A closer working relationship between public and private sectors in the security and resilience domain would be beneficial. So say the Royal United Services Institute, running a series of Friday workshops.
Not only do security measures need to be "threat informed" to be effective but security advice needs to be "target informed" to be relevant. However, the majority of targets within the new security environment are in the private sector yet threat intelligence resides predominantly within the public domain. Small ad-hoc initiatives and informal arrangements based on personal relationships are becoming rife as means to bridge this gap. However, a meeting at RUSI in December 2004, attended by senior public and private figures, highlighted a need for a consistent and informed approach.
Hence workshops aiming to address this need by: showing how the most common barrier to cooperation can be overcome; identifying which partnerships will achieve the greatest gains; and facilitating what RUSI calls a "Partnering for the New Security Environment Strategy".
The workshops
April 15: Building Trust between Public and Private Security Sectors – will clarify the role of each sector and their main needs and requirements; and identify the main issues regarding trust between the two sectors and will begin to establish feasible ways forward.
April 22: Joint Public/Private Security Partnerships: the Operational Issues – will assess current partnerships in the security environment as examples and aims to address the inter-operational issues regarding working partnerships. Who needs to be working with who, and how.
May 6: Partnering for the New Security – will illustrate the main options available in reference to working partnerships by taking an integrated approach to partnering, as well as looking at the long-term consequences of such partnerships.
If you are interested in finding out more about any of the workshops please ring Emma Penn, the HSR Department Co-ordinator on 0207 747 2627 or email [email protected]
