Security Concerns During Travel and Assignment

2. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment Updated 1 February 2013

3. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment Housekeeping • Before We Begin • Emergency Exits and Fire Alarm; • RV Points; • No Smoking; • Mobile ‘Phones on Silent / Switched Off; • Tea and coffee are available, remember that water is very hot (!); • Chatham House Rule : so we can all speak freely and openly; • Questions at the end of each module.

4. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment Role of the Employer Management of Health and Safety Work Regulations (HSE, 1992) requires employers to assess the risks to employees’ health and safety. Where appropriate, the risks covered might include the need to protect employees from exposure to reasonably foreseeable violence.

5. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 • Dual responsibility: • Enables employer and employee to work together to achieve good practice. • It states: • The employer must ensure so far as is reasonably practicable the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees. • The employee must take reasonable care for his own and other people’s safety.

6. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment Personal Security ‘Raising awareness of personal security issues and the understanding of best practices is a way to eliminate hazards. Many risk scenarios are predictable and can therefore be avoided through preparation.’ • Objective • Develop an awareness of security concerns, procedures, and best practices. • Method • Simple, direct, efficient.

7. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment BASIC QUESTIONS • What is personal safety? • Why should it concern me? • What can I do to improve my safety? THE ISSUES • Preparing to Travel – what we should all do prior to departure; • In Transit – tips and advice in regards to transport and travel; • Personal Conduct – not so much ‘what to do’ but ‘what not to do; • Surveillance of the Business Traveller – what we need to be aware of; • Terrorism – rhetoric aside what is the reality and what do we need to know; • Evacuation – how to prepare for a similar eventuality; • Checklists and Modules – the start point for travelling safely; • Obstructive Marketing – the who, what, why, when, how of stopping you doing business.

8. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment MODULES • The course is divided into the following modules: 1. Overview; 2. Preparing to Travel; 3. Communications and Surveillance; 4. In Transit; 5. ‘Travel Wise’; 6. Emergencies and Traumatic Events; 7. Checklists and Modules; 8. Obstructive Marketing.

9. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 1.Overview

10. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 1. Overview • The Current Scenario: • What’s the reality out there? • Who’s most at risk? • Which countries are the most dangerous and why

11. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 1. Overview • Potential and Primary Risks: • Study in advance; • Driving; • Climate; • Poor H&S; • Illness, hygiene and disease; • Cultural and Legal issues; • Theft; • Kidnapping; • Coups, revolt, civil disorder; • Natural disasters; • Traumatic events and experiences.

12. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 1. Overview • Government Advice and Recommendations: • Official Government sources of information (FCO website); • Diplomacy…..the whole story might not be published • ‘Don’t Go To’ (Government advisories); • When things go wrong abroad (FCO support); • ‘LOCATE’: Register in advance of departure.

13. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 1. Overview • Travel, Medical and Risk Insurance: • General overview; • Company insurance; • Medical; • Emergency Medical Evacuation; • Kidnap and Ransom; • Organise before requesting visa; • What to double check (Risk assessments, inoculations); • What about the family?

14. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 1. Overview • Backup and Support: • Known and trusted organisations; • Agreement with Crisis Response Team; • Copies of all documents left in office; • All route and contact details left with office; • Family concerns; • Designated contact person.

15. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 2. Preparing To Travel

16. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 2. Preparing To Travel • Having Your Affairs In Order: • Family concerns; • `Safe Hands’ - personal documents and medical requirements (ad hoc Life Story Legacy); • Bank accounts; • Vehicle details (MOT, insurance etc.); • Vehicle parking details (airports and railway stations); • Communications between family and company; • Kidnapping (lines of communications and spokesperson).

17. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 2. Preparing To Travel • What You Need To Know: • Study the basics in advance; • Specific concerns (health, climate, politics, religion, civil unrest, recurrences); • Men and Women; • Cultural issues.

18. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 2. Preparing To Travel • Important and Personal Documents: • Life Story Legacy eMail account backup; • With You; • With the Office; • With the Family.

19. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 2. Preparing To Travel • How and What To Pack: • Warm weather; • Cold weather; • Just in case (torch, string, memory stick, toiletries etc); • EvacPac (according to Location / Natural Disaster / Coup); • Cultural issues; • Medicines and prescriptions.

20. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 2. Preparing To Travel • Travel Details and Contacts: • Who needs to know; • Background to contacts and appointments; • How should data be stored; • Backups and portable devices; • Contact cards; • Emergency contact cards; • Taxi cards (addresses and phrases).

21. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 2. Preparing To Travel • Medicines and Inoculations: • Are your medicines available/legal in situ? • Copy of prescription (declaration document); • Take a store (your return might be delayed); • Beware: Malaria and pregnancy example; • Where to get information and advice from the GP.

22. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 3.Communications and Surveillance

23. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 3. Communications and Surveillance • PC Security and Risk Awareness: • Do I really need to take my PC? • Logons, passwords and removable hard disks; • USB Pen Drive: storage and more…. • Encryption; • Wi-Fi; • Commercial encrypted eMail.

24. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 3. Communications and Surveillance • Telephone Security and Risk Awareness: • Relying on the mobile! • Data backup; • Blue Tooth; • Conversations and text messages (all go via local provider…..); • Look left!! Don’t let the telephone distract you.

25. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 3. Communications and Surveillance • Surveillance and Harassment of The Business Traveller: • Who is it conducted by? (state, commercial, criminal); • Why is it conducted? • How is it conducted? • Will I notice? • What should I do? • What shouldn’t I do?

26. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 4. In Transit

27. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 4. In Transit • Airports and On The Plane • Choosing a carrier, choosing a flight; • Plan the route to the airport and get there in advance; • Which seat should I choose? (study in advance); • Security controls; • Safe areas, unsafe areas and walkabout; • Boarding and settling in (flight mode, sac, clothes, pens et al); • Emergencies; • Hijacking.

28. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 4. In Transit • Car Rental and Use: • Who to book from (a major international chain); • What to hire (A/C, man or auto?); • Insurance (what’s covered); • Vehicle inspection; • Documents and backups; • Driving around (gaps, signals, be aware); • Windows closed, doors locked, bags in the trunk; • Carjacking.

29. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 4. In Transit • Taxis and Public Transport: • Regular, irregular and collective taxis; • Fares and meters; • Make a note/photo (complaints and lost items); • Who knows where you are? • Trains; • Buses; • Minibuses; • Underground systems.

30. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 4. In Transit • Accommodation: • Which hotel, which floor? (International chain, too low, too high); • Check then secure your room; • Valuables and documents; • Securing the room for the night; • Check the fire exits, walk the corridor, familiarise; • Hotel fires (in the case of fire; bathroom, towels, handles); • Hotel crime.

31. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 4. In Transit • Getting By From Day to Day: • Study the details well in advance, monitor the press over time; • Learn some basic phrases (thank you, please); • Don’t rely on technology (use a map not just a SatNav); • Look like a native (or at least less of a foreigner); • Routines and habits.

32. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment • 5. Travel Wise

33. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 5.Travel Wise • Corporate Presents and Personal Gifts: • Policies; • Cultural differences; • Cultural sensitivities; • UK and US law (recent changes to bribery laws).

34. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 5. Travel Wise • The Role of The Local Embassy: • Registration; • Emergency Assistance (Passport); • The Embassy, the Consulate; • In the case of arrest; • Pocket card.

35. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment • 6. Emergencies and Traumatic Events

36. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 6.Emergencies and Traumatic Events • Civil Unrest, Revolts and Coups: • Real-time information; • Register with LOCATE and Embassy in loco; • Stay safe; avoid, move away, stay off the streets; • Communications (Local, with HQ, and with home); • Evacuation procedures (‘institutional’ and personal).

37. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 6. Emergencies and Traumatic Events • Kidnapping: • Basic guidelines to avoid capture; • Know the risk and plan for the risk; • Basic guidelines during captivity; • Company procedures and institutional support; • Release, rescue, escape; • Once home.

38. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 6. Emergencies and Traumatic Events • Terrorist Attacks: • Organisations; • Bombs; • Armed assaults and attacks; • Areas at risk (See: FCO, MSR); • Mass kidnapping; • Other considerations.

39. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 6. Personal Safety Hazard • Consequences: Hazard Likelihood Outcome Score Outcome Score Minor 1 Unlikely 1 Serious 2 Possible 2 Major 3 Probable 3 Fatal 5 Highly Probable 5 Hazard Score x Likelihood Score = Risk Rating Total Risk Rating Tool 1 - 4 Low Risk 5 – 10 Medium Risk 15 – 25 High Risk

40. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 6. Emergencies and Traumatic Events • Injury and Illness: • Common injuries; • Stay healthy; • Hospitals and medical assistance; • Medical evacuation (MedEvac).

41. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 7. Checklists and Modules • Prior to Departure Checklist; • Upon Arrival Checklist; • Personal Information Checklist; • Emergency Information Checklist; • Embassies and Consulates.

42. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment • Route Plan including escape information; • Don’t rely solely on technology; • Have local currency change for landline calls; • Know the contact (photograph); • Assure backup and support well in advance of departure; • Information in hardcopy; • Gay news in Arab countries; • How to dress (smart , casual, business, social); • Dress codes for women; • Drugs and alcohol; • Politics and religion; • Know who you’re with / talking to; • Credit cards: copies, never let it out of your sight, don’t use a corporate card, don’t let anyone see your cards; • Rechargeable cards ; can be left in hotel; • Don’t discuss politics, religion; • Don’t drink – local hooch is strong and you’re not used to it – embarrassing for your company; • Prostitute – use KHZ photos; • Nothing that you might or the company might one day regret.

43. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 8. Obstructive Marketing • Casual; • Competitive; • Criminal; • Cultural; • Critical Infrastructure.

44. Security Concerns DuringTravel and Assignment 8. Obstructive Marketing • Context; • Risk; • Dependency; • Staff; • Crisis Management.