Transcript Slide 1

SUPPORTING CORPORATE
BUSINESS IN THE CURRENT
WORLD CLIMATE
A PSC Perspective
There is no discipline in the world so
severe as the discipline of experience
subjected to the tests of intelligent
development and direction.
John Dewey, US educator and Pragmatist
philosopher (1859 – 1952)
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AIM
To set out some broad thoughts on the utility
of private security companies to commercial
corporations which need to operate in difficult,
unstable and dangerous environments.
OUTLINE
Context – the global commercial operating
environment.
► PSC – status quo.
► Commercial corporations security service
requirements.
► Security industry response.
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CONTEXT - FACTORS
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Bottom Up:
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Correlation between oil, gas, mineral resources and areas of
instability or conflict.
Centrifugal forces pushing commercial operators to the high risk
peripheries.
Hydrocarbon and mineral wealth increasingly viewed as nations’
patrimony.
No longer enough to address the symptoms without addressing
the causes.
Top Down:
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Corporate social responsibility.
Human rights.
Ethical and sustainable development.
Economic approach to security.
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……..so now
what?
WHERE ARE WE? [Spot my Company]
OPERATIONAL RISK TO BOTH OPERATOR AND CLIENT
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Consulting
Management
Intelligence
Analysis
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MARGIN
SERVICES
Planning
Training
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Physical Asset
Protection
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WHERE ARE WE GOING?
OPERATIONAL RISK TO BOTH OPERATOR AND CLIENT
Lo
Hi
Consulting
Management
Intelligence
Analysis
Hi
MARGIN
SERVICES
Planning
Training
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Physical Asset
Protection
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SUPPORTING CORPORATE BUSINESS
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Complexity of 21st Century security
challenges.
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Detailed understanding of our clients’
business.
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Greater level of sophistication and expertise
required.
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Learn to address the causes – not just the
symptoms.
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OUR INDUSTRY RESPONSE
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Segment the market.
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Specialise. Differentiate.
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Go beyond traditional security services.
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Package capabilities to meet developing client needs.
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Capability partnerships.
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In-country delivery capability.
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Hold on to the characteristics that have made us successful.
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CONCLUDING THOUGHT
(Erinys leitmotif)
TOWARDS CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TO
CREATE A SAFE SECURE ENVIRONMENT
RATHER THAN JUST SECURITY
MANAGEMENT TO WORK WTHIN AN UNSAFE
AND INSECURE ENVIRONMEMENT
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