Security Management
Most corporate security programmes have never been tested by a real guard force, a real incident, or a board that wanted answers in the first hour.
Physical and personnel security risk assessment, security management planning, and operational security command, built on command of thousands of security personnel across remote, high-threat and high-consequence sites, not a framework read from a manual.
Quick answer: This practice delivers physical and personnel security risk assessment, security management plan and programme design, and operational security advisory, grounded in direct command of guard forces, remote-site security operations and VIP protective security, not desk-based theory. A security risk assessment starts from A$6,500, security management plan and programme design (including remote and high-threat sites) is scoped and priced at engagement, and a standing security advisory retainer is available from A$3,500 per month.
Most security consulting is written by people who have assessed a guard force without ever having to run one. This practice's security management work is built on the opposite: as General Manager, National Operations, and later President Director, of Shields Security in Indonesia, this practice commanded 3,500 security guards, augmented at peak by roughly 3,200 military personnel in support of operations, across more than 46 concurrent projects, including remote sites such as a BP geothermal operation in Papua, an upstream oil refinery security deployment for Caltex in Sumatra covering more than 1,500 personnel, and two Indonesian pearl farm operations, Atore Pearls and Atlas Pacific. That was followed by six years as Regional Security Director, Asia Pacific, for International SOS, one of the world's largest assistance companies, directing security operations, intelligence services and country security managers across more than 40 countries. The advice given here has already had to run a guard roster, not just design one.
Ran the guard force, not just the policy
Operational command of 3,500 security guards, augmented by roughly 3,200 military personnel at peak, across more than 46 concurrent projects, including payroll, guard tour systems, tenders and procurement.
Remote and high-consequence site security, proven at scale
Geothermal, upstream oil and gas, mining and pearl-farm operations in Papua, Sumatra, Mali and beyond, where security failure has genuine operational and safety consequence.
From the ground to the boardroom
Security outcomes reported directly to the boards of public and private companies, connecting frontline security command to enterprise risk governance rather than sitting apart from it.
Track record
- National security operations command: General Manager, National Operations, then President Director, Shields Security, Indonesia, commanding 3,500 security guards, augmented at peak by roughly 3,200 military personnel, across more than 46 concurrent projects, including the security training academy, K9 services, investigations and the national operations centre.
- Remote and high-consequence site security: an upstream oil refinery security deployment for Caltex in Sumatra covering more than 1,500 personnel, a BP geothermal site in Papua, and two Indonesian pearl farm operations, Atore Pearls and Atlas Pacific.
- Regional security direction across 40+ countries: Regional Security Director, Asia Pacific, International SOS, directing security operations, intelligence services and country security managers, servicing millions of assistance-company customers over a six-year tenure.
- VIP and executive protective security: government-client protective security services in Iraq covering more than 120 personnel, plus VIP and executive protection engagements across Singapore, India and China.
- Governed the full operational stack: payroll, guard tour systems, tenders and procurement, community and company relations, crisis and violent-incident response, intelligence, and board reporting for both publicly listed and private companies.
How this relates to Enterprise Risk Governance and Board & Executive Advisory
Security Management is the operational delivery layer: assessing, designing and, where needed, running physical and personnel security programmes on the ground, at a single site or across a multi-country footprint. Enterprise Risk Governance is the framework, architecture and maturity layer that this operational work feeds into. Board & Executive Advisory is the standing advisory access that reports security outcomes upward. A security risk assessment or programme built here can flow directly into governance uplift work through Enterprise Risk Governance and into board-level reporting through Board & Executive Advisory, without the three services duplicating each other.
Generic security consulting vs this practice
| Dimension | Generic security consulting | This practice |
|---|---|---|
| Operational command experience | Assessed or advised on a security programme from outside it | Commanded 3,500+ security personnel directly, across 46+ concurrent projects |
| Remote and high-threat site coverage | Generalist, rarely site-tested at genuine remote or high-consequence locations | Papua geothermal, Sumatra refinery, pearl farms, mine sites, proven at scale |
| Geographic breadth | Single-market focus, unfamiliar with cross-border security operations | Security operations directed across 40+ countries |
| VIP and executive protection | Rarely offered, or subcontracted without direct command experience | Government-client protective security delivered directly, including in Iraq |
| Governance linkage | Security treated as a standalone workstream | Connects directly into Enterprise Risk Governance and Board & Executive Advisory |
This is where it started
The Security Management channel on LinkedIn is where this practice's frontline security experience is discussed directly, with a dedicated, engaged following built from decades of operational security command.
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A single templated assessment, a full programme build scoped to the site, or standing advisory coverage.
1. Physical & Personnel Security Risk Assessment
From A$6,500
An independent assessment of a site, facility or operation's physical and personnel security posture, benchmarked against lived operational command experience, not a generic checklist.
2. Security Management Plan & Programme Design
Scoped and priced at engagement
Design or uplift of a security management plan or programme, including remote and high-threat site security. Not templated: guard force scale, site complexity and geography vary too widely to publish a fixed rate.
3. Standing Security Advisory Retainer
From A$3,500 / month
Retained access to a senior security practitioner for ongoing advisory, programme currency, and incident support, scoped and confirmed in writing before it begins.
All fees in Australian dollars (AUD), indicative and exclude GST. Final scope and fee confirmed against your requirements.
If your security programme has never been run by someone who has actually run one, that is worth testing before an incident tests it for you.
To commission a security risk assessment, scope a programme design, or discuss a standing advisory retainer:
Start a scoping conversationTony Ridley MSc CSyP FSyI SRMCP