1st Edition
Managing Security Overseas Protecting Employees and Assets in Volatile Regions
RISKS AND THREATS OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND OPERATIONS
Challenges of Security Management in Global and High Risk Operations
Travel Tracking and Travel Intelligence Issues: "It’s 3:00 AM – Do you know where your ex-pats are?"
Risk Assessment Methodologies: The 5:00 PM Friday Telephone Call – "We’ve Got a Project Kicking Off Monday in Colombia…Not Missouri"
Protecting People Who Don’t Believe They Need to Be Protected: "I would prefer to go ‘Low Profile’"
POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND METHODS
Security, Crisis Management, and Evacuation Planning: The 2:00 AM Friday Telephone Call: "The missiles are flying all around Israel and landing on our jobsite!"
Protecting People and Assets Around the World: From Green Acres to the Green Zone
Pre-Deployment and Security Awareness Training: "Tell me everything I need to know in about 15 minutes"
KEEPING CURRENT AND ON TRACK
Crisis Management Do’s and Don’ts: Pushing the Panic Button
Establishing and Maintaining Contact and Coordination with Local, Regional, and International Authorities: "We need a favor, we have people in your country whom we need evacuated – NOW!"
Keeping Current and Maximizing Your International Crisis and Security Management Efficiencies: "Now that you have solved my issues, why should I keep you around?"
How to Be All Things to All People: Putting It All Together
Biography
Scott Alan Ast
