National Business Crime Solution (NBCS), the not for profit body, has begun a consultancy service. NBCS Consultancy is aimed at members and non-members alike to configure security strategies, bring in risk based deployment, address loss prevention and online fraud, and deliver policy and stakeholder management.
NBCS Consultancy is head by its managing director, Daniel Hardy, alongside policy and stakeholder director, Catherine Bowen, and fraud business development director, Alison Parkinson. They work with the NBCS analytical resources team based in Worcester and support personnel. Briefly as background, NBCS works to enable the sharing of data between law enforcement agencies and business members to reduce crime that police forces may not be well placed to pick up, such as cross-police force border organised retail theft and theft from delivery lorries.
Daniel Hardy, pictured, said: ‘This wide ranging experience combines to ensure that NBCS Consultancy has unrivalled levels of knowledge and expertise that can be used to advise companies on the security of their assets through both human and technological means.’
NBCS members will be offered consultancy services at a preferential rate. Companies that are part of the NBCS Associate Membership scheme, and who have the platinum package, will receive one day of consultation per year. That recently launched Associate Membership scheme gives vendors access to senior decision makers at some of the nation’s most prestigious organisations, through NBCS events, and which eliminate the hassle normally associated with conferences and exhibitions, the NBCS adds.
For the longer-term, NBCS Consultancy can conduct regular strategic security reviews, risk and threat assessments, and security audits. Regular reviews of existing security programmes and measures are advisable to maintain standards, as a security strategy that was relevant some years ago, might not be today, they point out.
Daniel Hardy added: ‘The importance of a clearly defined and implemented security and loss prevention strategy cannot be overstated, and organisations in all vertical sectors now realise that expert guidance is an invaluable part of this process. The formation of NBCS Consultancy galvanises our extensive knowledge into one complete offering and we will continue to develop it to meet the ever changing needs of members and non-members alike.’
