Physical security assessment has a methodology problem.
IPSRM™ was built to solve it.
The definitive methodology for physical security assessment.
The Problem: The physical security profession has never developed the methodological infrastructure to turn expertise into outputs that are structured, evidenced and repeatable; outputs that a board of directors or an audit committee can actually interrogate and act on.
The Answer: IPSRM™ - A structured, governance-aligned methodology, presented in a professional operational document ecosystem, designed to help physical security assessments produce clearer, more defensible and executive-level outputs. Built for independent consultants, enterprise security leaders, consultancy practises and governance-focused organisations.
What Is IPSRM™?
A Defensible Methodology for Physical Security Assessment
IPSRM™ provides a structured, governance-aligned framework for calibrated physical security reviews and executive reporting.
A complete licensed and professional document suite - from client engagement to client delivery
COLLECT
Structured evidence gathering across six assessment domains.
CALIBRATE
Consistent residual risk scoring using calibrated methodology.
COMMUNICATE
Board-grade reporting focused on defensibility and executive clarity.
How Does IPSRM™ Operate?
By Providing A Structured Methodology Workflow
From Assessment To Executive Insight
Why Is IPSRM™ Different To Traditional Assessment?
Traditional Assessments
Variable methodology
Inconsistent scoring
Site-specific reporting
Weak defensibility
Technical outputs
IPSRM™
Structured architecture
Calibrated risk model
Portfolio multi-site comparability
Evidential audit trail
Executive-grade reporting
What Do IPSRM™ Licensed Practitioners & Professionals Receive?
Executive Reports are white-labelled templates - your client, your report.
Additional full commercial documentation and complete worked examples of the methodology in practice are provided for Licensed IPSRM™ Professional practitioners.
“Physical security assessment has a methodology problem” says Stephen Beels.
IPSRM™ is “the operational methodology for consultants, in-house security leaders and governance professionals”.
The methodology of choice for security professionals who need assessments to stand up — to clients, to boards, and to scrutiny.
Joe Connell MBE — Former Chairman, Association of Security Consultants and the Security Commonwealth, OSPA Lifetime Achievement Award 2023
“Stephen Beels has really cut to the chase in developing IPSRM™. Of equal value to Security Consultants and to Management Boards, this intuitive process guides and supports the Security Consultant through the identification and potential mitigation of physical security threats and risks. At the same time it provides a sound evidential basis and guidance for owners and Management Boards for meeting their legal and operational responsibilities to implement adequate controls.
The IPSRM™ package is logically presented and well supported with highly professional documentation which can easily be assimilated in user and client interfaces.
I have no hesitation in commending IPSRM™.
Not ready to purchase yet? Receive a sample extract from the Practitioner Guide — including the Six-Domain Architecture and residual risk scoring structure.
What the discipline has lacked is the methodological infrastructure to translate expertise into structured, evidenced, repeatable outputs that governance-facing stakeholders can act on.
IPSRM™ provides the infrastructure.
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