Portfolio of services
Introduction
Economic Security Consultants' main objective is to ensure the viability of any project by providing confidence in the delivery of a safe and secure environment.
The development of sound risk management and planning practices relating to security issues enables companies to detect, prevent and if necessary handle a disruption with the restoration of normal activity as quickly as possible. The development of technical security advice using methodologies that are both understood and effective are integral to the business solution. These methodologies can be incorporated into operational risk management frameworks, which may already be in place, ensuring integrated crisis and risk management decisions which are based on a thorough analysis of the vulnerabilities, threat and risk.
Economic Security Consultants - Integrated Security Approach
- Security risk management
- A technical security audit
- A security operational requirement and performance specification
- Project management
- Commissioning and performance testing
- Planning and training
- The audit 'cycle'
- Emergency and crisis management
- Invitation to tender
1. Security risk management
The production of a security risk management framework based on Threat and Vulnerability identifies and prioritises key elements of the asset. It also provides the asset management with a clear understanding of how and why a security environment should be planned in order to develop and sustain a project.
2. A technical security audit
The technical audit assesses the effectiveness of existing physical and electronic security measures in place. Economic Security Consultants provide a full report identifying any vulnerability found within the existing systems, and offers recommendations, and any remedial works that may be required to maintain a system or procedure to current best practices.
3. A security operational requirement and performance specification
Following a thorough and systematic risk assessment, Economic Security Consultants are able to provide a framework for delivering successful security solutions to support the management team by providing focus and control for any security related project.
The Operational Requirement also defines the Performance Specification and provides the basis for managing all areas of system development, performance and installation quality assurance, through agreed project management criteria to meet budget expenditure.
4. Project management
Economic Security Consultants is able to provide a client with project management support to ensure that security management systems, legal equipment and installation standards meet quality requirements and reflect best practice.
5. Commissioning and performance testing
The Economic Security Consultants technical team has the practical ability to provide the support and expertise required when testing and commissioning a security system/procedure to identify whether it meets the Operational Requirement by including:
- The testing of individual components to ensure they operate correctly
- Commissioning of the system
- Training of operators in the use of the system
- Operational Performance testing against current standards
6. Planning and training
Experience has shown that the delivery of a well conceived operational plan supported through training, underpins any enhancement program. Also Economic Security Consultants confirms that the integration of training involving the civil authorities and supporting agencies builds relationships and trust between those tasked with managing and resolving incidents. Economic Security Consultants Ltd is fully experienced in providing training programmes in support of such needs.
7. The audit 'cycle'
A programme of audits ensures that maintenance contracts are being adhered to and that system performance degradation is immediately identified and corrected. The audit tool will also ensure that confidence remains and that upgrades can be implemented and integrated when and where appropriate to retain a robust system. Such regular audit reviews will be available for scrutiny by third parties and remain accountable by providing client management with additional confidence that their cost effective, implemented security systems remain operationally secure.
8. Emergency and crisis management
Emergencies at both strategic and supervisory levels which involve crisis management require a depth of knowledge and experience. Our teams' emergency and crisis management training provides management support which encompasses planning, implementation, training and exercising to evaluate the process as part of the continuous learning path.
Our expertise, gained through involvement can be related to years of experience working within the Oil and Gas industry. This has developed our ability to integrate all elements of Emergency and Crisis Management, including security which ensures cross cutting issues are addressed to meet the specific client need.
Years of experience working within the Oil and Gas industry has developed our ability to integrate all elements of Emergency and Crisis Management together with Security ensuring cross cutting issues are addressed to meet the specific client need.
9. Invitation to tender
Economic Security Consultants can provide assistance during the initial tender preparation period to ensure optimisation of both scope and intended expenditure by clients prior to document issue. Our experience base is able to support the client when reviewing returned tender documentation to ensure that contractor's comply with both the Operational Requirement and Performance Specification.
Conclusion
Working through a well developed management process will allow for a broader understanding of the vulnerabilities that exist. Interdependencies exist between Infrastructure Networks and the need to introduce measures to protect those assets not identified as critical to the network operator may, by the nature of their operation, become critical to a dependent sector. These are pivotal to ensuring the development of appropriate cross sector security measures. A sector specific approach may be considered appropriate, but such a focus will miss cross cutting issues leaving areas of vulnerability.
Of crucial importance to gaining buy in for any implementation is the cost impact that will be borne by operators. In demonstrating a strategy of security risk management, built through support and understanding will ensure that the mechanisms required, will be implemented and delivered.
