What you need to do

Agency heads and senior managers are to apply the Protective Security Requirements (PSR) with the understanding it provides pathways for successfully protecting people, information and assets.

As agency heads and senior managers, your responsibilities include:

• developing a strong and sustainable security culture within your agency
• reviewing your agency’s protective security management policy and procedures regularly as part of your agency’s approach to risk management and business planning
• ensuring the PSR mandatory requirements are being met and ensuring relevant oversight is in place
• appointing a Chief Security Officer (CSO) and working with them as they develop, maintain, and oversee protective security policy and practices
• endorsing security risk management structures, assurance activities and resource allocation
• endorsing your agency’s policies and protocols for personnel, information and physical security
• granting security clearances to staff and contractors after receiving a recommendation from the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS).