A security risk advisor is an independent professional who assesses physical security risk, provides evidence-based recommendations, and helps organisations make security decisions that are proportionate, defensible, and grounded in methodology — rather than in what a vendor wants to sell.
The distinction between a security risk advisor and a security product supplier matters considerably. A supplier’s advice is shaped by what they can provide. An independent advisor’s only interest is in giving you an accurate picture of the risk and what to do about it.
Smartsec Security Solutions is an independent security risk advisory practice based in Perth. This page explains what security risk advisory involves, who it serves, and how independent advice differs from vendor-aligned consulting.
What a Security Risk Advisor Does
A security risk advisor works with organisations to identify, analyse, and evaluate physical security risk — and to provide practical, prioritised recommendations that reduce that risk in proportion to its severity.
In practice this means conducting site inspections, identifying realistic threats, evaluating existing controls against those threats, applying a structured risk rating methodology, and producing written findings that organisations can act on — and defend to boards, auditors, insurers, and regulators.
What it doesn’t mean is a free site assessment followed by a quote for cameras. Or a checklist-based review that produces the same generic recommendations regardless of the site. Or a report that could have been written without visiting the location at all.
The value of an independent security risk advisor is specificity — findings that reflect the actual risk at your specific site, and recommendations that reflect what your organisation genuinely needs rather than what someone else wants to supply.
Security Risk Advisory Services in Perth
Smartsec delivers security risk advisory across the full range of physical security disciplines relevant to WA organisations.
Security risk assessments. Structured, ISO 31000:2018-aligned assessments that identify threats, evaluate existing controls, rate residual risk, and produce a prioritised written report. The foundation of most advisory engagements — and the evidentiary basis for security investment decisions, governance reporting, and compliance attestation.
CPTED and place-based safety advisory. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design advice aligned with ISO 22341:2021 and the WA Government’s Safer Places by Design framework. Evaluating how the design and management of built environments is influencing safety outcomes — for councils managing public spaces, developers working on development applications, and architects integrating safety at design stage.
SOCI and CIRMP physical security advisory. Independent physical security advice for critical infrastructure operators subject to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018. The enhanced CIRMP Rules require a dedicated physical security plan by 30 June 2028. Smartsec delivers physical security assessments and CIRMP plan development for energy, water, transport, health, and communications assets across WA — focusing exclusively on the physical security hazard category.
Aviation security advisory. Physical security advice for WA airports, aerodromes, and aviation industry participants under the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004. Recent ATSA amendments require mandatory risk-based physical security assessments for all Transport Security Programs.
Hostile vehicle mitigation advisory. Independent HVM advice for crowded places, public precincts, civic spaces, and events — aligned with the Australian National Crowded Places Strategy and the WA Police Crowded Places Forum framework.
Mining and resources security advisory. Physical security advice for remote WA mine sites, FIFO operations, and resources sector facilities — where extended response times, isolated locations, and high-value equipment create specific security challenges.
Security technology design guidance. Vendor-neutral advice on CCTV, access control, duress, and alarm systems — specifying performance outcomes rather than brands, so findings support a proper procurement process without locking the organisation into a particular supplier.
Security management plans and procedures. Documented security management plans, SOPs, and incident response protocols that connect physical security controls to clear operational practice.
Who Engages a Security Risk Advisor in Perth
Security risk advisory is commissioned across a wide range of sectors and contexts in WA.
Local government and councils. Managing parks, laneways, civic buildings, libraries, carparks, and community facilities. Smartsec is a WALGA Preferred Supplier (PSP001-002 and PSP001-026) and an LGCA approved supplier — councils can engage us directly under the panel arrangement without a separate procurement process.
Healthcare facilities. Hospitals, aged care providers, and community health centres with obligations under AS 4485:2021 and the WA Health Risk Management Policy. Independent security risk advisory provides the documented risk position required for governance and regulatory compliance.
Critical infrastructure operators. Energy, water, transport, health, and communications assets subject to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 — requiring CIRMP physical security assessments and plans.
Developers and architects. When a development application carries a CPTED or security condition, independent security risk advisory provides the evidentiary basis for planning approval. Early engagement at design stage is significantly more cost-effective than retrospective assessment after construction.
Commercial and retail operators. Property managers, retail operators, and commercial facility managers where incidents, insurance requirements, or governance obligations trigger independent assessment.
Mining and resources operators. Mine site operators, FIFO camp managers, and resources sector facilities across the Pilbara, Kimberley, and Goldfields regions.
What Makes an Independent Security Risk Advisor Different
In Perth, security risk advice is provided by a range of organisations — including guarding companies, alarm installers, CCTV suppliers, and integrated security providers who include advisory in their service offering. The advice can be technically competent, but the structural incentive shapes the output: assessments tend to identify problems the assessor can solve.
An independent security risk advisor has no products to sell and no services to provide beyond the assessment and the advice itself. The fee covers the expertise — nothing else. Findings reflect what the risk evidence actually shows, and recommendations reflect what the site genuinely needs.
For organisations presenting security decisions to a board, justifying expenditure to elected members, demonstrating compliance to a regulator, or satisfying an insurer — independence is often not just preferable but required.
Smartsec has no commercial relationships with any security product supplier, installer, or guarding company. We don’t install, we don’t supply, and we don’t subcontract to people who do. Every recommendation is based solely on the risk evidence and what your organisation actually needs.
Standards and Credentials
Smartsec Security Solutions is led by Khabeer Rockley SRMCP — a licensed WA Security Risk Consultant and Security Agent with technical security licensing and nearly two decades of experience in physical security advisory across the public and private sectors in WA.
The Security Risk Management Certified Professional (SRMCP) credential represents the national professional standard for security risk management practitioners in Australia. WA Security Risk Consultant licensing is a legal requirement under the Security Industry Act 1997 — not all practitioners offering security risk advisory in WA hold it.
Our advisory methodology is aligned with:
- ISO 31000:2018 – Risk Management: Guidelines
- ISO 22341:2021 – Security and Resilience: CPTED
- AS 4485:2021 – Security for Healthcare Facilities
- AS/NZS 1158 – Lighting for Roads and Public Spaces
- AS/NZS 62676 – Video Surveillance Systems
- WA Government Safer Places by Design framework
We are a WALGA Preferred Supplier and an LGCA approved supplier. Our reports are structured to meet the governance and documentation standards of the organisations we work with — suitable for board presentation, council committee approval, audit evidence, and regulatory attestation.
How Engagement Works
Every Smartsec engagement begins with a brief scoping conversation — typically 10 to 15 minutes — to understand the site, the organisation, the known concerns, and what the advisory engagement needs to achieve. This is at no cost and no obligation.
From that conversation we confirm the right type of engagement, the scope, the deliverables, the timeframe, and the fee — before any work begins. Most security risk advisory engagements involve a site inspection, structured analysis, ISO 31000:2018-aligned risk rating, and a written report suitable for the governance or compliance purpose it serves.
Contact Smartsec Security Solutions to arrange a confidential scoping conversation.
