Frequently Asked Questions
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Licensing and Use
Can I use IPSRM™ in my own client work?
Yes. An Individual or Team licence grants the right to deploy IPSRM™ in professional practice and to describe your assessments as IPSRM™-based in proposals, engagement letters, and client-facing outputs.
Can I put my own branding on the reports and templates?
Yes — with attribution. The Executive Report and client-facing documents are designed to be completed on your own letterhead, so the report your client receives carries your professional branding as the delivering consultant. IPSRM™ must be identified as the governing methodology within the report — a brief methodology statement, not a prominent disclosure. You cannot present IPSRM™ as your own proprietary methodology or remove the trademark from the framework. Your professional brand is yours; the methodology brand is ours. Both are present, neither is concealed.
Does IPSRM™ support Martyn's Law compliance?
Martyn's Law — the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 — requires Enhanced tier premises to conduct a terrorism protection assessment and produce a documented security plan. IPSRM™ provides the structured methodology within which that requirement can be met and documented in governance-ready form. Domain 1 (Strategic Threat Context) establishes the credible threat profile Martyn's Law requires; the remaining five domains evaluate physical and operational controls against it. IPSRM™ is a broad physical security methodology, not a Martyn's Law-specific compliance tool — practitioners should ensure their Domain 1 assessment specifically addresses the terrorism threat drivers relevant to the venue in question.
The Products
What's included in an Individual or Team licence?
The complete IPSRM™ Practitioner System: the Practitioner Handbook, Assessment Workbook, Risk Engine, and Executive Report Template, working as one integrated, automated system. Individual covers a single named user; Team covers up to 5.
What if I need more than 5 licensed users?
Organisational licensing above 5 named users is arranged directly — contact us with your team size and we'll tailor a licence to suit your organisation.
Does IPSRM™ work on Mac or iPad?
Every document opens and can be completed manually on any platform. The one-click automation between documents requires Windows — natively, or via Boot Camp or a virtual machine. Full platform requirements are on the Licensing page.
What's the difference between the Assessment Case File and a licence?
The Assessment Case File is a free, complete worked example — it shows the methodology applied to a fictional organisation from evidence collection through to executive reporting. A licence gives you the working tools themselves, to apply the methodology to your own assessments.
Can I use the free Assessment Case File on real client work?
No — it's provided for evaluation only, not for live client engagements or commercial assessment work.
What's the Organisational Implementation Programme?
A separate programme for organisations assessing more than one site, adding the methodology and instruments for consistent multi-site deployment. Priced and licensed independently of Individual and Team.
Can the Assessment Workbook and Risk Engine be used on a mobile device, or digitised onto an inspection platform?
The Assessment Workbook works as intended in Word on a laptop or tablet, and forms part of the engagement record delivered to the client. The Risk Engine is already a digital instrument — the Excel workbook performs the calibration and tier determination automatically; no additional platform is required. IPSRM™ is a methodology, not a data collection workflow: migrating the workbooks to a third-party inspection platform would introduce a platform dependency and risk framing a professional assessment process as a checklist exercise, which is not what IPSRM™ produces.
What if IPSRM™ isn't right for me?
Try before you buy: the free excerpt and the full Assessment Case File let you evaluate the working system before purchasing. Because IPSRM™ products are digital and delivered immediately for professional use, we don't offer refunds as a matter of course — the exception is a genuine technical fault (corrupted, incomplete, or incorrect files), which we'll resolve promptly, including a refund where the fault can't otherwise be corrected. Full terms in our Terms of Sale.
Suitability
Is this suitable for beginners?
IPSRM™ is a practitioner-level methodology. It assumes familiarity with physical security assessment practice, and is designed to structure and elevate existing professional competence rather than replace it — it isn't a training programme. The free Assessment Case File shows a complete assessment in practice and may be a useful starting point before licensing.
Is IPSRM™ suitable for in-house security teams as well as independent consultants?
Yes. IPSRM™ was designed for three contexts: independent consultants seeking a rigorous, structured methodology; in-house security leaders producing evidenced assessment outputs for boards and audit committees; and governance and assurance professionals who commission or oversee physical security assessment work. Both licence tiers serve all three contexts.
What jurisdictions does IPSRM™ cover?
IPSRM™ is jurisdiction-neutral in its methodology and domain architecture. Where specific compliance obligations are relevant — licensing requirements, regulatory frameworks, statutory duties — the methodology requires practitioners to assess against the applicable framework for their jurisdiction. IPSRM™ provides the structural architecture; the practitioner provides the jurisdictional knowledge.
Accreditation
Is IPSRM™ accredited or endorsed by a professional body?
IPSRM™ is an independent practitioner methodology, not currently accredited or endorsed by a professional body, standards organisation, or regulatory authority. It's designed to be complementary to existing professional standards rather than to replace them — practitioners holding qualifications such as ASIS certifications or Association of Security Consultants membership will find IPSRM™ provides the operational architecture those frameworks don't prescribe.
Support
How do I get support after purchase?
Questions about the methodology or any suite document can be directed via the Contact page — we aim to respond within two working days. For questions about your Gumroad purchase itself, including download issues, Gumroad's own support is the fastest route. Get the Case File → · Learn about licensing →