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Corporate Security Advisors
Published on
August 13, 2024

What is Documentation Support?

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Changes to a Security program require accurate, compelling, concise, and well-targeted documentation, whether it is intended for Security personnel, company executives, the general public, or all of the above.

Your organization needs clear Policies, Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions, customized to match your requirements, to guarantee that new program directions are universally understood and consistently executed. Handouts, reports and other public-facing presentations and documents ensure that new Security postures are communicated to company employees and the community at large.

To help ensure integrity within your document control system, we also design in version control tracking, effective date of release for new versions, and revision history table including revision date, overview of changes, and approving signature blocks.

Documentation we deliver

Documentation Support Services include, but are not limited to, writing and publishing the following:

  • Security Policies, Procedures and Work Instructions
  • Response plans
  • Training materials
  • Operating manuals
  • Job aides

CSA Technical Writing Expertise

Our documentation support services are staffed by a technical writing team that’s accustomed to researching, supporting, and writing documentation to support a wide array of security initiatives. Our team will work with your subject matter experts, business leaders, and Security staff to identify and prioritize your documentation needs. We’ll ask the right questions, get clarity on what your exact requirements are, and produce a quality finished product that speaks to the right audience.

Developing Targeted Communications

Organizations can navigate complex risk scenarios by developing adaptive communication strategies that resonate with key stakeholders. We create dynamic risk communication plans that:

  • Craft compelling narratives that align with your company's values and goals.
  • Develop tailored messaging for specific audience segments (employees, investors, media, regulators).
  • Design multi-channel outreach strategies to ensure messages reach intended recipients effectively.
  • Create escalation protocols to adjust messaging as situations evolve.

Our expert communicators work closely with your team to ensure your company's story is told consistently and persuasively across all touchpoints. We focus on clear, timely, and empathetic messaging that builds trust, mitigates reputational risks, and maintains stakeholder confidence during critical

CSA Technical Writing Expertise

Technical Writing is about providing concise, accurate, understandable, accessible information regarding every aspect of a topic, product, or discipline. Our documentation support services are staffed by a technical writing team that’s accustomed to researching, supporting, and writing documentation to support a wide array of security initiatives. Our team will work with your subject matter experts, business leaders, and Security staff to identify and prioritize your documentation needs. We’ll ask the right questions, get clarity on what your exact requirements are, and produce a quality finished product that speaks to the right audience.

Depth of Experience

CSA’s editing and Technical Writing staff members are senior or principal level experts familiar with a wide range of documentation types in multiple areas of focus, including:

  • Hardware and software user and service manuals
  • Regulatory requirements documents
  • Security Operations Center Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, and training exercises
  • Telecommunications end user and engineering documentation, including Software as a Service (SaaS) / Business as a Service (BaaS) documentation
  • Web page design and development

CSA team members also have extensive experience with:

  • Documentation project management
  • Document Repository systems and methods
  • Formalized regulatory review / approval routing procedures
  • Print and ePublication production
  • Template design and development

Documentation Editing and Formatting

In addition to our standard documentation support services, CSA can also apply documentation expertise to existing documents, reviewing and editing to fit these into a pre-determined format and structure, and to improve overall clarity and organization of the material.

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