AVSEC due diligence:
BASAS has a client base of both airports and airlines where AVSEC audits/inspections where conducted in terms of the International Civil Aviation Organisations (ICAO) standards and recommended practices. This process acts as a powerful management tool for airport companies and airline operators in that it measures if controls are being continually applied in a manner that provides effective aviation security. These measures are crucial both in major and small companies. The reason being mainly two fold. Firstly it is prudent to have an external audit capability as part of corporate governance and secondly major companies can become “factory blind “ in their daily operations while smaller companies do not have security expertise at a senior level. 

National Aviation Security Plan: 
Contracting states to ICAO need to promote safety and security in civil aviation through the development of the legal framework, practices, procedures and material, technical and human resources to prevent and, where necessary, respond to acts of unlawful interference. Such development, when complete and implemented, constitutes a National Aviation Security Plan (NASP) sufficient to discharge the States obligations as signatories to the Aviation Security Conventions. Executives within BASAS have been instrumental in the development of the NASP and compilation in other countries.

Airport Security Plan: 
It is an International requirement for each airport in a State to have an Airport Security Plan (ASP) and should be developed to adequately meet the needs of international traffic. The ASP needs to be approved by the government department responsible for aviation security in the State, normally the Department of Transport, directorate Civil Aviation, to ensure consistency with the States obligation for Civil Aviation security and for consistency between airports within the State in the public interest. The ASP policies and its responsiveness to current threat estimates must also be consistent. Executives within BASAS have been responsible for developing ASP for the 8 Namibia Airports Company (NAC) airports. 

Airline Security Plan: 
Aircraft operators should be provided with appropriate parts of the NASP in order to understand all measures and practices they will be required to perform. The aircraft operator must implement a security plan, a written copy of which should be submitted to the State for review and approval and to ensure consistency in the application of security. BASAS executives have received training from international organisations such as ICAO and IATA and have assisted in the development of such plans for aircraft operators. 

Policies, directives, etc: 
The NASP gives a clear division of responsibilities to Airport and Aircraft owners in terms of their respective security responsibilities. These responsibilities are reflected in their security plans that have been submitted to the State for approval. It is now the further responsibility of the Airport and Aircraft owner to develop policies, directives, procedures and work instruction in line with their respective security plans. This should form the BASAS of the security-training curriculum.