The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has launched updated security requirements to help protect freight facilities and trucking operations from the escalating threat of cargo crime.
The 2020 revisions of the association’s Facility Security Requirements (FSR) and Trucking Security Requirements (TSR) aim to give TAPA’s manufacturer and logistics service provider members minimum standards to protect theft-targeted goods.
TAPA said the standards had been revised in consultation with its international members to address new and emerging threats – such as the significant growth in attacks on last mile deliveries.
Also, for the first time, TAPA’s FSR includes an Independent Audit Body (IAB) multi-site certification option that is designed to identify and promote operational efficiencies between sites so that “best practices can be shared and to support a ‘team’ approach to obtaining and maintaining compliance with the TAPA Standard for security control and risk mitigation”.
As well as the TAPA FSR 2020 Standard, the association has also produced a new framework document to assist users and auditors in their understanding of the different certification methods that are available.
Source : Various Agencies