The Protection of “People at Risk” was one of the topics discussed in detail by delegates attending the recent Security Management and Coordination Course in Oman.
From an Arabian Gulf perspective, delegates identified three risk groups: high net-worth or high profile senior local employees; expatriates; and business visitors. The group consensus was that it was business visitors who were at greatest risk due to their unfamiliarity with their surroundings and lack of cultural awareness. Other groups doing the same exercise previously have often placed expatriates ahead of visitors in the risk ranking due to their inherent sense of “adventurism”!
Moving on to discuss travel security awareness for their staff travelling overseas, the group felt that while free-to-access services offered by organisations such as the UK FCO were a good and accurate starting point, business travellers required more detailed information. The group felt that a traffic light system (green – low risk; orange – medium risk: red – high risk) was preferred, with these indicators being broken down into the following categories:
General Crime
Political Unrest
Corruption
Terrorism
Kidnap
The tutor, David Cresswell, felt that from his own many experiences in travelling to over 50 countries, there should also be a special box for taxi driver risk!
For more on Business Travel Security awareness training for your travelling staff contact David.
For more on the one-week Security Management and Coordination Course click below:
UK: http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/other_accredited_sm.asp#s1
Overseas: http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/reg_train.asp
From an Arabian Gulf perspective, delegates identified three risk groups: high net-worth or high profile senior local employees; expatriates; and business visitors. The group consensus was that it was business visitors who were at greatest risk due to their unfamiliarity with their surroundings and lack of cultural awareness. Other groups doing the same exercise previously have often placed expatriates ahead of visitors in the risk ranking due to their inherent sense of “adventurism”!
Moving on to discuss travel security awareness for their staff travelling overseas, the group felt that while free-to-access services offered by organisations such as the UK FCO were a good and accurate starting point, business travellers required more detailed information. The group felt that a traffic light system (green – low risk; orange – medium risk: red – high risk) was preferred, with these indicators being broken down into the following categories:
General Crime
Political Unrest
Corruption
Terrorism
Kidnap
The tutor, David Cresswell, felt that from his own many experiences in travelling to over 50 countries, there should also be a special box for taxi driver risk!
For more on Business Travel Security awareness training for your travelling staff contact David.
For more on the one-week Security Management and Coordination Course click below:
UK: http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/other_accredited_sm.asp#s1
Overseas: http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/reg_train.asp
