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Professional Standards

Membership Standards

The following information provides the key elements in meeting professional standards expected of the membership.

Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct: Members must agree to follow the CTSPA TM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct guidelines as established by the membership bylaws to remain a member in good standing.

Technical Standards | Policy and Procedure Guidelines: The CTSPA TM has developed and implemented formal Technical Standards and Policy and Procedure Guidelines. These include, but are not limited to, minimum recommended equipment standards, personnel training and experience, and operational inspection guidelines. Our expectations are that the membership make every effort to comply with all published CTSPA TM Technical Standards | Policy and Procedure Guidelines as the minimum recommended best practices for field deployment.

Best Practices: The CTSPA TM through the collective experience of its vast membership have developed a range of best practices for most operational tasks. It is essential that the collective experience of the membership be considered when technical operators are faced with deployment unknowns.

TSB 2000 (Technical Standard) TM

TSCM Operational Standard | Policy and Procedure Guideline (OS-PPG) TM: The Technical Security Branch (TSB) TM has development the only, proprietary TSCM operational deployment standard available outside of perhaps government and military circles. The TSB TM has created a working (minimum recommended) standard based on the OS-PPG TM and a formal working document; TSB 2000 (Technical) Standard TM, as the minimum recommended practices for operational deployment.

TSB 2000 (Technical) Standard TM: The TSB TM implemented the TSB 2000 (Technical) Standard TM in-house in January 2000 and maintains the working document updated on a monthly basis, as significant new TSCM threats become known. The TSB TM advanced TSCM resident based designate certification program is based on the the TSB 2000 (Technical) Standard TM recognized as the only formal, time proven standard in existence.