A L E R T BUSINESSES MUST BE ON
Sir David Veness, Senior Advisor at Pilgrims, suggests a corporate agenda for protection and preparation to achieve a state of business alert proportionate with pertinent dangers and risks.
Alert Business A
n alert business provides prudent protection for its staff, visitors, clients and
customers against a range of threats including the developing menace of international terrorism. An alert business is also better prepared to reduce loss of life and other harmful impacts of malevolent events. An alert business neighbourhood provides greater protection than businesses acting on their own and is likely to generate more purposeful preparation.
Fundamental to addressing a corporate agenda on this theme is comprehensive engagement from leadership to staff at all levels. Immediately after the tragic attacks in Paris in November 2015 it was apparent that those businesses which proved most resilient were those with the asset of senior
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management concern for staff safety and a security culture across the business.
The Director General of the UK Security Service (MI5), Andrew Parker delivered the “Lord Mayor’s Defence and Security Lecture – A Modern MI5” on 28 October 2015. His remarks were illuminating, perceptive and prescient.
He stressed the complexity of the threat stating, “Today we face a three dimensional threat: at home, overseas and online. An increasing proportion of our casework links to Syria and to ISIL. Even three years ago, when Jonathan Evans gave this lecture, we could not have predicted how the ISIL phenomenon has developed since. More than 750 extremists from this country have travelled to Syria, and the growth in the threat shows no sign of abating.”
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