Special Event Security Services
Planning a shareholder meeting, political gala or mass stadium event? Ensure you are leveraging best practices in security to prevent harm, preserve your reputation and protect your brand.
The Hillard Heintze team includes nationally recognized experts who have planned, developed and implemented the security, emergency preparedness, air space and cyber security plans for events including the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans, the National Basketball Association, the 2008 VMware Convention, the 2008 Republican and Democratic national political conventions, the 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, among others.
Members of the team also led, designed and implemented the security protecting U.S. presidents, visiting foreign dignitaries and coordinated multiple National Special Security Events (NSSE) for the U.S. Secret Service.
Hillard Heintze helps clients create, assess, benchmark and improve event security and emergency preparedness programs using best-in-class strategies that protect and preserve the safety of people, property, performance and reputation. Our team of experts has led the planning for some of the most critical public safety and security challenges confronting our nation over the past 30 years.
Scope of Services
Risk, Threat and Vulnerability Assessment — Rigorous and comprehensive application of investigative and analytical techniques to identify and assess the risks, gaps and opportunities to improve the security of a major event. Can include ancillary venues, (e.g., hotel or airport) or event-related assets and business activities of the host organization or country.
Development of Program or Operational Security Plan — Focus areas include security policies, procedures and protocols; security staffing and personnel; and technical and physical security (e.g., access control, monitoring, detection, screening and filtering all personnel, assets, services, vehicles and equipment seeking entry). Other strategic areas include credentialing, background screening, education and awareness, information sharing, intelligence gathering, liaison, and risk management.
Emergency Preparedness Planning — Examination of potential hazards and threats and production of integrated and synchronized NIMS- and ICS-aligned plans tailored to the unique risks of a particular location or environment. Focus on the full lifecycle of a potential crisis and identification of required capabilities for each disaster phase (Prevent, Protect, Respond and Recover).
Security Risk Management, Training and Education — Strategies and tactics to raise security awareness among stakeholders particularly with respect to topics such as threats and vulnerabilities, incident rates of these factors in comparable settings and events, individual roles and responsibilities, security strategy and plan. Forums include tabletop discussions, field exercises and classroom courses.
The fine art of ensuring that your credentialing strategy isn't compromised through counterfeiting, theft, alteration or unauthorized issuance.
Ensuring the Security of Several Very High Profile U.S. Political Debates
Each one of these debates unfolded without security incidents. None of the political candidates – or their staff or media participants or audience were harmed or harassed. And every exchange between moderator and candidates went unmarred by any security-related
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Protecting Celebrity Band Members on an International Concert Tour
Let's say you are responsible for the security of one of the fastest-growing pop bands in American culture today. And the band is about to kick off a multi-venue concert tour in countries with known and growing security risks. What do you do?
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Advancing the Security That Protects Millions of U.S. Sports Fans
Just how does an internationally-recognized U.S. professional sports league assess security and emergency preparedness capabilities currently in place at every one of its members' sporting venues?
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