Here are some views from consultancies and think-tanks on what the future holds for Britain and Europe and the west more generally after the terror attacks of November 13 in Paris.
RUSI:
A month on, many ‘missed opportunities’ to prevent the Paris attacks on the part of the French intelligence services have come to light. But was this an intelligence failure or the result of the inherent limitations of intelligence? Timothy Holman writes.
Chatham House:
This is a turning point at which Europe must decide how best to defend its way of life. The way forward should be guided by three principles: defending liberty, ensuring the equality of Muslim communities, and radically improving EU-wide security measures including exchange of information and defence of external borders.
Visit https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/twt/after-paris-europe-s-challenge.
Control Risks:
A fundamental rethink of corporate security is in order. November’s terrorist attacks in Paris were a watershed moment for corporate risk management, the corporate security function and the way that companies define duty of care to their employees. For more click on this link.
Risk Advisory Group:
Islamic State (IS) proved that it is capable of what Western security officials had feared and foretold: a complex assault on a European capital city combining suicide bombings and automatic weapons to cause mass casualties at multiple sites simultaneously. Visit http://news.riskadvisory.net/2015/19/france-assessment-and-implications-of-the-paris-attacks/.
The official CPNI (Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure) brought out a three-page guidance document, on the attacks in Paris, and what you can do about site security.
More in the January 2016 print issue of Professional Security magazine.
Photo by Mark Rowe: departure board, Gare de Nord, Paris.
