Security consultation

To connect with our experts regarding our security consulting services, consider the following key areas of expertise:

1. Strategic vision:

   • Validating the vision for your program.
   • Delivering strategic roadmaps to support program establishment, optimization, and transformation.
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3. Digital solution design:

   • Identifying, simplifying and systemizing processes.
   • Custom design and implementation of end to end process based digital applications resulting in increased workforce efficiency and reduced duplication of effort.
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5. Governance Development:

   • Examining frameworks, policies, standards, and guidelines to formalize your security program.
   • Ensuring consistent application of security practices within your organization.
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7. Contract Structure:

   • Establishing a structure, staffing, and operating model aligned with your strategy and organizational needs.
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9. Benchmarking:

   • Allowing you to assess how your security programs and practices compare against industry standards such as ISO31000

Third Wave Consulting specializes in threat-based and risk-appropriate security designs, integrating layered technological and physical security controls into the planning of infrastructure projects. Identifying key stakeholders, we collaborate to understand your specific security risks, operational requirements, and design needs.

Our Consulting Team utilisies it's decades of relevant, real world experience as former Heads of Security to ensure clarity of purpose, holistic security, and cost-effectiveness.

Whether the objective is updating or integrating CCTV, systems, access control points, alarm systems, guard force or patrols, we have the necessary experience and skill set to quickly assess, advise, and implement security plans.

Fundamental aspects of our approach include:

Risk Assessment:

• Developing bespoke risk-appropriate practices to identify controls that effectivey mitigate risks and align to the overall strategic vision.
• Assessing the vulnerability of people and physical assets against recognized threats.
• Review the effectiveness of risk recording tools used to inform decison makers.
• software Identify and document potential hazards or risks associated with the activity, process, or project.
• Establish contingency plans for high-priority risks that cannot be fully eliminated.
• Define actions to be taken if a risk event occurs to minimize its impact.
• Regularly review and monitor the effectiveness of risk mitigation measures.
• Update the risk assessment as the project or environment evolves.
• Clearly communicate the identified risks, their potential impact, and the mitigation strategies to relevant stakeholders.
• Document the entire risk assessment process, including assumptions and methodologies used.
• Prepare and distribute reports on the status of identified risks and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies.
• Assign responsibility for managing specific risks to individuals or teams.
• Clearly define roles and responsibilities related to risk management.
• Ensure that the risk assessment process complies with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.

Risk Culture and Training:

• Foster a culture that encourages proactive risk management at all levels.
• Provide training and awareness programs to enhance risk management skills with key staff and the wider organization.

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED):

• Implementing strategies such as natural surveillance, territorial reinforcement, lighting and defensible space to create environments with greater resilience to crime and other threats.

Control Design:

• Delivering solutions that are not only risk-based and proportionate but also robust, integrateable, data-informed, and cost effective.

Bespoke Solutions:

• Tailoring security measures to the unique characteristics and requirements of each project, considering factors like location, industry, sensitivity and risk tolerance.

• Tailored software applications or systems designed to address specific business processes or requirements. These solutions are developed to fit the unique workflows and needs of a particular organization.

Bespoke Training Programs:

• Tailored training programs designed to meet the specific learning objectives and requirements of an organization or individual. This could include customized content, delivery methods, and assessment criteria.

Risk Based Designs:

• Using data to ensure designs are not only effective in enhancing security but also provide the best return for investment, ensuring optimal use of resources.

Occupational Violence and Aggression

Leveraging our extensive operational and program management expertise, Third Wave Consulting collaborate with clients to develop occupational workplace violence prevention proven in their application. 

Key approaches include:

Contextual application:

• Assisting in prevention and threat management with expert operational guidance.
• Providing effective, real-world strategies based on our extensive experience to assess and mitigate threats to workplace safety.

Education:

• Collaborating to implement a robust and auditable duty of care program for employees, emphasizing both prevention and response considerations.
• Offering tailored, in-person workshops and virtual courses designed to suit specific threat environments and accommodate hybrid working environments.

Policy and Control Gap Analysis:

• Assisting in building a workplace violence program or identifying vulnerabilities in existing structures.

Business resilience

Leveraging our extensive operational risk and crisis management expertise, we collaborate with clients to develop robust business resilience frameworks that enhance their ability to anticipate, respond to, and recover from various challenges, ensuring long-term sustainability and success.

Our approach to enhacing business resilience includes:

Risk Management:

• Identify and assess potential risks to the organization, including financial, operational, strategic, and reputational risks.
• Develop strategies to mitigate, transfer, or accept identified risks.
• Developing and maintaining a business continuity plan outlining procedures to ensure critical business functions can continue during and after a disruption.
• Identifying key personnel, resources, and technology necessary for business continuity.

Crisis Management:

• Establishing a crisis management team and define their roles and responsibilities.
• Developing communication plans and protocols for internal and external stakeholders during a crisis.

Emergency Response Planning:

• Developing plans for responding to immediate threats or emergencies, including natural disasters, cyber-attacks, or public health crises.
• Conducting drills and training to ensure employees are prepared to respond effectively.

Adaptability and Flexibility:

Foster an organizational culture that values adaptability and innovation.

• Develop flexible business models that can adjust to changing market conditions.

Training and Awareness:

• Educate employees at all levels on the importance of business resilience.
• Provide training and awareness programs to ensure employees understand their roles in implementing resilience measures.

Continuous Improvement:

• Regularly review and update business resilience plans based on lessons learned from previous disruptions.
• Conduct post-event analyses to identify areas for improvement.