Anti-Terrorism and Threat Assessments

KIPP provides both government and businesses full-spectrum assessment services that look at all aspects of terrorism, from transnational networks to domestic terrorist entities to include single issue terrorists (i.e., such as animal rights or ecological extremists).  Coming from a multi-disciplinary and inter-agency response perspective, KIPP looks at the entire response continuum from preparation through mitigation and recovery.  Of course, while terrorism tends to be headline threat, other hazards, risks and vulnerabilities from hazardous materials, extreme weather, seismic activity or all-hazards must be fully assessed too.  Deliverables include written assessments, presentations and training, and various other means of ensuring maximum value from the assessment process making the results actionable for decision-makers and planners.

Business Continuity Planning

We have collectively learned from a history of major disasters, from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to Hurricane Andrew through the terrorist attacks of September 11^th, 2001, nothing replaces planning and preparedness to ensure business continuity.  Those businesses that don’t prepare too often fail. While much business continuity planning deals primarily with the direct effects of a disaster, such as a flood, earthquake, fire, major terrorist attack, supply chain interruption or major storm, KIPP brings in various subject matter experts in scenario planning using a broad approach that fully appreciates the macro or indirect effects.  KIPP appreciates what so many businesses and entire industries experienced in the fallout of the 9-11 attacks.  KIPP’s deliverables include written assessments, training courses, tabletop exercises, practical application or field exercises, and executive wargaming, along with consultative support.

Contingency Planning and Emergency Preparedness

KIPP principals and associates have been involved with a long history contingency planning and emergency preparedness activities, from operational planning teams.  KIPP brings in various subject matter experts in scenario planning along with a broad approach that fully appreciates the macro or indirect effects, such as what so many businesses and entire industries experienced in the fallout of the 9-11 attacks.  KIPP’s deliverables include written assessments, training courses, tabletop and practical application or field exercises, and executive wargaming, along with consultative support.

Business Wargaming and Scenario-based Planning

KIPP is proudly associated with Kappa West Inc., one of the world’s premiere consulting firms in developing and conducting business or executive wargaming and scenario-based planning services.  Going well beyond traditional black hat vs. white hat approaches (or blue vs. red team), Kappa/KIPP uses a halo or rainbow team approach, having designated role-playing teams for direct and indirect competitors, market and technology inputs, regulatory influences and government, and other teams as needed in addition to the Home Team and umpires.  This approach ensures an optimal deliverable by maximizing the number of inputs and considerations needed for real world planning and decision-making.  All wargames and planning sessions are built on strong competitive intelligence projections and analyses, forcing decision makers to determine realistic allocations of their limited resources in the marketplace in ways that maximize future growth and revenues.  In many cases, wargames provide needed to catalyst for changing the direction of a company by allowing players to “die in the wargame” but then equally realize that failure to implement major changes will ensure death in the marketplace.

All-Hazards and Disaster Preparedness

In reference to business continuity planning and various aspects of Homeland Security and Strategic Risk Management, KIPP teams with top experts in All-Hazards and Disaster Preparedness in support of planning and mitigation management.  KIPP uses the famous Petroni Rule (named for Mr. Jim Petroni, former Acting Director of the California Specialized Training Institute and noted consultant), that 90% of what you can do to effect a better outcome from a disaster is what you did prior to the event.  Planning, Preparedness and Prevention are the keys to unlocking doors to effective mitigation and recovery.  KIPP also integrates all-hazards intelligence, to include terrorism assessments, in assisting firms to realistically plan for emergencies, and not just be overwhelmed by “worst case scenarios” that can needlessly divert resources into less productive activities or prevent needed managerial action by creating the appearance of nothing can be done.  KIPP notes another Petroni maxim that the tragedy of 9-11 was the loss of nearly 3000 lives; the miracle of 9-11 was that nearly 41,000 people successfully evacuated the New York World Trade Center, and that was based on following procedures learned in fire drills put in place after the first WTC bombing in ’93.  Having people doing the simple things well is the crucial step to effectiveness preparedness.