STRATEGIC RISK MANAGEMENT
Anti-Terrorism
& Threat Assessments
Business Continuity Planning
Contingency Planning & Emergency
Preparedness
Business Wargaming &
Scenario-based Planning
All Hazards & Disaster
Preparedness
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
interagency 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
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.
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