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A holistic approach is required to address increasing threat profiles and determine defensive
strategies and mutual collaboration across sectors.
Mutual support therefore must be:
• Industry sectors working together
• “Wider family”
• Sharing information...and intelligence/ Sharing ‘Best Practice’
• Security measures
• Legislation options e.g., Injunctions
• Media communications

I cannot stress the Importance of public understanding and to support those being targeted!
How can we as professionals do this?
• Create & train Business Resilience Teams
That leads us to pose the question –so who is in Challenges in post-Brexit Europe? • Review & develop effective relationships with Police
that target environment? Anyone may -and can be Local Police Review all risk & security plans in detail…
-defined as a ‘stakeholder’ target • Investigations often limited / reactive after the crime • Keep key stakeholders -
• Staff • Incidents treated in isolation rather than linked. • informed
• Shareholders • involved
• Customers National Police • protected
• Financial institutions • Incident data collation / intelligence sharing limited • supported
• Suppliers • Resistant to concept as national or international
• Families… issue For sectors and organisations having to deal with activism…
• Intelligence collection not a priority of National Monitor the extremist environment and instigate Risk-based, protective security measures for:
….and anything a stakeholder may be associated with Policing Plans • Company sites
• Directorships, Memberships • Linking of crime not identified / limited crime • At-risk’ employee/ stakeholder homes
• Schools, Community Organisations, Golf Clubs, disruption
Pubs… Events (AGM’s, product launches, conferences)
European Law Enforcement Ensure Stakeholder Awareness
The tactics are widely shared across the protestor • Operational Analysis can be limited by inconsistent • A measure, proportionate tactical response to incidents
spectrum: incident data • Consider Legal remedies – civil injunctions
• Home Targeting • Impaired by lack of political engagement
• Letter campaigns • Can be difficult to ensure consistency in Europe Work with the media every time…ideally never against: Be VERY proactive with the media….and
• Junk /threatening mail for intelligence collection, disruption, arrests, and always, always respond! (they’ll run the story anyway – so ensure your point of view is heard)
• Threatening phone calls prosecutions
• Home demonstrations The stance is always…Communicate, Communicate, Communicate…to customers, shareholders,
• Damage to homes Worth also noting that Extremism of course does not employees, community…any person or group that could be construed as a stakeholder. Be
• Incendiary devices have to self-regulate! honest, consistent, caring and... open!
• Conference disruption
• Infiltration – expose So, how to defend yourself? The activist target In summary, what lessons should we take from past and present campaigns?
• Company AGMs disrupted should seek – where possible – the following: • Political support is always vital
• ‘Mobile’ demonstrations • Government engagement • Be transparent
• Pop-up demonstrations • Public support for research • Co-operate with the media
• Economic sabotage • Political Support • A social media strategy is essential
• Targeting financiers, suppliers etc • appropriate legislation • Importance of the public, where possible, being “on-side”
• Cyber disruption attacks • consistent policing • Support those in your sector who are subject to activism and extremism!
• “Lock-On’s” • Judicial /CPS awareness
• Locks super glued • Appropriate sentencing
• Hoax Bombs and/or threats
• Targeting overseas affiliates
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