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Counter-terrorism Training for US Companies Working Overseas

Military demobilization of foreign countries post conflict resolution can be a scary time for private companies with continuing operations on the ground when the political climate could turn in an instant. By incorporating security practices and counterterrorism training into the assistance provided to private companies working overseas in war-torn regions, Archival Institute is helping private companies operate in continued safety after much of the troops are called home. These training programs are also included in Archival Institute’s Private Sector Engagements with private companies designed to keep personnel and resources safe from a range of local threats. Combined with threat and risk assessment, companies can also use these services to lower liability and improve the performance of their international operations.

Active Shooter Response

With only split seconds to react, what you do at the onset of an active-shooter situation will determine whether you will live or die. Our 6-step method developed by the Special Operations community and law enforcement can be custom-tailored to fit your operational needs and environment with one single goal in mind– to save lives.

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Anti-Kidnapping

Learn how to reduce your chances of being unlawfully detained by hostile forces at home or abroad and the techniques necessary to avoid being taken hostage.

Counter-surveillance

Acquire the skills needed to identify, evade, and counter anyone conducting surveillance on you by utilizing tried and true methods such as TEDD method, among others.

Hostage prevention

Learn the essential elements of using the environment, cover, and concealment to your advantage by using techniques such as the “Gray Man” method to blend into your surroundings.

Counter-custody

Learn what and how to prioritize self-care and movement in a hostile non-permissive state of detention.

Counter-Interrogation

Knowing what not to say, what to say, and how to say it can save your life when being interrogated. Learn the skills needed to become impervious to most interrogation techniques.

Torture survival

Possibly the most crucial block on instruction: Torture survival will teach you the theories you need to survive from one moment to the next when tortured.

Survival, Evasion, resistance, escape (sere)

Learn to avoid providing actionable intelligence to captors and avoid exploitation while working in positions of high risk of capture.

Anatomy of an effective escape

Learn and apply the most essential skills: Speed; Surprise; and Violence of Action to escape your hostage takers, while doing so undetected and unharmed.

Underestimating security can hurt both the operating budget and personnel overseas.

Lower Your Risk of Liability

The EU is pouring billions of dollars into Turkey, Syria, and a number of African countries to prevent refugees from reaching their shores. Still, the refugee crisis continues to grow and evolve. With countries like Hungary and the UK now looking to their own borders, we can help stabilize the security and economies of these countries where there is a political will to do so by customizing our program to their specific needs. own borders, we can help stabilize the security and economies of these countries where there is a

MANAGE THREAT

In today’s environment of complex geopolitical, economic, and cultural challenges, peace and stability can become fleeting windows of opportunity for development and trade. Maximizing the potential for growth demands threat assessment. Determining threat requires a more in-depth application of eight operational variables known in the intelligence community as a PMESII-PT matrix. This matrix consists of Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, Infrastructure, Physical environment and Time considerations. We use these parameters as guides to create an accurate picture of an Operational Environment to keep people and assets safe and lower risk and liability. When local communities prosper, so do most businesses and when businesses prosper, so do local communities. Realizing the potential for this synergy can also contribute towards ongoing threat and crisis management.

Threat Analysis

Offset Risk

Archival Institute helps companies manage risk for investment operations overseas using a proven five-step model to determine operational risk within an Area of Interest (AOI) or an Area of Operation (A0) abroad. These steps ((1.)Identify hazards, (2.) Assess Hazards, (3.) Make risk decisions, (4.) Implement controls, (5.) Supervise, consult, mitigate) allow us to apply the rules of risk assessment in order to determine suitability for organizations seeking real-time intelligence to make the best decisions possible.

Risk Assessment

ASIA

Stay ahead of China’s movements in multiple regions, technology allies, and threats through supply chain manufacturing.

MIDDLE EAST

Monitor Iran’s behavior in the region, secure oil and gas pipelines, maintain shipping in the Gulf and Red Sea, and avoid ongoing terror activity.

AFRICA

Avoid terror hotspots, kid-napping and ransom, and threats to transportation and logistics in the regions of the Sahel and Horn of Africa.

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