International Security Consulting Experts Discuss the Liberation of Eastern Mosul IMG’s international security consulting experts are following the battle for Mosul, which has been underway since October. The hard-fought military campaign to liberate ISIS’s last stronghold in Iraq is now entering its fifth month. Because Mosul is divided in half by the Tigris River, the […]
International Security Consulting and Corporate Security Management In recent years, the security industry has proven to be a multi-faceted and dynamic sector. Fortunately, many security management professionals have obtained technical proficiency in many aspects of the discipline, including: physical security, executive protection, and workplace security. Some veterans of the field are skilled in even more […]
Yemen Civil War & the Yemen Crisis Yemen is a small, impoverished country at the southwest end of the Arabian Peninsula. As most international security consultants know, however, the country occupies a strategic location on the Bab al-Mandeb strait. Unfortunately, Yemen has suffered from chronic political instability in recent years, and the already unstable situation […]
Credit Card Fraud: An Overview According to the Economist, global credit card fraud losses totaled more than $10 billion in 2014. This is more than 3 times greater than the credit card fraud losses in 2003. Indeed, credit card fraud is so pervasive that a study found that more than 40% of American households have […]
One of the hottest topics in corporate international security currently is the potential impact of ISIS on European security. Over the past several months, international corporate security experts have examined the terrorist threat posed by ISIS in Europe. These experts are particularly concerned with radicalized European Muslims who have joined ISIS on the battlefields of […]
Workplace violence often grabs media attention, and attacks from employees can often put companies and communities in the spotlight. For example, in September 2014 a recently terminated UPS employee working in Alabama opened fire on his coworkers. After killing two, the gunmen then turned the gun on himself. While attacks like this are rare, they […]
Executive Summary: iPad Security Meets Corporate Security Corporate espionage is becoming an increasingly alarming threat to companies around the world. Many foreign firms, with or without the support of their home government, are actively looking to acquire the trade secrets, corporate strategy, and intellectual property of their competitors. These activities present many new challenges to […]
Executive Summary: Savar Building Collapse Lessons On April 24th, 2013 a building housing a garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh, collapsed trapping hundreds of workers, leading to the worst industrial garment accident in history. The collapse caused over 600 deaths, thousands of injuries, and millions of dollars in property damage. Many lessons can be learned from […]
IMG Note: The following article is the second in a two-part series analyzing North Korea’s motivations and presumed end game with their recent series of provocative actions and brinksmanship. Many corporations have employees in South Korea and good security planning involves creating a contingency, evacuation and crisis management plan for dealing with expatriates in the […]
How a War with North Korea Could Affect Business, Employee and Travel Security Operations in Northeast Asia
Since it was sanctioned by the United Nations for carrying out a nuclear test, North Korea has made an alarming series of threats, upsetting the regional stability in Northeast Asia. It has announced plans to attack American and South Korea military targets, ended a half-century long armistice with Seoul, and even threatened to attack the United States with nuclear weapons. It has followed up these threats with a series of military demonstrations, and may be conducting preparations for another missile test. To add extra weight to these provocations, Pyongyang has even suggested that Foreign Diplomats living in the country’s capital should prepare an evacuation plan in the event of a war. Continue reading