ASIS

The security realm in the U.S. is a $100 billion industry, deploying protection in healthcare facilities, industrial plants, residential communities, universities, and other facilities, according to the American Society for Industrial Security ASIS, which is pushing for consistent minimum standards for the training of security guard.

Boston.com Top Stories 2011

Except they might be going by the name of ASIS now.

[INTERVIEW] Jennifer Rardin « Urban Fantasy Land 2008

Could you tell us whether or not ASIS has that type of information?

Press Conference, Beijing - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs 2009

We've got a new head of our overseas security service, ASIS, we've got a new head of the Department of Defence.

Interview: ABC Radio 774 Melbourne, 14 August 2009 - Transcript - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs 2009

He led ASIS as Director-General at a time of great change and challenges, and he brought a steadying hand to the development of the Service.

Media Release: James Osmond Furner AO CBE DSM 2007

Under his outstanding leadership, ASIS underwent significant development, including expanded relationships with regional and allied partners.

Media Release: Allan Taylor AM 2007

A year of reassessment: the ASIS annual employment survey looks at how 9-11 affected corporate security functions, staffing, budgets, and policies.

The Power, But Not The Sense? 2007

"I haven't heard of anything being successful that allows us to prevent something by flashing up on a screen somewhere a positive identification of someone on a terrorist database," said Jack Lichtenstein with ASIS international, a Washington-based organization of security officials.

'Step Up Surveillance,' U.S.A. 2005

He was Director-General of ASIS from 1998 to 2003 and has also held senior Government positions in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Media Statement: New Chairman for Australia-Indonesia Institute 2005

The changes are necessary given the increasingly dangerous environment in which ASIS must operate and in the context of the intelligence challenges we now face including terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Changes to Intelligence Services Legislation in Respect of ASIS to Help Campaign Against Terrorism 2004