Security and risk

Security by design

Is your security systems supplier delivering the progress you need? Are you taking full advantage of emerging security technology? Has your threat profile changed – but not your security systems? Risk is a complex, multidisciplinary challenge – one that few organisations have the dedicated security and resilience expertise to solve. We’re here to step ably into your resource gap.

The world is in permacrisis. The need to create secure, compliant and resilient organisations is critical, for public safety, business continuity and reputational management. Yet even today, risk is all too often treated as a discrete system. By helping clients embrace a security by design mindset, we build resilience deep into organisations on a holistic, integrated and – crucially – multidisciplinary level.

As a global network of advisors, problem-solvers and technical experts, the Buro Happold approach is multidisciplinary by default. This makes our team uniquely placed to influence security and risk management at every stage of your building, masterplan or business’ life cycle. We create secure, compliant and resilient organisations with enhanced reputational value.

The new resilience

Urbanisation and digitalisation are undoubtedly changing the world’s threat profile. From social and political shifts impacting global supply chains to emerging vulnerabilities within smart infrastructure connectivity, all enterprises and environments need new ways to first identify and then mitigate ever-unfamiliar forms of threat.

Our security and resilience advisory team expertly navigate security uncertainty via a system of systems approach. First, we identify the threats. Then we adopt a comprehensive, participatory approach to developing impactful solutions. Too often, security is treated as an overhead cost and not maximised for the suite of benefits it can provide. With expertise in security, risk and resilience strategies that deliver the widest social and economic benefit, we partner with enterprises, communities, businesses and organisations to allow them to not just survive in the face of threats, but actively thrive.

JUST SOME OF THE WAYS WE CAN HELP

  • Security governance and management advice
  • Physical information and logical security operations advice
  • Intelligence and data fusion advice
  • Supply chain security and resilience
  • Enterprise security programme development
  • Enterprise resilience advice
  • Security concept of operations (CONOPS)

Areas of expertise

Operational risk and protective security

Understanding and championing risk management and resiliency in any organisation calls for a systematic process to identify threats, vulnerabilities and risks. Specifying mitigation and preparedness strategies – linked to a continuous improvement loop – supports changing conditions.

We use a simple but effective model (the resilience cycle) to provide a logical flow of resilience nurturing activities both in the early phases of programme development and at the later stages of its life cycle.

Operational resilience

How resilient are you, really? An organisation’s continued success and market share growth can rely on its adaptability when faced with risk. If a business effectively responds to disruption, it may deem its level of resilience to be adequate. Yet, in many cases, that lacks foresight.

Organisations are increasingly seeking assurance beyond traditional risk management and business continuity practices, and instead adopting more operationally resilient measures. Complex organisations need increasingly adaptive strategic management approaches: ones where they don’t only respond to business shifts but anticipate them. By anticipating and adapting to ever-changing environments, organisations become more resilient and are better placed to survive and thrive long into the future.

Want to find out how our advisers can help solve your security and risk challenges?

Contact one of our advisors from the ‘meet the team‘ section above, or complete the form, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

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