Take this Test and Rate if Your Facility Facility Would Benefit from Virtual Security Management (VSM)

The Virtual Security Management Diagnostic Test is intended to be a barometer to help ascertain whether you facility would benefit from VSM. It is important to remember that Virtual Security Management is intended to maintain your security program at a high level without the need to hire a full time Board Certified Security Professional. Virtual Security Management is intended to allow a security supervisor for a smaller operation or a non-certified security manger for a larger operation, run a security program. Through the use of this service, SMSI's clients will receive monthly reports of security activities and trends along with recommendations and adjustments. It is SMSI's goal to stand behind and support local security supervisory personnel. By applying expertise, SMSI Inc. will take your existing security program and make it better.

01) YESNO	Do you have an on-site security manger?
02) YESNO	Is your security program managed by a Board Certified Protection Professional?
03) YESNO	Does your security supervisor have at least 5 years of in-charge managerial experience?
04) YESNO	If you are using a contract guard service, is the security manager of the site directly employed by your facility?
05) YESNO	If you are using a contract guard service, was that contract negotiated by a security professional working with corporate legal counsel?
06) YESNO	Is the person in charge of purchasing electronic security solutions such as access control systems and CCTV experienced and qualified in security design?
07) YESNO	When new facilities are being designed or when existing facilities are remodeled, are CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) principals applied?
08) YESNO	Can facility management account for every key issued over the past five years?
09) YESNO	Are tenants and/or employees fully participating in a structured Security Awareness Program (SAP)?
10) YESNO	Are all security personnel fully trained in a site specific training program?
11) YESNO	Does you facility have a written site specific training curriculum?
12) YESNO	Are you sure that your facility has never been the object of a security derived lawsuit? (If the answer is "no", add 20% to your final score.)
13) YESNO	Has the facility had a professional security assessment within the past two years?
14) YESNO	Are security personnel using a computer based Daily Activity Report (DAR) system?
15) YESNO	Are security personnel using a computer based Incident Reporting (IR) system?
16) YESNO	Does every incident where a crime has occurred, generate a computer based investigation file?
17) YESNO	Are DARs and IRs analyzed monthly for emerging trends?
18) YESNO	Does every incident report that is generated require a corrective action?
19) YESNO	Does your organization maintain a Security Department website?
20) YESNO	Is the effectiveness of your security and loss prevention program actually measured?
21) YESNO	Are all security personnel properly trained in the "use of force continuum?"
22) YESNO	Have you revised your bomb threat protocol since 9/11?
23) YESNO	Do contingency plans address the possibility that in the event of a major regional crisis, local Police be unable to respond?
24) YESNO	Has a study of exterior and/or parking structure lighting been done in the last five years?
25) YESNO	Is management provided with monthly graphical recaps of all security activity on a scheduled basis (monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly)?
26) YESNO	Is your security program meeting a reasonable standard of care for the community?
27) YESNO	Has a Crimecast survey, with five years projections, been made of your facility?
28) YESNO	Are all common area CCTV cameras monitored live by security personnel?
29) YESNO	Does your security program strike a reasonable balance between the use of personnel and technology?
30) YESNO	Are security personnel fully trained as first responders to personal injury accidents?

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