The aim of a security survey is to align risk management and security needs against project goals and objectives through an assessment of local conditions and influences, and how these might affect a company’s facilities or activities. A security survey is a collaborative approach between our consulting team and our clients – ensuring the end product best meets risk management and business needs concurrently. RSM Consulting understands that it is imperative for risk consultants to fully grasp the mechanics of how a company wishes to conduct business, both in terms of governance and ethos, as well as in terms of practical project needs – it is only by understanding these factors that risk mitigation and security measures can be placed into the correct context. As such, our security surveys are complimentary and supportive of business and corporate goals – aligning risk management and security solutions to a company’s business interests.

RSM Consulting has considerable experience in deploying highly capable risk and security consultants. Our consultants will quickly and accurately develop detailed and pragmatic security surveys which will support every level of management in determining the correct courses of action to support business success, while protecting the group, employees and activities from avoidable or manageable risks. The following sequence of activities define the principles of approach RSM Consulting uses in order to ensure an effective security survey is conducted:

• Determine the Scope of Work: RSM Consulting ensures that every element of need is identified and included, rather than having our clients discover that some critical requirements were missed post visit. This includes direct risk and security aspects, as well as business and program needs.

• Define Business Approaches: Our consultants often meet with business and project leaders to gain a detailed appreciation of current approach methodologies, including the size of task groups, how they operate, what they require and how different tasks might be aligned to enhance the overall program and security approach.

• Intelligence Review: Our consultants will then gather granular level information to support an understanding of the environment, as well as the associated threats that the company might face. The intelligence review will place the business activity into an intelligence and risk context.

• Security Survey Templates: Our consultants will ensure that information is gathered and presented in the most effective manner by the Survey Team. Time spent on preparation is very seldom wasted and better places the risk consultant to deliver information in a manner best suited for our clients use. This also provides an opportunity for our client managers to ensure all statement of work requirements are included prior to the task commencing.

• The Security Survey: RSM Consulting work in partnership with corporate and local managers to ensure that every aspect of the Security Survey is met in full. We are sensitive to working with a wide spectrum of managers and will seek a collaborative approach that reduces internal frictions. Our consultants are sensitive to the impact our survey has upon ongoing business operations

• Consolidation of Information: RSM Consulting understands that often the value of the survey goes beyond the actual task itself and our consultants will consolidate the materials for presentation and then participate in verbal briefings and discussions with our clients to ensure the full value of the survey is capitalized upon.

Frequently, security consultancy tasks, whether security surveys or audits, are poorly conducted as risk and security companies seek to offer a quick and cheap solution to what is often a complex and dynamic issue. RSM Consulting prides itself on taking the time to plan a uniquely tailored solution for our clients, while saving time and effort by having sophisticated tools and systems in place to support a high quality end product. We offer a tier of services to meet small linear tasks, medium sized projects and complex and dynamic risk consulting requirements. Each service can be tailored to meet the needs of a unique company requirement.