Internationally, airport security programs are governed by rules issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), by the international Conventions and their Annex 17,  and the ICAO Doc 8973 - security manual. On the national level, the designated aviation  security regulator is responsible to transform the Annex 17 requirements onto the National  Civil Aviation Security Program (NCASP) which governs the whole civil aviation entities in  the country (airports and air carriers). Vanguard Global will work to ensure that the Airport satisfies these standards.  

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Annex 17 and the ICAO Security Manual (Doc 8973) is a comprehensive set of measures to  enhance the security of airports, aircrafts and their users, developed in response to the  perceived threats to the civil aviation industry.  

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In essence, the ICAO Security Manual (Doc 8973) takes the approach that ensuring the  security of civil aviation is a risk management activity. The Security Manual also  stipulates that to determine what security measures are appropriate, an assessment of the  risks must be made in each particular case.  

 

ANUBIS's approach to compliance is based on working knowledge of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s  (ICAO’s) different conventions and their Annex 17 and subsequent ICAO Doc 8973 Security Manual along with a clear understanding of related aviation security requirements.

 

ANUBIS' team of specialists represents the diverse security  concepts required to fulfil the mandated requirements, namely:  

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1. Sound security background encompassing aviation security, marine security, industrial security, transportation security, oil and gas security, mine security and  government;  

2. Governance and Regulatory compliance framework experience;  

3. Operating knowledge of the aviation industry;  

4. Understanding of airport operations, engineering and command systems;  

5. Operational working knowledge of airport stakeholders interface concept;  

6. Knowledge of the domestic and international terrorist threats;  

7. Understanding and knowledge of transportation security as an integral part of  critical infrastructure;  

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