NSI ARC (Monitoring) · BS EN 50518
NSI Gold approval, built on the QMS you already run
The National Security Inspectorate ARC (Monitoring) scheme, modelled for Alarm Receiving Centres: 31 scheme clauses across 6 sections and 25 requirements instantiated per workspace, grounded in BS EN 50518. Run Silver or Gold — Gold reuses your ISO 9001 module as its quality pillar — with a certified-scope editor and an AI readiness analyser.
25
ARC requirements
31
scheme clauses
Silver/Gold
approval tiers
- Built on BS EN 50518
- Silver and Gold tiers
- Gold reuses your ISO 9001
- Certified scope + AI readiness
What’s in the module
The ARC (Monitoring) scheme, instantiated per workspace
24 requirements seeded as controls when you enable NSI — exactly like ISO 27001 Annex A controls — each cross-linked to the scheme clause it satisfies.
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Built on BS EN 50518
Location & construction, resilience, alarm transmission and operations — with the supporting standards an approved ARC is audited against (BS EN 50136, BS 8418, BS 7858 screening, the NPCC URN policy).
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Silver and Gold tiers
Silver covers the technical and scheme requirements; Gold adds an ISO 9001 quality system operated against NSI’s Quality Schedule.
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Gold reuses your ISO 9001
Gold’s QMS pillar is the ISO 9001 module you already run — no duplicate clauses, one audit trail across both.
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Certified scope + AI readiness
A certified-scope and system-description editor (with your NSI certificate number), plus an AI readiness analyser that verdicts each requirement and keeps snapshots over time.
Grounded in the standard
Six sections, audited the way NSI audits them
The scheme clause tree follows BS EN 50518 and the codes of practice an approved Alarm Receiving Centre is assessed against, so the internal-audit wizard and the readiness scorecard line up with the real assessment.
- Location & construction (BS EN 50518-1)
- Resilience & continuity — standby power, failover, fallback centre
- Technical & alarm transmission (BS EN 50136)
- Operations — alarm handling, response times, NPCC URN policy
- Personnel & competence — BS 7858 screening
- NSI scheme & quality administration
Silver or Gold, one decision
Enrol at the tier you hold. Silver covers the technical and scheme requirements; Gold adds an ISO 9001 quality system operated against NSI’s Quality Schedule — and Gold’s QMS pillar is simply the ISO 9001 module you already run, so there are no duplicate clauses to maintain.
See the ISO 9001 moduleCertified scope + AI readiness
Keep your certified scope and system description in a structured editor (with your NSI certificate number), and let the AI readiness analyser verdict each requirement — ready, partial or gap — keeping snapshots so you can see readiness move before a surveillance visit. A 24-question audit bank backs the internal-audit wizard.
Already running ISO 9001 for Gold?
Your quality system and your NSI scheme live in one workspace, on one process map and one audit trail — instead of a QMS in one tool and the ARC scheme in a binder.
See NSI on your scheme
A walkthrough of the ARC requirements, certified scope and readiness analyser on your approval tier.