TSE ISO/PAS 28007

TSE ISO/PAS 28007 is a guidance document for Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSC) that provide privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) on board ships. Its subject is the organization, management, and operational framing of armed security teams used in the maritime environment. In practical terms, it helps clarify how security services are integrated into ship operations without treating the standard as a generic security rulebook.

How PCASP and PMSC fit together

PCASP refers to the armed security personnel deployed on a ship under private contract, while PMSC is the company that supplies and manages that personnel. The distinction matters because competence, command structure, weapons handling, and mission procedures are all shaped at company level as well as on board. Maritime security work also intersects with the responsibilities of the flag State, coastal State, and ship operator, so consistent terminology is especially important.

What this standard covers in general terms

Based on the title and referenced scope, this document provides guidance for PMSCs supplying armed personnel to ships; in other words, it addresses how a security service is adapted to the maritime setting. In general technical context, such guidance typically supports topics like personnel selection, defined duties, safe handling of equipment, communication, allocation of responsibility, and compatibility with shipboard operations. That is general background to the subject, not a claim that every one of those points is spelled out as a specific clause here.

This publication is based on ISO/PAS 28007:2012 and has since been withdrawn by TSE. It therefore represents a guidance framework prepared for a particular period, rather than a current mandatory practice document. The core topic remains the specialized maritime security role itself: providing armed protection services in a shipboard environment.