19 May 2012

Contingency planning for security incidents

Risk Intelligence has considerable experience in analysing corporate contingency planning for security-related incidents and has been working with clients to improve and optimise their contingency plans. The analysis-driven recommendations are based on experience from a number of studies such as the Somalia Hijacking Report and other studies into the challenges of contingency planning and crisis management.

Contingency planning for high-risk security incidents includes:

  • Alert procedures
  • Insurance and War Risk
  • Flag states
  • Crew nations
  • Flag and owner state military and law enforcement
  • Consultants
  • Negotiators
  • Media management
  • Banking (for ransom)
  • Communication
  • Legal issues
  • Security
  • Post-incident debriefing and lessons learned
  • Training and exercises

Crisis management includes:

  • Back-up support on site or on call
  • Recommendations
  • Contingency planning improvement points
  • Manual and procedures for high-risk area transits and operations
  • Crisis management improvement points

Risk Intelligence’s contingency planning can be configured to meet your specific requirements and budgetary considerations. Our consultancy work is carried out by experienced maritime and security experts and peer reviewed to ensure a high degree of quality and consistency.
 

Client benefits

Your benefits from Risk Intelligence contingency planning consultancy include: 

  • A reliable third party review of existing planning and procedures
  • Recommendations for improvement and continuous review
  • More effective allocation and use of resources
  • On call or on site support in crisis management situations
  • Better corporate governance and due diligence

 

References

Risk Intelligence has carried out contingency planning consulting for a range of shipping and offshore companies ranging from gas carrier companies to oil rig operators.

To contact Risk Intelligence if you have questions or want to discuss a specific project, please call Director of Consultancy Mr. Dirk Steffen on telephone +45 70 26 62 30.