ITG
® Consulting can provide support services to individuals, corporations,
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other entities who are either conducting
or considering conducting operations in High Risk Environments (HRE) or areas characterized
by strife, civil disobedience, natural disaster or lack of normal public safety
infrastructure. Our staff of consultants utilized in this arena possesses demonstrable
success in varied environments on a global basis. We have planned for and provided
operations, managed contracts and conducted evacuations in some of the world’s most
challenging security environments. Our collective experience encompasses locations
such as Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, Afghanistan and Iraq. Our employees
have been successful on six continents, often operating under austere conditions
or under intense media scrutiny in politically sensitive environments. We have the
experience to assist our clients in being successful in their endeavors, whether
they are conducting operations in such areas or considering evacuating their employees
and/or families from areas stricken by violence.
Our support can range from direct consulting, through program development, to contract
management. ITG
® Operations can provide direct support and security operations
to those clients who so desire. Our portfolio of consulting services for HRE requirements
include the following components.
Security Force Design
Our staff will conduct a thorough analysis of client needs and desires and evaluate
the physical location clients intend to utilize in HRE areas. A thorough risk assessment
is conducted, facility parameters are considered, terrain analysis is conducted
and a security approach is developed that provides adequate safeguards and risk
mitigation factors to provide for the safety of our clients and their employees
in the HRE arena. Recognizing that through sheer definition, there is no 100% guarantee
of safety in an HRE, we assist our clients in developing security plans and methodology
utilizing state of the art and proven Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)
to accomplish the following goals:
- Avoid potential risks and pitfalls whenever possible
- Provide credible deterrence for perceived risk factors
- Detect potential problems as early in their life cycle as possible
- Provide for suitable, effective response
- Mitigate the potential effects of adverse incidents
- Recover from the incident
- Resumption of normal activities
Force protection, perimeter security, access control, quick reaction forces, personnel
security, security escorting, motorcade operations, convoy escorts and facility
design considerations are all examples of areas in which our consultants can be
of assistance. We can design and configure security programs for our clients regardless
of their needs or area in which they are living and working. We can blend in inherent
medical support, develop incident response plans, medical evacuation plans and general
evacuation plans that will function effectively. We can offer advice and counsel
pertaining to the development, use and training of indigenous security staff that
can often provide quality, cost effective support in foreign environments.
Our capabilities in this arena are comprehensive. While not always necessary, our
staff is capable and willing to travel to affected areas to work with on site clientele
whenever desired.
Evacuation Planning
When conducting operations in areas where the potential for evacuation of their
employers and/or their families may be a concern, companies and other entities should
have adequate contingency pre-planning accomplished and be proactively prepared
to assist their staff in times of need. ITG
® Consulting can assist in
the development of evacuation planning that is consistent with the goals and guidelines
established by the United States Department of State’s Overseas Security Advisory
Council.
From the development of polices and procedures at the corporate level to actual
on site identification and evaluation of rally points, evacuation routes, transportation
options and other concerns, our staff of consultants is ready to provide direct
support in this critical planning process.
Our staff has real world experience, having successfully accomplished this exact
planning process in multiple regions and countries of the world, and having successfully
completed 100% safe evacuation on more than one occasion.
Development of Policies and Procedures
ITG
® consultants can assist with the development of policies and procedures
relating to security and guard force operations such as the ones mentioned above
as stand alone products. Contingency planning is one of our strengths and we can
conduct desk top analysis and independent inspection or testing of existing procedures
as well. Gap analysis can also be conducted to identify vulnerabilities that can
be exploited by determined or unscrupulous people, and methodology to close those
gaps can be developed.
Developing Requests for Proposals
Entities desiring to develop Requests for Proposals (RFP) to provide themselves
with outsourced security services, who may not have inherent security departments
well versed in HRE operations, can obtain support from ITG
® Consulting
in developing Scope of Work and related items for RFPs they intend to issue. ITG
®
consultants can vet potential bidders, verify past performance and conduct due diligence
investigations when necessary. Our consultants are available to serve as technical
representatives for our clients during evaluation of proposal phases of the outsourcing
process.