Benefits
Following the 2016 United Nations Security Council Resolution on Aviation Security (UNSCR 2309), IATA's 2017 Annual General Meeting affirmed the airline community's determination to support enhancing the security of civil aviation in its Resolution on Aviation Security. This first edition of the SeMS Manual is just one measure taken by IATA to provide practical guidance that can be applied and adapted to your organization’s needs.
Depending on how it is implemented, the SeMS Manual does the following:
- Enhances a company's security culture, regulatory collaboration and resource utilization
- Provides guidance on implementing efficient, accurate and cost managed controls
- Allows for optimum flexibility in the way entities develop and implement security, aviation security in particular, by easily integrating it into your business model
- Supports a proactive, strategic and risk-based approach to protective security focusing on outcomes rather than on rigid compliance with directed requirements (where States allow this)
- Establishes a standard incident reporting tool reducing human errors and inconsistencies allowing for optimal benchmarking
- Guideline on building effective aviation security measures
- Improve overall performance and communication within a company, as well as with state regulators
- Guidance to assist in the implementation of security-related IOSA Standards and Recommended Practices, including an interactive checklist with a dashboard feature
Key 1st edition topics
- A brand new form to harmonize security reporting supported by AVSEC specialists
- Airline case studies on SeMS implementation
- Revised and improved risk assessment methodology
- Security objectives and security key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Renewed guidance on landside security
Evolution from Security Manual to SeMS Manual
This 1st Edition of the SeMS Manual is the culmination of the initial phase of an evolving continuous learning process that began in 2015. The manual complements IATA's workplan on aviation security to shape a proactive, strategic and risk-based approach to protective security.
With the evolution of the Security Manual over the last couple editions focusing more on SeMS combined with SeMS maturing in the aviation industry generally, it was deemed the right moment to have a dedicated SeMS manual.
All the operational content from the Security Manual has been relocated to four IATA manuals, for a comprehensive overview, view the detailed account of the content relocation (pdf).