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Commercial Security, Risk and Resilience

Business Security Solutions: Enhancing Business Security Strategies, Managing Risk, and Building Resilience

UDSS works with members and a range of partner organisations to deliver a seamless, converged business security strategy that allows us to ensure that, like water, bad actors are not able to find a way around your protective measures.

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Our Services

  • Open Source Intelligence
  • Geo-Political Updates
  • Surveillance and Counter Surveillance
  • Threat Assessments
  • Technical Surveillance Counter Measures
  • Vulnerability Reports
  • Drone and Counter Drone Planning
  • Asset Register Production
  • Business Continuity Planning
  • Security Culture Design
  • Emergency and Crisis Management
  • Peer Reviews
  • Incident Response
  • Security Awareness Programmes
  • Security Design
  • Penetration Testing
  • Due Diligence
  • Travel Risk Management
  • Investigations
  • Executive/Close Protection
  • Training, Exercising and Testing
  • Maritime Security
  • Corporate Security Management

The Problem

The world has become a much more unstable place to conduct business in the last year. The ongoing war in Ukraine, the current conflicts in Gaza and elsewhere in Africa, the enduring terrorist threat and the large number of upcoming elections are just some of the geo-political risks, that affect the safety, security and reputation of businesses around the globe. The rise in cyber crime and the documented links with hostile nation states, terrorists and organised crime gangs can leave businesses vulnerable to potentially catastrophic risks.

The Solution

  • We have the skills, knowledge and experience to cut through the noise and identify the potential threats that pose direct or indirect risks to your business.
  • Our personal, physical and digital security assessments enable us to identify weaknesses before they are exploited and provide advice on remediation measures.
  • A review of your organisation’s security culture, identifying risky behaviour, processes and gaps in training, recommending measures to remedy the shortfalls to ensure well-trained, disciplined and alert people throughout the organisation.
  • Thorough physical security assessment we ensure that any vulnerabilities are identified, and our post-review actions and accompanying training enable remediation.
  • Our digital security team can review pure digital risk, such as cyber-penetration, and wider digital security behaviours, including social media activity within the organisation. Our periodic digital risk assessments are translated into an automatically updated risk dashboard.
  • We deliver digital security awareness training packages for employees.
  • Bespoke security advice to individual organisations with integrated assessments to ensure no vulnerabilities are left unchecked. Our comprehensive reviews and mitigation packages enable you to conduct safe and secure business operations, worldwide.
  • UDSS’ professionally-qualified teams utilise the latest methodologies and technological solutions to ensure that all aspects are covered and responses are pre-planned and practised.
  • We offer specific defence-related security advice to companies operating MOD contracts and provide vetting and compliance services for personnel and procedures required to comply with Security Aspect Letter flowdowns.

Commercial Security, Risk and Resilience

Download our brochure to discover more about our Commercial Security, Risk and Resilience services.

UDSS works with members and a range of partner organisations to deliver a seamless, converged security solution that allows us to ensure that, like water, bad actors are not able to find a way around your protective measures.

Our security and resilience team covers a unique span, from strategic-level geopolitical assessments and long-term risk-planning through to on-the-ground assessment of people, physical and digital facilities. We provide mitigation advice, and training and awareness packages, from board to office and shop floor, to ensure organisations continue to operate effectively. We work in partnership to fully understand the risks and the pressures faced and improve security and business resilience.

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Meet Our Experts

Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts Head of Security
Mark brings over 30 years' leadership experience, across governments, corporate and SME organisations. Mark is a member of the Security Institute and ASIS and has a master's degree in Defence Studies.

Mark is the Head of Corporate Security at UDSS. An experienced security and crisis management professional, he started his career as a British Army Officer serving in a range of roles in UK, Cyprus, Canada, Germany, Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Afghanistan. On leaving the Army, he spent 6 years as the advisor to the Commander of the UAE Amiri Guard, responsible for the training of an organisation of 6000 military security personnel across the country.

After 2 years as a commercial Corporate Security Director in Dubai, operating across the Middle East, he spent many years in security consultancy roles operating at board level across Europe and the Middle East. He has led or assisted with projects including security planning, reviews, threat and vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, policy and procedure authoring and security awareness training at strategic, operational and tactical levels.

He attends UK security briefing and conferences to maintain his security network, conduct continuous personal development and remain aware of emerging threats and counter measures.

He is a member of both the Security Institute and the UK Chapter of ASIS and has a Master of Arts Degree (MA) in Defence Studies, King’s College University of London.
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Peter L R Hewitt JP FCSI FRSA Director, Corporate Services
Peter is the Co-Founder with General Sir Richard Barrons of UDSS. He has been Chairman or Director of 13 UK Public Companies over the last 25 years and was a founding director of 8 of these.

He is currently Chairman of Vordere Ltd; Blackfinch Spring VCT PLC and Scampton Holdings Ltd; and a non-executive Director of Terra Mater Renewables Investments AB. In 2018 he stepped down after a 6 year term as an Alderman in the City of London where he sat on numerous committees including City’s Finance, Investment and Property Committees (£6bn under management) and was the inaugural Chairman of the City's £20m Social Investment Fund. Peter is an Honorary Group Captain in 601 (County of London ) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

Peter is a past member of the Governments Taskforce on Retail Social Investment and is a former member of the Associate Parliamentary Group on Wholesale Financial Markets; a UKTI Catalyst member and advisor to the Financial Services Organisation of the UKTI, writing a number of papers on overseas investment opportunities.

He has been very involved in charitable and pro bono work having been on the Finance Committee of ABF the Soldiers Charity; an Appeal Patron of the Sea Change Sailing Trust; and the founder of Raleigh 400. He is a past Master of the Worshipful Company of Woolmen and a founding freeman and Past Master of the Company of Entrepreneurs.
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