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Venue
of Experience:
Our experience in designing
all inclusive corporate security programs has been limited to North
America. Additionally, we have developed specific components
of security programs, and stand alone security-related programs
abroad.
Methodology:
Our efforts in this area have
been extremely varied depending on client desires, company size, the
type of industry, risks in the industry, number of branch locations
and many other factors. In some cases, an existing program has
just required upgrading, but in other cases we have started from
scratch.
Types of Corporate Program
Services:
In addition to general
corporate security consulting where we have simply provided input,
there are two basic types of programs we have developed for clients:
stand alone programs to control a specific risk, and complete
corporate security programs.
Stand Alone Programs:
Examples of this first type
of service would include contingency planning for crisis events,
security programs for a new venture or new risk and similar
projects. For example, one large manufacturing client began a
program where rather than scrapping substandard products, these
products were sold for export to specific countries for a different
use than intended. The primary concern here was the exposure
which would result if these products were used in the country of
origin for the purpose intended for the first quality
products. If that occurred, the public would be placed at risk
and the company would likely become targeted by lawsuits resulting
from injuries caused by the substandard products. In this
case, our mission was not just to develop control over the flow of
the products, but to insure that security at the client's customers'
facilities was adequate. This was necessary since a theft of
the products from an insecure storage facility would result in the
products ending up with a segment of the mainstream market providing
a hazard to the public. In addition to the initial program
development here, we provided ongoing monitoring, visiting and
inspecting the customer's facilities without notice. In
another case, we developed security procedures to be used only in
the retail stores operated by a manufacturer.
Complete Corporate Security
Programs:
There have been cases where
our participation would be more akin to consulting, then program
developing. These have been situations where our role involved
reviewing and updating existing policies. In other cases,
however, we have undertaken projects to construct a company wide
security program from the ground up. One example of this
involved a large common carrier with over a hundred terminals
throughout the U.S. Our first step was to learn and understand
the company philosophy, reporting structure, and the risks inherent
in the business. This was followed by extensive interviews
with management, line supervision and workers at representative
terminals where limited physical security surveys were also
conducted. The smallest terminal visited had only twelve bays,
while one of the larger ones had well over a hundred. Some
terminals had special risks involving high-risk freight,
higher-than-normal environmental exposure, off-premises equipment
storage and other individual areas of concern.
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