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SBAC Security and Resilience Activity

The SBAC's security and resilience programme supports industry's crucial role in delivering security capabilities across the world. SBAC has established a Security & Resilience Network to develop its member companies' contribution to domestic and international security and resilience. The "SRN" is made up of 100 individuals from 40 member companies possessing active security programmes in the UK or overseas. Our security team supports the SRN by providing services (policy, events, and other activities) and promoting their role in the delivery of key stakeholders' responsibilities. The programme is guided by three imperatives:

. To Support Government and the Security Industry through RISC

. To Deliver High Quality Policy Advice

. To Deliver High Quality Member Services


NEW MATERIAL:
SBAC security speech on the financing of European aviation security arrangements in the economic downturn (June 2009)



SBAC Security and Resilience Programme

For more details on the SBAC's security activity please download our brochure "Security and Resilience at the SBAC" which outlines more details on our programme and the associated benefits of membership:

Security and Resilience at the SBAC (1.2 MB)

SBAC Security Policy Perspectives

In February 2009 the SBAC's security and resilience programme published five counter terrorism "policy perspective" papers on the private sector's role in UK National Security. These aim to widen the debate on the key role that the security supply industry has to play in protecting the UK and its people against terrorism and other threats.

The five papers cover:

  1. Critical National Infrastructure protection;
  2. Counter-terrorism technology liability protection;
  3. The private sector's role in counter-terrorism;
  4. A central single Government security procurement agency; and
  5. Supporting the Government in counter-terrorism through RISC.

SBAC Security Policy Perspective #5 (30.7 KB)
SBAC Security Policy Perspective #4 (22.8 KB)
SBAC Security Policy Perspective #3 (22.4 KB)
SBAC Security Policy Perspective #2 (22.8 KB)
SBAC Security Policy Perspective #1 (22.0 KB)

SBAC Security Speeches

In June 2009 SBAC's Security Policy Adviser Hugo Rosemont delivered a speech to the TRANSEC World Expo 2009 in Amsterdam. The speech covered the state of financing of Europe 's aviation security arrangements. You can download the speech below.

Operating a Tighter Ship in 2009 - TRANSEC 2009 speech - Hugo Rosemont (60.3 KB)

Parliamentary Inquiries on Security

SBAC and its members are engaging a number of Parliamentary inquiries that relate to security suppliers' role in the delivery of National Security. This section displays links to the memoranda that the SBAC has submitted in recent months.

  1. SBAC Memorandum to House of Commons Defence Committee Inquiry into National Security and Resilience (June 2008). Please click here to access the SBAC submission.
  2. SBAC Memorandum to House of Commons Home Affairs Sub-Committee Inquiry into Project CONTEST: the Government's Counter Terrorism Strategy (January 2009). Please contact the SBAC for more information on this submission.

"RISC"

SBAC and its member companies with an interest in the security market participate in "RISC" which is an abbreviation for the "UK Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers Community". RISC is an alliance of suppliers, trade associations and think tanks with links to academia that provides a single industry voice and channel of communication for Government on strategic issues affecting national security and resilience. RISC is fostering unprecedented Industry-Government partnership and dialogue to counter international and domestic terrorism.

RISC Priorities

RISC is working on a number of key priorities, including:

  • Supporting the UK Government's Counter Terrorism Strategy ("CONTEST")
  • Providing Industry Advisory Groups (IAGs) to Government on issues pertinent to the existing terrorism threat
  • Developing an industrial secondee programme with Government
  • Engaging the European Commission on the security industry's concern over potentially unmanageable third party liability exposure
  • Working with the Government to exploit European Union (EU) "FP7" Security research opportunities
  • Working with the Government on the security industry aspects of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
  • Providing the Government with industry input relating to the National Security Strategy
  • Maintaining an International Group to address international security issues affecting industry

For more information about RISC and its activity please visit the RISC website.

 

Stephen Phipson RISC speech (50.4 KB)
Home Secretary RISC speech (21.1 KB)
RISC press release 28 March 2007 (73.6 KB)