ASIAL monitoring centre grading
ASIAL grading is the Australian Security Industry Association Limited's independent audit and certification of alarm monitoring centres, with A1 the highest grade a centre can hold.
ASIAL grades monitoring centres against Australian Standard AS 2201.2, covering physical security of the centre itself, redundant power and communications, staffing levels, and documented response procedures. Certification requires ongoing audits, not a one-off inspection.
For a buyer, the grading answers a question you cannot easily verify yourself: when an alarm reaches this centre at 3am on a public holiday, is anyone actually there, and does the infrastructure keep working through a power failure or network outage? A1 grading means an independent auditor has verified yes, repeatedly.
Duress monitoring holds ASIAL A1 grading in Australia; UK monitoring is NSI Gold accredited. Equivalent marks to look for elsewhere: BS 8484 and EN 50518 in the UK and Europe.