Company Security Officer

The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code is a set of regulations established by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to enhance the security of ships and port facilities. According to the ISPS Code, the Company Security Officer (CSO) is a key individual responsible for ensuring that the security plans and measures outlined in the code are implemented and maintained by the ship's operating company. The CSO's primary role is to oversee and manage security-related matters for the company that operates the ship.

International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code သည် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ရေကြောင်းအဖွဲ့အစည်း (IMO) မှ ချမှတ်ထားသော စည်းမျဉ်းများဖြစ်ပြီး သင်္ဘောများနှင့် ဆိပ်ကမ်းဆိုင်ရာ အဆောက်အအုံများ၏ လုံခြုံရေးကို မြှင့်တင်ရန်။ ISPS ကုဒ်အရ၊ ကုမ္ပဏီလုံခြုံရေးအရာရှိ (CSO) သည် ကုဒ်တွင်ဖော်ပြထားသော လုံခြုံရေးအစီအစဉ်များနှင့် အစီအမံများကို သင်္ဘောလည်ပတ်မှုကုမ္ပဏီမှ အကောင်အထည်ဖော်ထိန်းသိမ်းထားကြောင်း သေချာစေရန်အတွက် အဓိက တာဝန်ရှိသော ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်တစ်ဦးဖြစ်သည်။ CSO ၏ အဓိက အခန်းကဏ္ဍမှာ သင်္ဘောကို လည်ပတ်သည့် ကုမ္ပဏီအတွက် လုံခြုံရေးဆိုင်ရာ ကိစ္စရပ်များကို ကြီးကြပ်ကွပ်ကဲရန် ဖြစ်သည်။

The Company Security Officer is typically a designated person within the company who has the necessary knowledge, training, and authority to carry out their responsibilities effectively. Some of the key responsibilities of the CSO include:

1. Developing and maintaining the company's Ship Security Plan (SSP) and ensuring its compliance with the ISPS Code.

2. Coordinating and communicating with the ship's Master, the Ship Security Officer (SSO), and relevant authorities on security matters.

3. Ensuring that security-related information and instructions are provided to the ship's personnel and that training and drills are conducted as required by the code.

4. Monitoring and assessing the security situation and threats, and taking appropriate actions to address security concerns.

5. Keeping the company's senior management informed about security issues and ensuring that resources are allocated for security measures.

6. Reporting and investigating security incidents and breaches and taking corrective actions to prevent their recurrence.

7. Liaising with port facility security officers and relevant authorities to enhance overall security in the port.

The CSO plays a crucial role in maintaining the security of ships and ensuring that the company's security policies and procedures are effective in preventing security threats and incidents. They are a key component of the ISPS Code's framework for enhancing maritime security.

Duties of a Company Security Officer (CSO) Maritime.

 The ISPS Code requires a designated Company Security Officer (CSO) whose duties and responsibilities shall include, but not limited to:

1. Advising the level of threats likely to be encountered by the ship using appropriate security assessments and other relevant information.
2. Use chemicals only for their designated purpose.
3. Ensuring the development, submission for approval, and thereafter the implementation and maintenance of the ship security plan.
4. Arranging security audits and reviews of security activities.
5. Ensuring that deficiencies and non-conformances identified during internal audits and reviews are promptly addressed and dealt with.
6. Ensuring adequate training for personnel responsible for the security of the ship.
7. Ensuring consistency between security requirements and safety requirement.