Specific aspects of private security in high-risk zone

Abstract

Rapid commercialization of security services in high-risk zones and engaging security and private military companies has put private security in high-risk zones in the focus of interest. As the tactics of attackers who act in high-risk zones is becoming more progressive and innovative, security experts and practitioners in the field of private security have to secure and improve the overall safety of the assigned zone, facility, individual, vehicle, aircraft or vessel by means of adequate organizational, intelligence-security and physical-technical measures. It is believed that private security in high-risk zones will be of relevance in the near future as part of security system. This paper is an attempt of contributing to scientific material which describes the above stated security issues. The paper shall explain the concept, features and standards of private security operation in high-risk zones and offer some of the models for predicting the flow of suicide attacks, attacks on vehicles in movement by improvised explosive devices, attacks on road convoys, pirate attacks on commercial ships, as well as procedures of protection against such attacks in high-risk zones.

Keywords

• private security
• high-risk zone
• private security companies
• private military companies
• suicide terrorist attack
• static guards
• securing individuals during vehicle movement
• road convoy