Mission:
To promote standards and professionalism for private security officers and within the contract security industry, participate in federal and state legislative and policy fora on issues affecting private security, advocate for raising standards at the federal, state and local level for the licensing of private security firms and the registration, screening and training of security officers increase public awareness of the important role and function of private security as a vital complement to public law enforcement, and publicize the valuable services provided by hundreds of thousands of private security officers across the country.

The National Association of Security Companies (NASCO) is the nation's largest contract security industry association, representing private security companies that employ more than 250,000 of the nation's most highly trained security officers servicing every business sector. NASCO is leading efforts to set meaningful standards for the private security industry and security officers by monitoring state and federal legislation and regulations affecting the quality and effectiveness of private security services.

NASCO is dedicated to:

• Advocate the interest of private security firms
• Promote and sustain professional integrity and competence throughout every aspect of the private security business
• Proactively participate in creating new markets and maintaining competitive access to existing markets for contract security services
• Promote higher standards, consistent regulations and ethical conduct for private security businesses
• Increase awareness and understanding among policy-makers, the media, and the general public regarding the important role that private security plays in safeguarding people, property and assets and preventing crime and terrorism
• Assure the continued strength of the contract security industry

National Caucus of Government Security Contractors

The purpose of the NASCO National Caucus of Government Security Contractors (Caucus) is to provide a vehicle and means for federal security contractors to obtain information and provide substantive input on legislative and agency activities related to federal governmental use of contract security.   Using NASCO’s established connections with Congress and FPS, and as part of a group, Caucus contractors can obtain information/provide input in ways that are not available to individual companies, and get involved in issues that are generally outside the direct communications each individual contractor has with FPS in the course of servicing their respective contracts.