While individual learning validation should always be part of an instructional process, it is also advantageous to assess the organization as a whole.
Once upon a time security contracts were entered into for cost containment. That was the driving force behind them. Today cost is not the sole concern – there is more attention paid to the receipt of specialized, high-quality service. Increasingly, clients expect contract officer training to meet a specified standard. This can be a standard developed by the client organization itself or an industry standard of some type.