International Case Study

A multiple owned conglomerate, international automotive designer and manufacturer of sub-assemblies for major automobile manufactures around the world, operations throughout the world and a complex and supply chain. We were primarily tasked with assisting with their 30 plus locations and manufacturing facilities in Mexico and Central America, They need them to be reviewed from a security perspective, gap analysis provided for all, design and implement security and protective matrix that would accommodate the very different plant configurations, employee composition, topography, surrounding environment, prevailing threats and hazards both and manmade, operational considerations supply chain node security concerns, integration with US Corp operations and the European and Asian, which in itself presented its own set of cultural sensitivity issues, knowledge, skills and training to effectively manage, communicate and effectuate our security mandate. 

We provided copious training, to their staffs and management in English and Spanish on managing threats inside and outside the plants, situational awareness workshops and coordinated counter surveillance that are weaved into normal operations and are maintained and become part of the operational culture. The plant infrastructures were fortified and hardened where appropriate and maximized the available financial resources by giving them the most robust protection within the prevailing budgets available for each location. Designed, implemented and executed quarterly reviews, compliance strategies and conducted audits of personnel, security systems, emerging threats, concerns and vulnerabilities as well as reviewed the viability, utility and the effectiveness of internal controls along a risk vulnerably continuum. Trend analysis provided by the management with a virtuous feedback loop to support heuristics, benchmarking, and corrective action.