What it is^
By the term “security” we mean a complex network of multiple interdependent parameters, whose identification is the main axis for preparing studies and applying procedures, policies and rules aimed at achieving the highest possible protection and minimizing the risk that any legally protected interest may be harmed by threats, acts, omissions or situations beyond the will of the affected party and resulting in losses.
A comprehensive security solution does not monopolize particular methods of action, irrespective of the level to which it is addressed—individual, corporate, state or broader—but entails collective responsibility for applying the appropriate measures through continuously improving procedures.
Today, risks of every kind relating to security are ever present, a situation reinforced by the continuous and rapid development of technological achievements. The needs of the modern era require the fast, efficient and consistent management of enormous volumes of information and data of every kind at all levels. Security policy is therefore assigned, in addition to the traditional methods and procedures followed until recently, the further role of addressing new forms of risk.
What they include^Security studies determine the policy and objectives of a security management system through systematic methods of continuous review and revision, and include:
- Risk assessment for every item of information and every resource.
- Analysis and evaluation of the risk and of the existing situation.
- Preparation of a list of priorities.
- Identification of requirements.
- Allocation of duties.
- Preparation of preventive measures and effective response measures.
- Preparation of crisis-management measures for direct and indirect risks and emergencies.
- Preparation of business-continuity and disaster-recovery plans.
- Information management and Decision Support Systems.
Fields of Application^
As Security Consultants, we provide advice, conduct investigations and prepare studies for legal and natural persons, organizations and enterprises in the private or wider public sector, with the aim of protecting them against risks of every kind that are present today, such as common and organized crime, emergencies, unauthorized access to or processing of personal data and electronic crime, as well as matters concerning information-systems security, telecommunications-systems security, network security and the security of transactions of every kind.
More specifically:
a. In relation to the above matters, we provide advice to:
- Banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges, Private Security Service Providers and major Private Investigation Agencies.
- Special Public Order and Security Services, such as:
- Security services for legal entities governed by public law, public-utility organizations and enterprises (Ν.1339/83).
- External guarding services for detention facilities housing convicted persons, persons in pre-trial detention and patients in
treatment facilities (Π.Δ.265/1999).
- Municipal Police services (Π.Δ.23/2002).
- Security Directors of airports, airlines, in-house security departments, and large or international enterprises and organizations.
- Officials, police managers and instructors, and police forces of other countries.
- Experts and Project Leaders in European Commission external-assistance training programmes for the benefit of third countries, on security matters in the field of Home Affairs.
- Security Officers for port installations and facilities, shipping companies and Ship Security Officers (Π.Δ.56/2004), as well as medium-sized or small enterprises and organizations.
- Security Managers at any level of management.
b. We are at your side with regard to:
- Security decision-making.
- Decision-making involving security-related matters.
- Equivalent security arrangements in cases where the law is silent.
- Conducting security exercises, with certification.
- Selection of security-service providers—security services, private investigations, technical equipment and high-technology systems—and support for the relevant negotiations.
- Security inspections, with certification.
- Selection of security personnel.
- Compatibility with governing principles.
- Asymmetric threats and commercial crime—including terrorist acts against enterprises and organizations, piracy and armed attacks against ships, hijacking and commandeering of aircraft, industrial espionage and sabotage, and ordinary criminal offences against enterprises and organizations—as well as vigilance, scene protection and investigation.
- Integrated Notification System (INS), combining information technology and communications within an open architecture.
c. Technical guidance with regard to:
- Identification and location of dangerous objects and substances that may be used against the security of enterprises and organizations.
- Non-discriminatory recognition of characteristic behaviour patterns of persons who may threaten security or circumvent security measures.
- Recognition of warning signs of a serious or asymmetric threat.
Preparation of Studies^Through specialized security consultants who visit your premises and perform risk analysis and risk assessment of the complete security system suited to your circumstances, using recognized and scientifically documented methods consistent with the legislation in force, security requirements are determined with the aid of specialized methods for analysing and documenting requirements.
The determination of requirements is based on risk analysis combined with a maximum-benefit and minimum-cost analysis of the application of the various security measures.
To achieve the objectives set, security measures must provide a level of protection commensurate with the value of the system being protected and with the seriousness of the risks it faces.
By way of indication, certified studies and plans capable of meeting any security requirement may be prepared as follows:
- Scientific Risk Management Studies, including risk analysis and vulnerability studies for enterprises and organizations, within the doctrine of the dual nature of security.
- Security Plans for enterprises, organizations, etc.(strategic, tactical and operational, each within its own planning time frame). A security plan describes the security requirements of legal and natural persons, organizations and enterprises in the private or wider public sector, the actions required to implement them, the necessary technical equipment and the necessary administrative and organizational measures. The security plan is subject to regular reviews and revisions, given the rapid development of technological solutions.
- Emergency Plans. An emergency plan sets out the measures to be applied in any emergency, such as natural disasters and similar events.
- Continuously Updated Security Files, for every enterprise or organization.
- Security Assessmentsof physical integrity, installations, facilities, communications, information, transport infrastructure and other services or areas associated with the security of an enterprise, organization, etc., together with their security measures.
Preparation of Training Programs^Our certified specialist trainers undertake:
- Initial, refresher and lifelong training tailored to the specific requirements of each enterprise or organization, for personnel providing security services under any form of employment or contractual relationship, with certification.
- Training of security officers and newly recruited security personnel, with certification.
- Training, practice and familiarization of personnel with emergency procedures, with certification.
- Development of user-friendly and highly interactive learning material, with emphasis on learning through all methods and techniques of flexible adult education.
- Conducting training security exercises, with certification.
Evaluation - Utilization^In addition, we carry out:
a. Evaluation of existing Security Plans.
b. Evaluation of Training Programs and training material.
c. Evaluation of any activity through process and product evaluation.
d. Utilization through identifying and locating points requiring further analysis, documentation and
presentation, as well as points for which, although there is potential for utilization, no
corresponding request was made.
Indicative questions that may be raised, depending on the security requirements ^
- What are the most important security problems for our enterprise?
- Can you develop the qualitative security requirements needed to protect against losses and to strengthen our image and reputation?
- Can you provide solutions to minor security problems that create friction and may lead to a sudden crisis?
- What emergency risks may arise for our organization?
- At what stage are the studies prepared?
- Can studies that have already been prepared be improved or modified?
- Is there a need for improvement or modification, when and why, and under what conditions?
- Do you undertake the training of employees and executives in security matters, and what would such training cover?
- Can you prepare a specific training program according to the needs of our activity?
- Are you able to present a complete training model inside or outside the organization, that is effective as a learning process while also respecting the investment made in training?
- Is crisis management relevant to our enterprise, organization or body, and what exactly does it involve?
- Do you undertake the preparation of a comprehensive security study for the implementation of a project—for example, the construction of a building—that meets the organization’s requirements at the following stages: (a) before construction, (b) during construction, (c) upon acceptance, (d) after acceptance and (e) future readjustment?
- Do you undertake the implementation and practical application of the above study?
