June 13, 2005—ASIS International (ASIS) is helping the US Chamber of Commercethe worlds largest not-for-profit business federationprovide the tools to face homeland security issues head-on, the organization says.
Three of ASIS guidelinesthe General Security Risk Assessment Guideline, the Threat Advisory Response Guideline and the Business Continuity Guideline—are now included as resources on the Chamber of Commerce Web page dedicated to homeland security. Through these series of security advisory provisions, ASIS and the Chamber are offering American businesses viable plans of action to prepare for and react to emergency situations.
ASIS began issuing guidelines in 2001 in order to help the private sector secure its business and critical infrastructure, whether from natural disaster, accidents or planned actions, such as terrorist attacks and vandalism.
For more information and to download copies of the guidelines, please visit the ASIS Web site.
