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Failing to Invest is Investing to Fail Security threats posed to the extractive industry are changing. Improvements in technology, the continuing proliferation of small arms and advances in criminal/militant group intelligencegathering processes are driving an increasing demand for more effective, holistic and integrated security arrangements, as Philip O’Sullivan duly observes 24 www.risk-uk.com Intelligence and experience demonstrates that aggressors are better equipped, better armed and increasingly better prepared to carry out a range of damaging activities against extractive projects than in times past. Growing global geopolitical tensions are further catalysing this increase in risk. Among such drivers are worsening grievances motivating militant groups such as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, increasing levels of organised crime and heightening resource scarcity. The mitigation of threats to extractive projects from political and criminal violence is obviously heavily within the interests of both the insurer and the insured. The insurance industry has significant vested interest in reducing risk and liability for the consequences of political and criminal violence in the extractive sector. At the same time, developments in corporate manslaughter legislation are further motivating businesses to ensure the safety of their personnel. One way of achieving this is by specifying security, medical and contingency services within a policy in order to minimise the likelihood and consequences of an ‘event’. Such provisions significantly benefit both parties. For the insured, there’s the potential for substantial reduction in premiums, not to mention the safeguarding of human, shareholder and reputational well-being. For the insurer, these provisions mitigate the risk or size of potential claims. Insurers are now developing relationships with emergency response, intelligence and security providers. The extractive industry presents a unique range of vulnerabilities, characterised as it is by large static sites, high numbers of personnel, operations in volatile, inhospitable regions and the handling of high value materials and machinery. These vulnerabilities, combined with the high value resources and assets involved, make extractive projects an attractive target for criminal, militant and terrorist groups. From the beginning Given such increasing physical, legal and insurance requirements for security provision, it’s highly advisable for protective and preventative measures to be integrated into an extractive project from the very beginning. It’s no longer adequate to have one or two armed security personnel as an afterthought catering to the security of the entire operation. The increasing dynamism of the security environment necessitates intelligence-led practices, appropriate security and medical measures and rapid crisis response services. In order to address these extractive security challenges, a comprehensive and bespoke intelligence, security and emergency response package is necessary to meet the specific operating requirements of the region, project and client involved. Insurers should select their chosen intelligence, security and emergency response organisation with great care and diligence, consulting with each candidate to determine who’s most suitable and effective. In all honesty, many of these companies put significant funding into marketing and their public image while perhaps skimping on their services and solutions. There are four levels of security, in turn focusing on intelligence and risk reports, preevent physical security asset provision, tracking and crisis response and extraction. Let’s take a look at each of them. Intelligence and risk reports Regular, up-to-date intelligence reports using a range of critically-assessed, rigorouslyanalysed sources including dedicated satellite imagery, human intelligence networks, social media analytics and local news analysis should inform the activities of clients. Such information enables the avoidance of high risk areas altogether, and therefore vastly reduces the risk of an encounter with aggressors. In addition, these reports should inform regular employee safety training, scenario simulation, crisis response drills and Best Practice familiarisation. Such preparation forms the key foundations of an holistic policy that will save lives, assets and business reputation while also minimising claims. This process must begin at the earliest possible stage of a project to ensure a suitable level of integration and employee familiarity with security procedure. A developing tool of particular note is social media analysis. Intelligence gained from a regional analysis of social media feeds contributes to an ongoing localised threat assessment, allowing the detection of dissent or grievance within local communities. Among other things, these tools also enable the observation of the online activity of company employees. This facilitates a degree of protection against insider threat by highlighting any irresponsible sharing of sensitive details or the expression of negative or aggressive
Security Management in the Extractive Industry sentiment towards the employer. Intelligenceled prevention of high risk scenarios contributes towards the minimisation of a crisis for the insured or a claim for the insurer. Physical security asset provision Given the dynamism and unpredictability of many operating environments, the appropriate provision of adequate protective measures (including armoured vehicles, multilingual armed or unarmed security escorts and medical teams) should be applied if recommended. The chosen organisation named in the policy will carry out comprehensive and informed risk assessments and advise on the best measures to be put in place. The chosen security provider will put these measures in place and co-ordinate and control them out of their own Security Operations Centre. The Operations Centre is a 24/7/365 communications hub based at the offices of the organisation that will operate crisis control, coordinate personnel and vehicle tracking, command security/medical teams and organise emergency response on the ground. Tracking services are essential to maintain up-to-date knowledge of the whereabouts of personnel and assets. Small dedicated tracking devices – some of which are available with gyroscope, accelerometer and audiovisual technology – should be distributed to personnel to ensure they’re keeping to preagreed travel itineraries and behaviours. In addition, regular telephone or SMS ‘checkins’ should be arranged to ensure the safety and location of personnel throughout the day and night, with pre-agreed passwords to ensure lack of clandestine duress. This provides a capacity both to ensure the security of employees and also maintain a comprehensive picture of employee activities, at the same time protecting against insider threats from belligerent or irresponsible members of staff. A particular risk that’s regularly faced by extractive companies is basic vehicle theft. Given the terrain and distances typically encountered in extractive projects, such theft can potentially be highly damaging to operations. Vehicle hardening measures, as well as live location vehicle tracking, should be employed to prevent theft and also to pursue and reacquire the vehicle in the event of theft. Crisis response and extraction The final level of a policy-integrated security package is the emergency response provision. Sometimes crises are unavoidable, whether they’re due to natural disaster, accident, illness, the sudden eruption of war or regional conflict or a targeted criminal or terrorist attack. In these cases, in order to reduce the consequences for the insured and the insurer, a quality rapid emergency response is essential. The content of this service is highly dependent on the situation, but will involve appropriate measures designed to address whatever challenges are presented by the scenario. Following notification of ‘panic’ by a client, the chosen organisation will immediately initiate the emergency response. The Security Operations Centre will co-ordinate and begin to arrange the logistic, legal and practical measures necessary to fulfil the objective of the response (typically extraction and repatriation). On arrival of the emergency response, the security team will contain or neutralise the threat in whatever form is necessary, while the medical team will address any injuries sustained by the client(s). Following on from this, clients will be rapidly extracted and, if necessary, repatriated. In a more complex situation, ransom negotiation services will be provided by the organisation involved. It’s a common misconception that costs can be reduced by limiting the security and risk management programme for start-up companies or enterprises. The reluctance to invest in and prioritise these programmes can often lead to significant financial losses which could have been easily prevented. Philip O’Sullivan MBA MSyl: Senior Security Consultant at Northcott Global Solutions “The extractive industry presents a unique range of vulnerabilities, characterised as it is by large static sites, high numbers of personnel and operations in volatile regions” 25 www.risk-uk.com
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