A Physical Security Platform That Supports the World's Leading Security Standards
As a partner of ASIS International, the world’s largest organization for security management professionals, the Circadian Risk platform can convert ASIS standards directly into structured physical security assessment frameworks.
What Is ASIS International and Why Do Its Standards Matter for Physical Security?
ASIS International is the world’s largest membership organization for security management professionals, with more than 34,000 members across 168 countries. It develops and publishes the most widely recognized standards in the physical security industry, covering everything from physical asset protection and workplace violence prevention to executive protection and K-12 school security. When a security program is built on ASIS standards, it adheres to criteria developed by a global community of security professionals, reviewed by subject matter experts, and validated by decades of real-world application.
For organizations that need their physical security programs to withstand regulatory scrutiny, legal review, insurance evaluation, or board-level accountability, building on ASIS standards is not optional. It is the difference between a program that is defensible and one that is not. The challenge has always been converting those standards into operational assessment frameworks that can be applied consistently across multiple locations. That is precisely what Circadian Risk does.
A Platform That Seamlessly Converts ASIS Standards into Assessments
As a partner of ASIS International, the Circadian Risk platform takes ASIS standards and converts them directly into structured, scored assessment frameworks that can be deployed across an organization’s entire location portfolio.
Every assessment built on an ASIS standard within the platform carries the authority of the world’s leading security standards body. Every risk score derived from that assessment is grounded in a recognized, professionally validated methodology. And every report produced from that data can be presented to regulators, auditors, insurers, and boards with full confidence in its defensibility.
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Physical Asset Protection Standard
The ASIS Physical Asset Protection standard provides a framework for identifying, assessing, and managing risks to physical assets. Circadian Risk converts this standard into a structured, scenario-based assessment that produces a quantified residual risk score for every location assessed against it.
K-12 School Security Standard
The ASIS K-12 School Security standard provides criteria for assessing and improving physical security in educational environments. Circadian Risk converts this standard into an assessment framework specifically designed for school campuses, giving educational institutions a defensible, ASIS-aligned foundation for their security programs.
Additional ASIS Standards and Custom Frameworks
Circadian Risk’s partnership with ASIS International allows additional standards to be incorporated as they become available or as organizational needs require. For standards that are open-source, Circadian Risk’s client success team converts them directly. For proprietary standards, Circadian Risk works with the relevant standard body to enable conversion. Organizations can also incorporate their own internal standards alongside ASIS frameworks within the same platform.
Why ASIS-Aligned Physical Security Assessments Matter to Your Organization
Defensibility in Regulatory and Legal Contexts
When an incident occurs, the question is not just what happened but whether the organization took reasonable, recognized precautions to prevent it. A physical security program built on ASIS International standards provides a defensible answer to that question backed by the most credible standards body in the industry.
Credibility With Insurers and Underwriters
Physical security assessments aligned to recognized standards carry more weight with insurers evaluating coverage and risk. ASIS-aligned programs signal a systematic, professionally validated approach to risk management that can influence coverage terms and premium conversations.
A Common Framework Across Every Location
When every location in a portfolio is assessed against the same ASIS-aligned framework, the resulting risk scores are directly comparable. Security leaders can identify which locations meet the standard, which fall short, and by how much, enabling consistent, portfolio-wide risk management rather than location-by-location subjectivity.
A Foundation That Evolves With the Industry
ASIS International standards are maintained and updated by a global community of security professionals. Organizations that build their programs on these standards benefit from a framework that reflects current best practices, emerging threats, and evolving regulatory expectations without requiring a program rebuild every time the risk environment changes.
ASIS Standards Are One Part of the Compliance Picture. Here Is the Rest.
In addition to ASIS International standards, Circadian Risk supports a range of industry-specific compliance frameworks including CT-PAT, PCI DSS, Joint Commission healthcare standards, and more. Organizations can assess compliance risk across multiple frameworks simultaneously within the same platform.
Frequently Asked Questions About ASIS International Standards and Physical Security Assessment
What is ASIS International?
ASIS International is the world’s largest membership organization for security management professionals, with more than 34,000 members across 168 countries. It develops and publishes widely recognized standards for physical security management, including standards for physical asset protection, workplace violence prevention, K-12 school security, and executive protection. ASIS standards are used by organizations worldwide as the foundation for defensible, professionally validated physical security programs.
Which ASIS standards are available in the Circadian Risk platform?
Circadian Risk currently supports the ASIS Physical Asset Protection standard and the ASIS K-12 School Security standard as structured assessment frameworks within the platform. Additional ASIS standards can be incorporated as organizational needs require. For open-source standards, Circadian Risk’s client success team handles the conversion. For proprietary standards, Circadian Risk works with the relevant standard body to enable incorporation.
Can organizations use their own internal standards alongside ASIS frameworks in Circadian Risk?
Yes. Circadian Risk is fully customizable. Organizations can incorporate their own internal standards, industry-specific frameworks, or custom assessment criteria alongside ASIS standards within the same platform. This allows security teams to maintain consistency with their own program requirements while also leveraging the authority of ASIS-aligned frameworks.
Build Your Physical Security Risk Program on the World's Most Recognized Standards
See how Circadian Risk’s partnership with ASIS International gives your organization a defensible, standards-aligned foundation for physical security assessment, risk scoring, and executive reporting across every location in your portfolio.