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The ASIS Foundation helps security professionals achieve their career goals with certification scholarships, practical research, member hardship grants, and more. Your Foundation is supported by generous donations from ASIS members, chapters, and organizations.

The ASIS Foundation was founded as an affiliate of ASIS International in 1966 to serve the security industry through scholarship and research.

Education
We offer 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.

The Foundation’s work is made possible by generous gifts from individuals, chapters, councils and organizations.

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The following donors designated their gifts as a tribute to special individuals or groups. To make your individual, chapter, or organization gift ‘in honor’ or ‘in memory’ of someone, please visit: https://store.asisonline.org/donate.html

Donor Name				Tribute
Anonymous				In memory of Don Walker
Susan Friedberg				In honor of Mark Folmer
Eric Kready				In honor of Military Liaison Community Scholarship Fund
Rose Miller				In honor of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)
William Nay				In honor of the San Francisco Chapter - ASIS
Henri Nolin				In honor of Military Liaison Commuity Scholarship Fund

The 2022 ASIS Foundation Virtual Fitness Challenge

Thank you to all who donated to and/or participated in the 2022 ASIS Foundation Fitness Challenge!

With your support, more than 140 security professionals from 17 countries collectively traveled over 40,000 km (25,400 miles) and raised $37,243 in donations for the ASIS Foundation, a 34% increase over 2021 results.

Your donations will support certification scholarships, practical research, member hardship grants, and more to help security professionals worldwide.

Thank you, 2022 Fitness Challenge sponsors! Your participation helped to make this event a success.

Gold Sponsors: ACRE, Microsoft, and The Resiliency Initiative

Silver Sponsors: Doyle Security Services, ECAmSecure, Oatridge Security Group, Thermal Radar, Unipro International, and Xandar Kardian

Bronze Sponsors: Sage Integration, Security ProAdvisors, stapp one

Security Convergence and Business Continuity: Reflecting on the Pandemic Experience

This research investigates the value and methods of merging business continuity and security, including both physical and cybersecurity. It builds on 2019 Foundation research on security convergence to find out what has changed since the pandemic.

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The State of Security Management

This study examined the current state of the security profession and delineated eight key findings most crucial to the continued success in security, as well as four noteworthy themes that emerged.

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This series of nine short modules (1-4 pages each) highlights the key findings in this report.

Module 1: Overview and Recommendations
Module 2: People Matter
Module 3: Embrace Change
Module 4: Definition of Security
Module 5: Parochialism is a Challenge
Module 6: ESRM
Module 7: Global Perspective
Module 8: Brand and Reputation of Security
Module 9: Security Management Metrics