Friday, July 27, 2007

Getting Security Buy-In from the Business - Security Force Multiplying

One of our valued customers, a world-leading energy company, has been running a five day course attended by 25 business managers in which they learned the basics of both international and company best security practice.

The company’s security philosophy is to use a small number of highly qualified security professionals backed by a wide network of business managers and supervisors who act as local focal points for security issues.

The Regional Security Advisor for the client said “There people are our force multipliers - they keep an eye on local conditions, fix whatever they can and call us of they can not. In the event of a local crisis or incident, they become our local eyes and ears."

The group received training in risk management; security design; physical and electronic security and information security. This was combined with input from the parent company to present the specific corporate view. One delegate said “It has been really worthwhile – I return to work far better equipped to watch the security at my location.