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The ASIS Foundation makes a difference in the security industry and communities we serve through research, grants, and scholarships for security professionals. The Foundation is supported by generous donations from ASIS members, chapters, and organizations.

About the Foundation

Education – Scholarship and grant opportunities for those pursuing physical security and cybersecurity careers 

Research – We conduct timely security research on contemporary threats, best practices, and regulations providing valuable and actionable knowledge for the security profession.

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 Making a difference in our industry and the lives of those who keep the world safe, through research and scholarships.

Participate in the SecurAmerica Challenge 

If ASIS has helped you meet the right people, get certified
or advance your career, now is your chance to give back
and help others. Please donate today!

—Frank Argenbright, CEO, SecurAmerica

Thanks to Frank Argenbright, your donation will make twice the difference in the lives of security professionals. Argenbright has issued a matching challenge to security professionals—kicking off at GSX and running through the end of 2019, he will match every dollar donated to the ASIS Foundation, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000. That will fund twice the research and twice the scholarships.

Donate to the ASIS Foundation today and double your impact!

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Certification Accelerator

This popular scholarship program has expanded to include both the CPP and PSP. The ASIS Foundation offers the gift of one free certification exam to EVERY ASIS Chapter worldwide. Last year, more than 100 chapters in 30 countries participated. Let’s increase that number for 2019!

Chapter leaders can click on the link below to learn how to administer this program. Interested applicants, please contact your local chapter for more information.

Thank you, Foundation Sponsors

New! The State of Security Convergence

The ASIS Foundation has just released a new study identifying and describing the relationship between cybersecurity, physical security, and business continuity functions in organizations and the extent to which the three functions work independently, two of the three are converged, or all three are completely converged. The research also explores necessary success factors in creating a high-functioning integrated enterprise risk model, from both organizational and strategic perspectives.

Using survey responses from more than 1,000 security leaders in the U.S., Europe, and India, plus more than 20 follow-up interviews, the study provides a ‘current state’ of the relationship among physical security, cybersecurity, and business continuity. It provides relevant benchmarks to compare strategies, plans, and operations and determine best practices for creating more effective and cost-efficient security and risk operations.

Download your complimentary Executive Summary

The full-length report will be available in mid-November.

Research from the ASIS Foundation

Intelligent Building Management Systems: Guidance for Protecting Organizations

Produced in partnership with BOMA International (BOMA) and the Security Industry Association (SIA), Intelligent Building Management Systems: Guidance for Protecting Organizations provides a framework for decision-makers to assign a risk-based criticality or impact to their building and asks relevant security questions to develop appropriate mitigation strategies.

The guidance is based on original research that provides an exhaustive overview of identified intelligent building critical vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.

Download the guidance document, full report, and shareable infographics today!

Scouting the Future

This innovative research initiative identifies seven key change drivers impacting the security profession. Understanding the implications of these changes will allow leaders to better navigate the evolving environment and develop effective strategies for a new, emerging future.

Executive Summary

The insights generated will inform the Foundation's research agenda and the ASIS content strategy to meet future member needs. Each change driver represents an area where change is occurring most rapidly and could have the largest impact. To learn more about each topic, please click on the links below.

Featured Report

Archaeological Site of COLONIA CLUNIA SULPICA Penalba de Castro, Burgos, Spain​

Principal Authors:
James H. Clark, CPP, Clark Security Group, LLC
Ricardo Sanz Marcos, Proarpa (Proteccion de Activos y Patrimonio)
Robert Carotenuto, CPP, PCI, PSP, New York Botanical Garden

Scholars believe that the site of Colonia Clunia Suplicia (Clunia) is the most representative of all the archaeological ruins that have been found from the Roman period in the Northern Iberian Peninsula. The objective of this assessment was to identify those conditions that could create security vulnerabilities for the site and its resources, including people, assets, and activities.

This report provides a case study, including a physical security assessment of Clunia and its surrounding environs, along with a review of other historic sites in the region.

Funded by a grant from the ASIS Foundation and presented by the ASIS Cultural Properties Council.

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Metrics Report

The research report Persuading Senior Management with Effective, Evaluated, Security Metrics was sponsored by the ASIS Foundation, in collaboration​ with the ASIS Defense and Intelligence Council, to add to the body of knowledge about security metrics and to empower security professionals to better assess and present metrics.  This report provides the project's findings, including its three practical, actionable products:

  1. The Security Metrics Evaluation Tool (Security M​ET), which security professionals can self-administer to develop, evaluate, and improve security metrics
  2. A library of metric descriptions, each evaluated according to the Security MET criteria
  3. Guidelines for effective use of security metrics to inform and persuade senior management, with an emphasis on organizational risk and return on investment
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