About RSES

Who we are

The Register of Security Engineers and Specialists (RSES) is a members-only organization that accepts membership only after thoroughly vetting the competence of engineers, applied scientists and specialists who apply their knowledge to securing the built environment and infrastructure.

As an organization sponsored by the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) and administered by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), we exist to promote excellence in security engineering. A field that is generally defined as ‘the design and application of physical, personnel and cyber protective security measures to protect assets and operations against malicious attacks such as terrorism, espionage and crime.’

 We accomplish that objective by providing a benchmark of professional quality. This provides potential clients and insurers with the confidence they need to know that our registrants have achieved a recognized competence standard that was ascertained through a professional review process. Registrants are required to accept a code of ethics and have a commitment to continuing professional development.

Membership categories

There are three levels of membership category which are broadly equivalent to technician, incorporated and chartered status. The categories are: Technician, Ordinary Member and Principal Member.

Registrants are encouraged to use the descriptor ‘Technician Member/Ordinary Member/Principal Member of the RSES’ in their professional correspondence.

Companies employing registrants are invited to include the categories at Ordinary Member and Principal Member under which they are listed on the RSES-Company-Competence-List.pdf (ice.org.uk)

Registrants are not listed in open-source documentation but if clients want to verify whether an individual is a Technician/Ordinary Member/Principal Member of the RSES they can contact rses@ice.org.uk