conversation could start or, at least, not end on the subject of convergence with a “this will save us X GBP”. This does a great disservice to those that are opening, closing and barricading doors, against an army of risks from outside the corporation, 60% of the time predicated by the inept insider.


In the profession of security, there is a vying, in some organisations, between the information and physical aspects of the function. In the SSR Future Strategies 2020 project, there was a clear delineation of roles and an understanding that in the main,


Executive Boards had, in some organisations, a paradox as to who had that strategic function and budget. According to the majority of respondents, the physical executives, speaking the language of the business, could articulate visually the threats to the C-Suite that they could resonate with. Organisations that lacked that continuity, or perhaps did not have a significant security leader, have filled the gap with third-party vendors. Contracts let to Information Security vendors in 2016 were worth approximately USD 10bn, with Government a major purchaser. Predicted growth for this market


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INTERNATIONAL CSO / HEAD OF SECURITY Responsible for delivering localised policy, executive board briefings.They are a driver for change and service expansion. Budget responsibility of £10m – £30m. Revenues of £1bn+.


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NATIONAL SECURITY HEAD Responsible for all physical aspects of corporate security and maintaining standards across an estate. Budget responsibility £2m – £10m.


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REGIONAL INVESTIGATOR & DUE DILIGENCE MANAGER Supply chain management, implementing corporate procedures. Compliance and auditing within supply chain / 3rd-party manufacturing


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CYBER RESIDENCE MAN. / HEAD OF CYBER SECURITY A new role that is developing across a range of sectors as organisations elevate their response to cyber attacks. The rapid controls on insider users that organisations need to have required a robust cyber policy against perennial and growing risk.


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SENIOR INVESTIGATOR Responsibility for more than one country’s operations. Active across all security breaches, due diligence, product diversion, counterfeit and auditing functions for the corporation.


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MAIN HQ SITE SECURITY MANAGER Physical and information protection, proactive, local policy implementation and development. Budget responsibility £2m – £5m+.


on current trends is USD 33bn by 2025. Security is an important lead in business operations, a profit protector, a risk leader, enabler and partner to the enterprise.


In addition to the ever changing issues around governance and compliance, organisations are falling victim to increasingly sophisticated threat campaigns. With the EU GDPR deadline May 2018, it’s a balancing act for security leadership of today to protect and manage vulnerability whilst under unprecedented scrutiny to overcome regulation; what systems to use; what resource to allocate without detriment or burden to the other.


While digital transformation fuels the focus for corporate investment, security of information is evolving faster than ever before. The Millennial and Alpha workforce are / will be more tech-savvy. New and disruptive technologies will reach a maturity not seen to date, and the rapid growth in vendor use may also add to your vulnerabilities. In the 2017 City of London Police crime report, cybercrime is estimated to cost the UK £190bn; the UK Government is spending £1.9bn per annum to support the national cyber security strategy until 2021. Yet the Public Accounts Committee states that “the UK is ranked below Brazil, China and South Africa when it comes to keeping our phones and computers safe”. Police forces have stopped investigating crimes where the perpetrators are still at primary school.


The Global Chief Security Officer tends to have a relatively short reporting line – sometimes direct – into the senior echelon (President/SVP level) of the business, coupled with very close relationships with regional security heads. It is this relationship that sets the tone of risk management, be that compliance, regulatory or security. It is evident that the increasing regulatory requirements of the past six years have caused the shift into the Risk function, with many companies taking a more holistic view of risk. This strongly features cyber: cyber dependence v cyber vulnerability.


There is a cycle in the life of every corporation: increased M&A activities, activist shareholders seeking increasing dividends, technology paralysis and lack of talent will all have an impact on the security posture – centralist or regionally divided – but whatever the stage in that corporate cycle, security risk managers will remain in high demand.


Peter French, MBE, CPP, FSyl MD


SSR® Personnel www.ssr-personnel.com


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