About Us
The purpose of our business is to serve our customers and to consistently strive to exceed their expectations. Security Master Australia (SMA) specialise in the design and implementation of security risk solutions and providing a safe and secure, efficient facility. We are trusted advisors to our clients and provide access to an extensive network of industry and technology leaders.
Our Team
SMA takes great pride in our team of domain experts who are each industry leaders in building comprehensive solutions, with 75+ years of combined industry experience. We help businesses to achieve optimum success with our end-to-end security risk consultation, system deployment, and maintenance services.
Our team of subject matter experts understand the complexity of the built environment and the challenges associated with designing, constructing, mobilising, and maintaining a safe and secure environment through a risk-based approach. Our team includes risk management, technology, and project management experts with years of collective experience and insight into diverse and complex project environments.
Meet The Team
David Van Lambaart
Director, Principal Consultant
David is a senior security risk management consultant with over 26 years of experience in defining, implementing, and managing an effective security infrastructure. He is an accredited ISO-31000 Risk Management Professional and a recognised subject matter expert in physical and operational security. His direct experience across a diverse range of complex client engagements and advisory projects, includes all levels of government; Commonwealth and State agencies including police, education and health, David brings a breadth and depth of capability to engagements not typically available.
Glen Scott
Strategy & Business Development
Glen is an authentic, accomplished and engaging senior executive who has over 30 years of experience developing business growth and delivering complex solutions. With extensive experience across business development, sales and key business development, project management, full P&L responsibility, customer/stakeholder engagement, commercial law, and contract negotiations, Glen is a keen problem solver who brings a unique blend of innovation, sales and project management together to drive results.
Christopher Oxley
Associate Program/Project Risk Manager
Chris is a senior consultant with over 25 years of experience in management, with proven success in project planning, stakeholder management, and project governance. He has applied risk management principles in analysing business improvement initiatives and delivery of projects in a broad cross-section of operating environments, including for Australian government clients, including Defence; Australia’s Parliament House, the Australian Trade Commission, Australian Taxation Office, Australian Federal Police, Department of Finance, Australian Customs Service and many more.
Our Network
Our extensive network of highly skilled security, risk and technology experts, has been built over many years, and enables us to provide comprehensive end-to-end security solutions to our clients.
What We Do
Innovative security services for your industry.
We recognise the power of smart intelligent buildings to create a more productive, safe, and healthy environment. We understand that visionary architects, builders, consulting engineers, and system integrators come together to make these buildings a reality. As our needs and ways of performing work evolve over time, it’s crucial to maintain a focus on conscious growth and well-being.
SMA specialise in providing end-to-end security risk consultation, system deployment, and maintenance services to help organisations achieve their business objectives. We understand that security is not just an outcome, but a process that requires resilience, adaptability, and response to changing situations.
We promote a collaborative and strategic approach to the delivery of all elements for the overall benefit of the project. Through active participation with the protective security management team, and interaction with the relevant services during the contract, we will successfully deliver a total solution through effective relationships with stakeholders.
We network and work in close collaboration with developers, facility managers and end users in the full life cycle of the project. We contribute towards effective and efficient strategic planning, design development, deployment, service and maintain various security systems technologies.
Strategy
Understand business objectives and translate them into a strategic development plan.
Design
Assist in security systems and services design, functional and technical briefs underpinning the strategic intent.
Technology
Translate functional objectives into solution and system architectures. Select technology with people-centricity in mind.
Security
Observe the implementation of efficient security operations that achieve the functional design objectives while recognising that security operations are continually evolving to align with business goals and identifying any gaps that may arise.
Success
Ensure the business achieves its strategic intent, and evolves sustainably to ensure the success of its people and goals are met.
The Difference We Make
Elevating security standards.
Achieving success in security is only possible when the full picture is visible. As subject matter experts in building and infrastructure security, we are committed to helping our customers achieve their goals. Our success is directly tied to the success of our clients.
Security, whether it is physical, information or identity, plays a vital role in the continuity and success of any business as well as the well-being and safety of its people.
How We Deliver
We make security an enabler by connecting technology with people, workflows and assets through security risk consultation, systems deployment and maintenance services.
We work throughout the entire project life cycle, from strategic planning to effective operations.
Our early engagement helps formalise business goals and develop a streamlined security solution that is appropriate to the risk landscape, resulting in cost savings in implementation, operations, and maintenance.
Our risk-based design approach adds value, minimises project delivery delays, and ensures reliable asset management for the facility’s whole life cycle. We also monitor performance and compliance to prevent operational failures and financial penalties
CONCEPT........Consultation
We support master planners to incorporate security requirements within the design brief.
DESIGN........Risk Assessment
We work with architects to interpret the concept and transfer it into winning plans. We deliver demonstrated savings through providing a streamlined risk adverse design development process that can inform and reduce downstream maintenance costs.
DOCUMENTATION........Documentation Assist
We assist with providing documentation – from policies, procedures and safe work method statements – to ensure your facility is fully operational from day one.
CONSTRUCTION........Security Systems, Integration
We work with the D&C team to review and assess security systems and ensure integration with BMS and minimise potential project delays.
OPERATIONS........Risk Audits
We support the reliable management of assets, from a whole-of-life perspective, to meet the demand of committed facilities management, while supporting day-to-day operations with risk audits and operational advisory. Our technical understanding and experience ensures a focus on performance monitoring and ongoing compliance to ensure no operational failures.
MAINTENANCE........Managed Maintenance Services
We provide proactive preventative maintenance services, deploying duty cycles data logs and reporting on mechanically moving products.
RENOVATION........Systems Upgrade
We provide systems upgrade guidance and technical support.
DEMOLITION........Business Continuity Planning
We provide business continuity planning to manage and mitigate risk.