News Bulletin

Containment and Continuity: RAND Europe cosponsors conference on terrorism risk management strategies for business

17 May 2004 -- Major terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia, Istanbul and Madrid over the last 12 months once again highlighted the threat to business. Security managers are constantly re-evaluating their strategies to meet the threat. Can proactive security measures ever be effective in managing the risk from a determined global terrorist threat, or should absorption and business continuity form the backbone of corporate terrorism risk management strategies?

Janusian Security Risk Management and RAND Europe have organised a conference for 27 May 2004 at The Lincoln Centre, 18 Lincolnís Inn Fields, London WC2A 3ED.

2.30pm - Registration

2.55pm - Panel Chair
Dr David Claridge, Managing Director, Janusian Security Risk Management

3.00pm - Business beleaguered: corporate management in a time of troubles
Brian Jenkins, Senior Advisor on Terrorism, RAND Corporation

3.30pm - Do companies understand the dangers they face in the current global security environment?
Mark Huband, Security Correspondent, Financial Times

4.00pm - Coffee break

4.25pm - Panel Chair
Dr Kevin A. O’Brien, Senior Policy Analyst, RAND Europe

4.30pm - Catastrophic terrorism and business continuity
Crispin Black, Director,
Janusian Security Risk Management

5.00pm - Dealing with a terrorist attack: Foreign Office experience in Istanbul
Peter Millett, Head of Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

5.30pm - Panel session

Read the invitation (PDF) and learn more about recent research conducted by RAND Europe and Janusian Security Risk Management.