Recently, a corporate client with multiple business offices located across the GCC, faced the challenge of creating unified security policies and procedures. Each location’s physical security program was weak or incomplete, and policies varied widely from location to location. Recognizing that the safety of its staff was at risk, as well as to the integrity of its business processes, the client reached out to WEWATCH for its expertise in handling such issues. We were responsible for identifying the physical security weaknesses at each of the locations, and to develop a unified security policy framework that would set a high security standard across the client’s multiple business locations.

WEWATCH performed a physical security assessment for the client, and began by dispatching security consultants to each location to determine what physical security policies and procedures were in place. As part of this process, we evaluated each client location using our integrated security management systems.

With many different physical security vulnerabilities Identified at each location, the client faced a new challenge of deciding what to fix first. Anticipating the client’s requirements, WEWATCH designed a tactical and strategic treatment plan for each location, as well as a prioritizing a phased strategy to improve security across the client’s assets.

After conducting gap analysis, our consultants offered a clear road map addressing the root causes of these security voids, preventing them from reoccurring. To implement this plan, the organization took two key steps. First, an embedded security consultant was embedded to oversee changes and draft new procedures and policies. As for the second step, senior management took a lead role in changing the culture by actively supporting the new security initiatives. These steps delivered a smooth transition to the new operational procedures. As a result, the client developed a consistent approach to physical security for individual locations, as well  as across the organization as a whole.