Corporate Security Intelligence and Strategic Decision Making

Chapter 2

The Corporate Security Operating Environment

However absorbed a commander may be in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.

Winston Churchill

Chapter Objectives

1. To understand the main current threats to Western companies, operating both domestically and internationally.
2. To outline how geopolitics, terrorism, cyber issues, espionage (“insiders”), single-issue activism, and crime affect the safe and security operations of companies and organizations both domestically and on the global stage.
3. To comprehend the main future and emerging threat trends of interest.
4. To gain initial insight into how security intelligence can be applied to these threats.

Introduction

The security operating ...