore be agile and able to adapt accordingly, and I bring that flexible approach. Having worked alongside brilliant people from a range of diverse sectors including Postal/fulfilment services, International IT infrastructure, Manufacturing e-commerce, I have a wide and varied pool of experiences to draw on during council meetings. What do you enjoy about being a Council member? Thanks to the pioneering spirit, drive and belief of the founding PSSA members, the PSSA has grown to become a respected voice in the fight to protect people and infrastructure from hostile vehicle attacks. It’s fulfilling to be part of and witness the growth of the association to a place today where membership of the PSSA has become a must have for anyone serious about security. I enjoy us working through solutions that allow the association to grow, while at the same respecting its core values, this is evidenced in the new levels of PSSA membership. What do you see for the future of the PSSA? How will it develop? The fight against the use of a vehicle as a weapon is a worldwide issue, and as a result the PSSA is quickly becoming an internationally recognised trade association, well respected both in the UK and further afield. As such the council is already working to ensure it can adapt to the demands placed on it from having an international membership. I anticipate we will need to develop the structure of the council in the coming years to expand the resources at its disposal. With new Council members being nominated, what advice can you give them? It’s a small but great team of dedicated people who are all working to ensure that the PSSA’s core values are upheld. Be willing to put yourself forward, try to dedicate time to PSSA activities, and remember to leave company politics at the door! Zaun pushes CPD to specifiers Steel fencing manufacturer Zaun is increasing its e orts to educate security consultants, speci ers and architects in the latest technologies available to design into buildings, venues and public spaces to protect the public. Experts from PSSA member Zaun will be delivering both Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Security Institute approved Continual Professional Development (CPD) workshops from London to the North East to half a dozen different audiences, culminating in early December at the International Security Expo at Kensington Olympia. Zaun director and co-founder Alastair Henman has long argued that the security industry requires greater conformity, rigour and collaboration among independent testing and accreditation bodies – and that any penetration tests accurately vet systems in real life scenarios. It favours the Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) Red Book and its SR security ratings to LPS 1175, which many specifiers are rightly now insisting upon. Zaun also gains product approvals with the likes of Secured by Design (SBD), the Perimeter Security Suppliers’ Association (PSSA), PAS 68 and IWA 14 and, of course, the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI). Henman says: “So we’re now intent on propagating this message to specifiers, designers, security consultants, architects and anyone involved in determining the security that will protect their staff, customers and the public for years to come.” Visit https://www.zaun.co.uk/zaun-pushes-cpd-to-specifiers/ for the full story. Steel fencing manufacturer Zaun is increasing its e orts to educate security consultants, speci ers and architects