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We are the UK government’s National Technical Authority for physical and personnel protective security

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Insider risk
If you have people, you have an Insider Risk: A David Smith case study

If you have people, you have an Insider Risk: A David Smith case study.

Physical security
Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems Guidance

NPSA have released a series of animations for deploying Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems (PIDS)

Physical security
Cyber Assurance of Physical Security Systems (CAPSS)

NPSA undertakes product testing of items which make up physical security systems under the CAPSS (Cyber Assurance of Physical Security Systems) programme

Incident Management
Incident Management

Effective incident management is critical to mitigating the impact of incidents at your organisation, site or premises and ensuring a swift and effective recovery

Physical security
Security Update on Surveillance Equipment

On 24 November 2022 the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster made a written ministerial statement to the House of Commons on the subject of visual surveillance systems used on the government estate

NPSA provides expert advice, research and development to support

  1. Countering terrorism
  2. Countering state threats
  3. Protecting the public

Featured Guidance

Insider Risk Mitigation Digital Learning
Insider Risk Mitigation Digital Learning

This digital learning will provide you with a solid foundation in this subject area and can act as a springboard to NPSA's extensive guidance on helping your business effectively manage insider risk.

Think Before You Link
Think Before You Link

NPSA has launched an innovative new app allowing users of social media and professional networking sites, such as LinkedIn and Facebook, to better identify the hallmarks of fake profiles used by foreign spies and other malicious actors

Supply Chain Guidance
Supply Chain Guidance

Guidance to help businesses and organisations of all shapes and sizes secure their supply chain. This is designed to help you embed security across every stage of your supply chain and to protect your business from supply chain attacks. Created in partnership with CIPS

Data Centre Security
Data Centre Security

Guidance for data centre owners and users. Use this guidance to inform your own risk management strategy that is unique to your organisations needs

Security Campaigns
Security Campaigns

Trusted Research aims to secure the integrity of the system of international research collaboration, which is vital to the continued success of the UK's research and innovation sector