On November 22nd, ANIE Sicurezza and ASSIV are holding a conference (From cycling to cybersecurity). Technological development and new security paradigms. Today, a sector as significant as security requires advanced professional, organisational and equipment skills that enable the use of increasingly sophisticated technologies, as well as a hearty appetite for process innovation. This round table aims to reflect on how, and to what extent, new technologies are transforming security, expanding its area of operation, in synergy with operators who, when adequately trained and supported, become powerful key players in security and safety. These new, manifold possibilities raise the question of whether it still makes sense to limit surveillance operations to property defence alone and what the limits of public-private integration are for more efficient and effective citizen protection.

There’s a wide variety on offer from associations on the 23rd of November. Organised by the Ordine degli Ingegneri Della Provincia di Milano, the Province of Milan’s professional engineers’ associations, in collaboration with ANIE Sicurezza and UMAN/ANIMA, the conference The new approach to fire safety: from professionals to management. Focusing on new legislation and updates in voluntary regulations will take stock of the state of the art in technical regulations in fire prevention, particularly in light of significant new legislative provisions that regulate the new approach to fire prevention, from professionals to managing fire safety.

The CEI Alarm Systems training course will illustrate the principles of alarm system design describing related component subsystems (Detectors, Control Unit and Alarm Devices) and the applicable technical and regulatory framework. More specifically, starting from the initial identification, analysis and risk assessment phase, the course will illustrate the steps and criteria to follow in the design, implementation, verification and maintenance of alarm systems. In the afternoon session, the focus will turn to how to calculate the performance level required to identify the level of security an anti-burglary alarm system achieves. Taking part in the CEI course, provided by the Italian Electrotechnical Committee, provides engineers and Industrial Technicians to 8 professional training credits.

The Protecting valuables is not just a resilience issue conference offered by ANIMA Sicurezza also focuses on professionalism and the importance of training and leading technical standards in valuables protection and custody. Authoritative industry representatives from the physical security supply chain will present their point of view and their experiences: while the complexities of the world of security are familiar for industry experts, unfortunately this is not always the case on the market. Carelessness and a lack of skill in formulating supply specifications or choosing maintenance services unfortunately undermine the efforts to offer the level of professionalism that is now available on the market.

The event Professionalism and Qualifications for Security Systems Installers to protect the market: the inter-associative process results and future ideas on the 24th of November will describe the evolution and the state of the art of the inter-associative project promoted by AIPS in collaboration with Aipros, ANIE Sicurezza, Assosicurezza, ICMQ b.u.Cersa, IMQ and TÜV Italia, created for SICUREZZA 2019 and aimed at unifying the current certification schemes’ contents for the security system designers, installers and maintainers in one Technical Standard.  In recent months, a joint UNI-CEI Team has been working on drafting a standard for professional designer, installer and maintenance technician operations by identifying tasks and activities and the knowledge, skills, autonomy and responsibility requirements, aiming to create a “license” for security professionals. The results of the inter-associative process will be set out at Sicurezza 2021 and any future developments will be discussed. 

The issue of security in healthcare facilities is highly topical nowadays and shines a light on the role and skills of personnel in charge of security within facilities that are considered vulnerable targets. On November 24th, this will be the subject of the ASSIV conference Security in Healthcare: security & safety for operators, users and facilities, in which authoritative security and healthcare figures will discuss the issue while moderated by a leading university lecturer in healthcare security, in order to bring out highlights and lowlights of a context whose protection is vital for the entire country.