Managing Security Overseas: Protecting Employees and Assets in Volatile Regions

by Scott Alan Ast

Overview

Written by a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and FBI-recognized subject matter expert, this text details the recommended protocol for protecting people and assets in hostile global settings. Scott Alan Ast offers wisdom and insight gleaned from 28 years of hands-on experience in international security management. He supplies the fundamental understanding and advanced tools required to ensure business is conducted safely regardless of the risk level, identifying the various threats that loom in international projects, and walking readers through a logical framework to design and implement a safety and security program.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439804674
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/18/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Scott Alan Ast, has over 28 years’ experience in security  management, consulting, and investigations. He has been recognized as a subject matter expert by the FBI and is a member of an InfraGard Critical Infrastructure Special Interest Group.  He is a board Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a Certified CPTED Planner. His projects have been featured in national publications such as Business Week. He has assisted the Department of Homeland Security, the EPA, the USDA, and the Rand Corporation in developing national policy for the protection of critical infrastructure. Mr. Ast has been deployed to Iraq six times as a Department of Defense contractor in support of Iraq reconstruction efforts, where his responsibilities included force protection, physical security, and emergency planning.

Table of Contents

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.