The National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) and the
national network of police Counter Terrorism Security
Advisers (CTSAs) are working on reducing the vulnerability
of crowded places sites across the UK. Many of these crowded places
consist of small to medium enterprises (SMEs), that may not have
necessarily considered themselves as, or even "part of" a crowded
place.
The Crowded Places Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool (VSAT),
which has been developed by NaCTSO in partnership with leading
businesses across the UK, will assist owners, operators or those
responsible for the security of crowded places to determine their
vulnerability to terrorist attack.
What Is VSAT?
The self assessment consists of 33 questions
and should take no longer than 30 minutes to
complete and will provide you with an understanding of what you
need to put in place thereby reducing your vulnerability to a
terrorist attack. The online assessment will also produce a report
of recommendations. In order to protect your business interest and
commercial sensitivities the report will only be available to the
individual user. The overall assessment result will be displayed
without showing numerical values but will assist you in
prioritising where you may need to make improvements.
What VSAT will provide you with?
- Sign posting to best practice
- 12 months Business Continuity Management tool
- Increased local engagement with security experts (
CTSA
)
- Training Opportunities
- Written assessment report with recommendations covering,
Physical Security, Personnel Security, Information Security, Good
House Keeping and Risk Management
The Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool will provide a means for
you to identify and reduce the vulnerability to your establishment
and help protect our communities.
How do I Register?
You can register by contacting Cheshire
CTSAs
on ctsa@cheshire.pnn.police.uk
you will need to provide them with an email address, contact name
and telephone number. Your email details will then be sent to the
VSAT site and you will then receive an email with instructions on
how to log on.
In the case of larger or national chains, user accounts can be
created by contacting NaCTSO on nactso@btconnect.com