The president of the Chilean Association of Private Security Professionals (CPSEG), the institution sponsoring the exhibition, highlights the event’s role as a meeting point for public, municipal, and private security. As part of the trade show, the organization will hold the First National Meeting of Private Security Professionals and the Industry on September 9.

The private security sector is undergoing a transformation driven by new technologies, regulatory changes, and the need to raise the standards of those working in the field. These are precisely the areas that the Chilean Association of Private Security Professionals (CPSEG), a nonprofit trade association, seeks to strengthen and professionalize. For this reason, its participation as a sponsor at SeguridadExpo 2026 takes on special significance as an opportunity to strengthen ties with the various stakeholders in a constantly evolving industry.

For Miguel Ángel Ramírez, president of CPSEG, SeguridadExpo represents an opportunity to address the role that private security currently plays in crime prevention and its relationship with other stakeholders in the system.

“As president of the Chilean Association of Private Security Professionals, we greatly value this type of event. Today, SeguridadExpo is the only one in our country that addresses the importance of the private security industry as a key and relevant entity in crime prevention and, consequently, in reducing the public’s perception of insecurity,” he notes.

For CPSEG, the process of professionalization goes hand in hand with the evolution of crime, which demands increasingly well-trained personnel. This challenge, however, is compounded by the implementation of Law 21.659 on Private Security, which still presents operational difficulties in the accreditation processes for workers and companies.

“Today, the digital platform implemented by the Undersecretariat for Crime Prevention—which allows training centers and institutes to register the respective OS.10 courses for security guards, supervisors, CCTV operators, specialized guards, and others—continues to have significant glitches, which has prevented more than 7,000 security guards in the Metropolitan Region alone from obtaining their accreditation,” he states.

This is a particularly important issue for CPSEG, given the role that the new regulations assign to private security in supporting public safety.

“It is an enormous responsibility when we consider that, at a crime scene where a crime has been committed, security guards often act as witnesses or active participants—and they must be trained to secure the crime scene while awaiting the police,” he explains.

“Therefore, it is clear that the better trained security personnel are, the more support and assistance the police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office will have in launching the respective investigations,” he adds.

Data Protection as a Key Issue for Private Security

The changes facing the industry also have a technological component. SeguridadExpo 2026 will include data protection and artificial intelligence among its key themes—topics that CPSEG believes present new opportunities.

“Artificial Intelligence is increasingly establishing itself as an indispensable tool, both for new technologies and for the implementation of processes that streamline work, planning, and management in every area where it is applied. In the case of security, it is tremendously useful for predicting and anticipating criminal behavior,” notes Ramírez.

In this context, Ramírez hopes that SeguridadExpo will showcase solutions that address the new technological challenges facing the sector.

“At every edition of SeguridadExpo, we’ve seen the latest technologies and scientific advancements for combating crime and organized crime, so I believe that at this edition, we’ll see the latest in robotics, artificial intelligence, and state-of-the-art processes and capabilities,” he anticipates.

That said, for CPSEG, technology must be accompanied by greater coordination among those involved in crime prevention and prosecution. The association’s president argues that this coordination is especially important given how rapidly the methods used by criminal organizations are evolving.

“We must be clear that criminals’ methods often advance faster than both the state apparatus and the private sector; that is why the synergy among the entities tasked with controlling and deterring crime must be strong and tailored to each of their areas of jurisdiction,” he maintains.

This pursuit of greater coordination will have a dedicated forum during SeguridadExpo 2026. On Wednesday, September 9, starting at 9:00 a.m., CPSEG will host the First National Meeting of Professionals and the Private Security Industry, with the participation of the Undersecretary for Crime Prevention, the mayor of Santiago, the mayor of Isla de Maipo, and other authorities involved in public and private security.

“At CPSEG Chile, we believe that connectivity, coordination, staying up to date, and training are essential for the development of the private security industry and also for ensuring that authorities learn about the latest technologies firsthand,” says Ramírez.

The meeting will take place as part of the program for SeguridadExpo 2026, an event organized by FISA, part of the GL events group. The trade show will be held September 8–10 at Metropolitan Santiago and will feature an exhibition and a conference focusing on the main challenges currently facing the security industry.