Editor’s Notes:
I am pleased to announce that Joel Jesus M. Supan will henceforth be gracing Security Matter Magazine as a regular contributor with his column, Basic Matters. Mr. Supan will be sharing his 40-year experience and practice of the Security Profession in his column. Mr. Supan is undeniably one of the most noteworthy security practitioners in the Philippines if not in the region. This distinction is not because of titles, certificates, awards, ranks or recognition but with his quiet and relentless pursuit of Professionalism in the Security Industry. He is the author of an original and globally circulated book, “The Art and Science of Security” where he presented a fundamental definition of Security for strategic purpose which elevated the operational and tactical definition where the mantra of the old convention is “to protect lives and properties”. He introduced the Stonewall Security Model and Threat Differential Model which provide the frameworks for holistic approach to Organizational Security Culture. He provided the rationale for the basic Security Principles by seamlessly converging and integrating the six (6) Aspects of Security. He filled the gaps in the understanding and practice of Security left open by regulators and the mainstream providers of security services with his books that include the Security Agency Management Handbook. His Stonewall Security Model and the Organizational Security Culture Concept got him to be the only Filipino to be invited twice to speak at the International Security Convention GSX which is the most prestigious event of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS). ASIS is the biggest private Security Organization and the most relevant Security Professional Certifying Body in the world. He is a member of the ASIS Technical Committee for revising and crafting the International Standard for Private Security upon which the ISO 18788: 2015 (Management System for Private Security Operations) was based. He provided significant contributions to the crafting of the Republic Act 11917 by providing its name, “Private Security Services Industry Law” and by cleansing it of irrational provisions. He professes and practices humane security and law enforcement by creating the nightstick with pepper spray for bloodless law enforcement and the Entrance Security Chamber which provides efficient, effective and cost effective security system for anti-armed robbery of banks and other stores with high value merchandise. His made real the Safety Marshal Concept that provides a much better solution to loss prevention at a lower cost and much less restrictive regulations. His ideas and actions for the advancement of the Security Profession is so way ahead of everybody’s time and everybody else’s thought that he is called the “maverick” and a “Security Industry Disruptor.” Not that he really disrupts for worse but he actually disrupts for better. His basic philosophy is “There is always a Better Way.”
Author’s Notes:
I thank first and foremost Security Matter Magazine for accommodating my request by allowing me a regular space in this Magazine. I have learned from the elders of the security industry who have passed this way ahead of us and who had wanted changes in the Security Industry for the better. But, they ran out of time to see their works achieve their earnest aspirations.
Now the road ahead of my peers and me, who came immediately after them, is much shorter than the road behind. The efforts of our forebears would have gone to waste if not forgotten if we did not pick up their yoke that they carried for us in our youth. I chose “Basic Matter’ to be the label of this column because indeed, basic matters. Basic elements are the building blocks of all matters and objects. Basic Principles are the foundation of all good ideas and concepts that guide men on their conduct to the right direction and goals. Like all other concepts, Security is anchored and based in specific basic principles. So does all the security modalities and measures.
This column will focus on the exploration of the principles behind those security modalities and measures. It aims to make the readers learn, understand and practice that security is much more than the fortification made with walls, fences cameras and much more than the use of force with guards and firearms. It further aims to make the readers understand that the fragmented security domains filled and practiced by different professions are bounded together by a common denominator called the, “Basic Principles of Security.”
This is why, “Basic Matters.” See you in the next issue.
