Resiliance
Some thoughts on resiliance
Resilience In Business:
A business must be flexible in today’s modern climate as we live in an ever changing environment and market; therefore a business or company must be able to change and adapt with the times. A business model or plan can and should be about the ability to change and adapt as and when the market does; freely and easily. This in turn will give the business the edge to keep ahead of its competitors, as it is able to adapt to the needs of their clients and market.
These changes can be looked at in detail from the size of the company, the number of its employees, its products and services. The ability to be able to adapt dynamically to the needs of the market, environment or client demands is the mark of a resilient and successful business. In some instances resilience comes in the form of expansion, taking on additional staff, expanding the product and service base, increasing staffing and the acquisition of bigger premises and at other times this could be marked by the complete reverse, a streamlining of the business; or downsizing where cut-backs may need to be made and manning lowered, where a revision of critical staffing may need to be made in order to maintain the efficient running of the business.
With this in mind there can be a lot of logistics involved, when growing or downsizing a business or in fact changing and taking the business in a different direction.
In summery a good business plan and model needs to be easily adaptable and measures and policy’s need to be in place for all eventualities and should be reviewed regularly to make sure that the company is operating and conducting itself efficiently, lawfully and is has resilience built-in.
Within Security
Resilience within security is essential for many reasons, as they say within the military "no plan survives first contact" never a truer word said; therefore when planning security policy’s there are many variables to consider. In essence what we are trying to achieve in security is to provide contingency options to deal with the possible/perceived threats against 'our clients' and to implement the contingency options as solutions to counter or mitigate the threats if and when they occur.
This is achieved by a good dynamic and layered security planning and processes; good intelligence and threat assessments. This will enable us to plan for all /any threats and dangers against our self’s our clients and or infrastructure, not only to mitigate the chances of them happening to us, but in the event that they do, what we have in place to deal with these situations.
Resilience can also be defined as a positive ability to adapt to certain situations and a mentality that is expected within the security industry. Most people within the security industry will be exposed to situations that are not normal and will be expected to conduct themselves in a professional and measured manner. For example during the 07/11 bombings in London there were many different agencies that worked together to provide security within London and safety to the public. This was a large and complex task for all involved with the police trying to control and secure the area with cordons and working alongside the ambulance services that where trying to treat the victims and get them moved to safety and fire brigade. There was also damage to some of London’s infrastructure; the underground and bus service, and buildings in the immediate proximity of the blast.
In short; security planning must be adaptable, flexible and coordinated, so that even in situations where different agencies with different responsibilities, goals and agendas can come together to work together to achieve a task.
As the IRA once said, "you need to be lucky every time we only need to be lucky once".
