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Security: safety on the road

In the age of terrorism, corporate security has become a growth industry

 

Security consultants today offer a range of services, including intelligence briefings and in-depth "self-protection" seminars. Prudential and the World Bank go so far as to track every employee on the road.

Jack Stradley directs Kroll´s Crucible program

iJet Travel Risk Management, in Annapolis, Maryland, has more than 400 customers, up from barely a dozen in 2001. In addition to providing employee-tracking services, iJet furnishes intelligence on everything from hurricanes to SARS to impending coups.

Kroll Inc.—a large, global risk-consulting group—is expanding its 88-acre Crucible training center in northern Virginia to teach executives how to stay safe on the road—in part by detecting surveillance and blending in while away from home. All the planning in the world won't help in the event of another 9/11. But in the more common scenarios, a little preparation can go a long way.

 

Fuente: Newsweek
01/04/2004

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