ABH: Actual Bodily Harm
ABI: Association of British Investigators
ACAS: Advisory and Conciliation Service
ACFE: Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
ACPO: Association of Chief Police Officers
ADP: British Army Doctrine Publication
ADS: Aerospace, Defence, Security trade group
AFO: Authorised Firearms Officers
AGM: Annual General Meeting
AIEs: Advanced Industrialised Economies
APICS: Association for Supply Chain and Operations Management
APPF: Afghan Public Protection Force
AS: Anti Surveillance
ASIS: American Society for Industrial Security
BPSS: Baseline Personnel Security Standard
BC: Business Continuity
BCI: Business Continuity Institute
BCM: Business Continuity Management
BG: Bodyguard
BIMCO: Baltic and International Maritime Council
BP: Beyond Petroleum, formerly British Petroleum
BRC: British Retail Consortium
BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India and People’s Republic of China
BSI: British Standards Institute
BSIA: British Security Industry Association
CBA: Cost Benefit Analysis
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
CEOP: Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
CESG: Communications-Electronic Security Group
CI: Competitive Intelligence
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency, US
CIA (The CIA Triad): Confidentiality, Integrity, Accessibility
CII: Council of International Investigators
CIO: Chief Information Officer
CIR Magazine: Continuity, Insurance and Risk
CISO: Chief Information Security Officer
CLV: Customer Life Value
CoLCPA: City of London Crime Prevention Association
COSWP: Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen
CPNI: Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure, UK
CPO: Close Protection Operative
CRA: Country Risk Analysis
CRB: Criminal Records Bureau
CS: Counter Surveillance
CSA: Crime Scene Analysis
CSARN: City Security and Resilience Networks
CSF: Comprehensive Soldier Fitness
CT (scan): Computerised Tomography
DHS: Department for Homeland Security
DNA: Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DVLA: Driver Vehicle Licencing Agency
ECHR: European Convention of Human Rights
EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
EHIC: European Health Insurance Card
EISF: European Interagency Security Forum
EM: Emerging Market
EP: Emergency Planning
ERM: Enterprise Risk Management
EU: European Union
EU NAVFOR: European Union Naval Forces
FCO: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK)
FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
FSA: Financial Services Authority
GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GPS: Global Positioning System
GBH: Grievous Bodily Harm
G8: Group of eight leading global economies.
G20: G8 plus some of the world’s larger emerging national economies
HASAW: Health and Safety at Work
HASE: Health and Safety Executive
HBR: Harvard Business Review
HEA: Higher Education Academy
HEBCON: Higher Education Business Continuity Network
HMG: Her Majesty’s Government, United Kingdom
HR: Human Resources
HRA: Health Risk Assessments
HSC: Health and Safety Commission
ICC: International Criminal Court
ICC: International Chamber of Commerce
ICOC: International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers
ICJ: International Court of Justice
ICPEM: Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Managers
ICT: Information Communications Technology
IPS: Identity and Passport Service
IMF: International Monetary Fund
IoD: Institute of Directors
IOFM: Institute of Financial Management
IPO: Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)
IPR: Intellectual Property Rights
ISMS: Information Security Management System Standard ISO27001
ISPS: International Ship and Port Facility Security Code
IT: Information Technology
JIT: Just in Time
JV: Joint Venture
KPI: Key Performance Indicators
KRAs: Key Results Areas
K&R: Kidnap and Ransom
LBC: London’s Big Conversation
LEPs: Local Enterprise Partnerships
LLP: Limited Liability Partnership
MDGs: Millennium Development Goals
MENA: Middle East and North Africa
Mispers: Missing Persons
NaCTSO: National Counter Terrorism Security Office
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NAPPS: National Association of Professional Process Servers
NEOUCOM: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
NFA: No Further Action
NFA: National Fraud Authority (UK)
NFIB: National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (UK)
NFRC: National Fraud Reporting Centre (UK)
NFSTC: National Forensic Science Technology Centre
NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation
NIAC: National Infrastructure Advisory Council
NOS: National Occupational Standards
NPIA: National Policing Improvement Agency
NSI: National Security Inspectorate
NZ: New Zealand
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OM: Operations Management
OMBOK: Operations Management Body of Knowledge Framework
ONI: Office of Naval Intelligence
OP: Observation Post
OSAC: Overseas Security Advisory Council (US)
OSINT: Open Source Intelligence
OU: Open University
PACE: Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984)
PACT: Parents & Abducted Children Together
PAS: Publicly Available Specification
PCASP: Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel
PES: Personal Escort Section
PESTLE: Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental
PI: Private Investigator
PIN: Personal Identification Number
PIR: Priority Information Request
PLC: Public Limited Company
PMSC: Private Maritime Security Companies
POTUS: President of the United Sates of America
PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
PSCs: Private Security Contractors
PSF: UK Professional Standards Framework
PUB: Personal Unblocking Code
PVS: Passport Validation Service
RDSG: Royal Dutch Shell Group
RIDDOR: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (2013)
RIPA: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
ROI: Return on Investment
RUF: International Model Set of Maritime Rules for the Use of Force
SAMI: Security Association for the Maritime Industry
SCEG: Security in Complex Environments Group
SIA: Security Industry Authority
SIs: Statutory instruments
SLAs: Service Level Agreements
SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound
SOLAS: The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
SWOT: Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats
TGP: Target Group Profiling
TINYg: Terrorist Information New York Group
TRIPS: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
UN: United Nations
US: United States
USP: Unique Sales Proposition
USTPO: United States Trademark and Patent Office
VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol
VPS: Victim Personal Statements
WTO: World Trade Organisation