Safety, Security & Risk Management can no longer be siloed, with “traditional” divisions between physical, cyber / IT & communications, intelligence, technology, and logistics. These disciplines must be organised together to enhance and support each other’s capabilities in order to secure and safeguard your personnel, physical, and digital assets. Security Read more…
Andy Thompson speaks with Paul Barker, founder of Vigilance Consulting and a certified operational resilience and risk professional with more than 20 years leadership experience across education, leisure, hospitality and predominantly financial services sectors, including capital markets, private equity, banking, asset management & treasury sectors. He specialises in providing operational Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with Chris Goodwin-Hudson, Founding Partner and Director of Watchman, about training in Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights born from extensive international experience of working in highly challenging environments alongside large multinational projects that impact on local community’s wellbeing and way of life. How do you Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with James Ross, Co-Founder and Director of Nomad Risk, who provide risk management strategies for organisations working in remote, austere, and extreme environments across the globe, including Media and TV Production companies. What is the backstory of Nomad Risk? My business partner, Trevor Smith, and I met Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with Chris Lawton, Founder of Silk Road Training, who provide online, 360 degree and physically immersive courses that make life-saving hostile environment skills accessible to all. Training through Virtual Reality Technology What was the genesis of Silk Road Training? Grant Wootton, my co-founder, and I have been Read more…
The Safety, Security & Risk Management sector is largely characterised by a “contingent workforce”: diverse, niche expertise, often sourced and mobilised quickly for short term projects and contracts. Risk Analysts – Close Protection Officers – Paramedics – Crisis & Disaster Management Consultants – EOD/C-IED Search – Cyber Security Experts – Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with Simon Mallin, a freelance Consultant Canine Trainer, highly experienced in patrol, explosive search, narcotic detection, anti-poaching, and medical alert training courses for dogs and their handlers, working with public and private clients, nationally and internationally. What is the background to your career in Search Dog Training? Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with Carolyn Pearson, Founder & CEO of Maiden Voyage, a Travel Community and Risk Awareness Training provider that focuses on “Making Business Travel Safe in a Diverse World”, through gender-specific and minority groups solutions. What is the origin of Maiden Voyage? I was happily working in technology Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with Mark Scoular, founding Director at Protect and Prepare Ltd, a multi-agency protective security and preparedness consultancy, providing high level strategic, tactical & operational interoperability from the development of policy and doctrine to hands-on delivery, training, testing and exercising and gap-analysis in any given high threat/risk environment Read more…
In 2021, Marshal will be launching a Safety, Security and Risk Management “Training Services Marketplace“. We re-launched in 2024! The new Business Development platform is an initiative for companies and freelancers operating in this broad sector, around the world, who have a common purpose – helping to keep people and Read more…