Crisis24 Private Strategic Group Ensures Client Safety During International Paris Air Show (PAS)

On-the-ground resources backed by a 24/7 global operations center in the heart of Paris and the latest global intelligence combine to protect people and assets at this high-profile event.

Situational Analysis

Significant public events like the International Paris Air Show (PAS) bring a myriad of attendees together - from dignitaries and government officials to corporate executives and the general public. This global event is the largest aerospace event in the world, attracting over 315,000 aviation exhibitors and enthusiasts who roam over 1.3 million square feet of exhibit space. When hundreds of thousands come together in an open forum, protecting people from harm can be difficult. 

A market leader in the aerospace and defense industry contacted Crisis24 to manage the security of 80 employees and its onsite assets while exhibiting at a recent show. Planning and on-the-ground resources protected the client’s assets, company information, and personnel from the activities of foreign intelligence services and competitors during the four-day event attended by 140,000 people.

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Crisis24 in Action 

A Comprehensive Solution to Keep Employees and Assets Safe

Live events in large venues present unique challenges to security professionals. To ensure the safety of people and assets, significant preparation is critical, reliable intelligence is vital, and experienced on-the-ground personnel is fundamental to success. Crisis24 combined these essential elements to provide our client with a solution that kept people safe and assets functional during this four-day high-profile event.

Working closely with our client’s security and events teams, Crisis24 provided pre-event security consulting support to assess event security requirements. Once the live event began, our protective operations included close protection of the company’s executive leadership, secure transport of 80 personnel, and guard protection of the client’s airshow chalet and static aircraft displays. 

Pre-planning: Threat and Security Risk Assessments

Crisis24 gathered pertinent information about the venue and the event alongside our client's security team and conducted a formal threat assessment. It began with a complete review of the physical vulnerabilities of the primary site and at each of the designated client sites, including hotels and offices. From this analysis, the team provided recommendations while being mindful of the client’s requirements. 

Areas of concern and potential problems were identified early and culminated in preparing a detailed pre-event security assessment report and the subsequent instruction document that guided the security team members in the proper execution of their duties. 

Crisis24 reviewed all available public sources, law enforcement, and private intelligence and security risk management information as it pertained to the client’s participation in the Paris Air Show. Our assessment was based on current crime and safety conditions in the metropolitan Paris area. The following criteria were used to assess conditions and prepare our report. 

Threat Assessment Criteria 

Security Risk Assessment

To develop a successful event security plan, Crisis24 completed a thorough security risk assessment identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing potential vulnerabilities to the safety of the client’s employees and physical assets at the event. Crisis24 created a customized protective solution playbook, including identified risks from this information. The playbook specified team roles and responsibilities for crowd management, customer care, and security and evacuation procedures. 

Operations: Executing Event Security Risk Plan 

Armed with the collective intelligence required, the Crisis24 team prepared a tailored event security risk plan with the following components.  

• One Event Security Risk Manager: Worked with the client events team to oversee and direct event security operations at all of the venues coordinating all aspects of security with venue security, LEO (National Gendarmerie), executive protection teams (assigned to client leadership) and static security elements assigned to the primary venue and client hotels. Created the client Event Risk Assessment and Event Security Operations Playbook.
• One Transportation Coordinator: Responsible for the secure transportation of all 80 client attendees, from in-country arrival to end-of-mission departure. Also provided reservation-coordination-dispatch of each transit movement by coach bus, Sprinter vans, and executive sedans. 
• One Site Security Lead (mobile command) for the primary site (Le Bourget Airport): Acted as the on-site Manager for command and communications and mobile incident response. Directed communications with all security/LEO /medical teams. 
• Mobile Response Team (MRT): Provided security support for attendee ‘Arrivals Airport Meet and Greet,’ mobile countersurveillance, perimeter/interior monitoring at the event (Le Bourget static display and chalet) areas, and other venues when necessary. 
• Executive Protection Team (EPT): Four Executive Protection Agents and four Security Drivers provided low-profile executive protection coverage of executives during the week’s activities. 
• One Static Event Team (SET): Four Event Guards provided coverage of the static display aircraft area and client chalet
• One Residence Security Team (RST): Two Security Agents provided security overnight at two client hotels. 
• K9 Team: One agent and one K9 provided daily event support to conduct ‘spot’ K9 explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) sweeps of the primary venue, hotel conference areas, and other venues as needed. 

Results 

From the moment the client contacted Crisis24 to the successful conclusion of the airshow, the safety and security of the client’s personnel and assets were the number one priority. The one-week mission included a security/safety risk assessment of the operating environment, ongoing threat analysis and risk intelligence, coordination, planning and communications with key-client event stakeholders, daily route assessments and coordinated, secure ground transportation for all personnel, executive protection of leadership, static event site security at the airshow and other client venues. The continuous monitoring and management of these simultaneous operations ensured the safety and well-being of employees and the protection of their critical assets.

We Are Only as Good as Our Resources on the Ground

Crisis24 has a cadre of vetted and trained CNAPS-licensed security specialists in France, ready to deploy and provide a wide range of support and security services to clients in need. In situations where seconds matter, our network of trusted professionals allows Crisis24 to respond rapidly, reduce costs for clients, and deploy the specialists with the best-suited skillset and localized operational knowledge to resolve the issue successfully.

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