Standards & Licensing
How we are licensed, insured, and governed.
Protective work is a regulated discipline. The standards below describe the frameworks under which Aegis One operates, the requirements applied to personnel, and the governance a client should expect to see at the outset of any engagement.
Entity
Aegis One Protection Inc.
Incorporated in Ontario, Canada.
Licensing
PSISA Agency Licence
Issued by the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General.
Insurance
Commercial general & professional liability
Certificate of insurance issued per engagement on request.
Conduct
Aligned with ICoC principles
International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers.
Section 01
Licensing Posture
Aegis One Protection Inc. is licensed as a security services agency under the Ontario Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005 (PSISA). The agency licence is issued and administered by the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Ontario.
All protective personnel deployed by Aegis One are individually licensed under the same Act, with the appropriate class of licence for the work being performed (Security Guard, Private Investigator, or both, as applicable to the engagement).
For engagements outside Ontario, Aegis One operates either through reciprocal licensing where available, registration in the host province where required, or in formal coordination with a locally licensed counterpart. The applicable arrangement is documented at intake.
Verification
The Aegis One Protection Inc. agency licence number and current expiration date are provided on request as part of the engagement intake documentation. The Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General maintains a public licence verification facility for both agencies and individuals.
Section 02
Insurance & Indemnity
Aegis One maintains commercial general liability and professional liability coverage appropriate to the protective services we deliver. Workers’ compensation coverage is in place for all assigned personnel as required by Ontario law.
Certificates of insurance are issued to clients per engagement on request, and additional-insured endorsements are available where the engagement justifies them.
Limits, carriers, and endorsements are listed in the engagement-specific certificate. Coverage is reviewed annually and after material changes to the operating profile.
Section 03
Conduct & Operating Principles
Operations are conducted in alignment with the principles of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers (ICoC): respect for human rights and the rule of law, proportionality and necessity in any use of force, prohibition of discrimination, and protection of those who report misconduct.
We reference the ICoC framework as the most widely recognized international standard for the private security sector. Where a client engagement is governed by additional standards (a corporate code, a specific industry framework), those are documented and incorporated at intake.
- Discretion by default. Engagement details, principals, and operating patterns are confidential. Public visibility of protective personnel is held to the minimum the threat picture requires.
- Proportional measures. Protective measures are scaled to documented threats. We will recommend less coverage where the picture justifies it.
- Defined authority. Reporting lines, decision authorities, and escalation contacts are documented before deployment, not improvised under stress.
- Integration, not replacement. We coordinate with existing household, corporate, and law-enforcement arrangements rather than displace them.
Section 04
Vetting & Training Standards
All personnel are individually licensed, vetted prior to assignment, and re-vetted on a documented cycle. Vetting includes verification of licensing currency, criminal record review, employment and reference verification, and engagement-specific clearances where required.
Selection
Personnel are drawn from special operations, military, and law enforcement backgrounds. Prior service is a baseline, not a credential—current fitness, current judgment, and protective-services experience determine assignability.
Continuing fitness
Documented physical fitness, first-aid, and protective-skills currency requirements. Personnel who lapse are removed from active assignment until requirements are restored.
Engagement-specific training
Pre-deployment briefings on the principal, the threat picture, the operating environment, and the post orders for that engagement.
After-action review
Documented after-action review on completion of significant engagements; lessons fold back into selection, training, and post-order standards.
Section 05
Escalation & Use-of-Force Framework
Use of force in private protective work is subject to the same legal framework that governs any individual—Canadian criminal law and the law of the host jurisdiction in international engagements. Aegis One does not operate outside that framework.
Personnel are trained and instructed to use the minimum measures necessary to protect the principal and themselves; to disengage where disengagement is the safer course; and to coordinate with law enforcement promptly when threats escalate.
Engagement documentation
At intake, every engagement documents: the operating environment, the threat picture, the principal’s decision authority and reporting lines, the law-enforcement liaison plan, and the conditions under which the engagement may be paused or terminated. These are reviewed with the client before deployment.
Verification
Documents and certificates on request.
Licence numbers, certificates of insurance, sample post orders, and the standards alignment summary are provided as part of engagement intake or, on request, in advance of an engagement decision.