The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Naples, Florida, United States.
The organization was established in January 1988 to help address the training and certification needs of security/protection officers and their supervisors internationally.
[1] The IFPO offers several distance delivered and traditional classroom training programs that can result in certification if completed successfully.
Once the candidate has successfully completed the SSMP, he or she may choose to apply to IFPO to be accepted into the official CSSM certification program.
Its circulation, via the IFPO.org web site, includes all IFPO members and candidates enrolled in either their CPO or CSSM programs.