comprehensive Security Program Reviews & Independent Risk Assessments

The Alesian Group: Connecting Knowledge to Need

Your Trusted Security Management Advisors

A generic, one-size-fits-all security strategy is neither operationally effective nor cost-efficient. At The Alesian Group, our independent security program reviews evaluate physical vulnerabilities, operational blind spots, and premises liability to deliver defensible, budget-conscious solutions. We align security measures directly with your organizational culture, physical footprint, and business objectives.

What Is an Independent Security Program Review?

An independent security program review is an objective, third-party audit of an organization’s physical, technical, and operational safeguards. Unlike vendor assessments driven by product sales, an independent review evaluates existing threat countermeasures against industry standards (including ASIS International, ISO Standards, CPTED, and OSHA guidelines) to identify operational gaps, mitigate premises liability, and optimize resource allocation.

Key Components of Our Security Risk Assessments

Our comprehensive program evaluations audit eleven core dimensions across physical, technical, and human security domains:

1. Threat & Historical Incident Analysis

   On-site incident history, local police calls for service, municipal crime data, and regional and industry threat trends.

2. Regulatory & Statutory Compliance

   Alignment with applicable industry standards (Joint Commission, HIPAA, Clery Act, OSHA General Duty Clause).

3. Physical Security & CPTED Design

   Architectural access barriers, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), lighting levels, and perimeter control.

4. Electronic Security Systems (ESS)

   Operational efficacy and coverage of video surveillance (CCTV), access control (ACS), visitor management, and intrusion detection systems (IDS).

5. Security Staffing & Post Orders

   Evaluation of proprietary or contract security personnel, post orders, coverage models, training, and performance metrics.

6. Policies, Procedures & SOPs

   Review of written security plans, emergency operations plans (EOP), and day-to-day standard operating procedures.

7. Workplace Violence Prevention (WVPP)

   Threat assessment team protocols, behavioral threat management workflows, and crisis escalation processes.

8. Training & Awareness Programs

   Effectiveness of workforce training programs, de-escalation education, and emergency active threat drills.

9. Stakeholder & Leadership Interviews

   Structured interviews with executive leadership, department heads, frontline staff, and local first responders.

10. Vendor & Contractor Governance

    Objective auditing of third-party security guarding contracts, service-level agreements (SLAs), and system integrators.

11. Prioritized Gap Analysis

    Clear, implementation roadmap balancing capital expenditure (CapEx) and operational impact against risk reduction.

Our 3-Step Security Review Methodology

We evaluate each of these domains through our three step methodology which is develop to align with the principles of Enterprise security Risk Management.

1. Phase 1: Asset Characterization & Threat Identification

   We determine critical physical, digital, and human assets while profiling realistic external and internal threats—evaluating crime statistics, historical incident logs, and facility vulnerabilities using recognized risk management principles.

2. Phase 2: On-Site Evaluation & Operational Discovery

   Our senior advisors conduct extensive physical site inspections, stakeholder interviews, and technical audits to evaluate how current measures perform during normal operations, after-hours windows, and emergency scenarios.

3. Phase 3: Gap Analysis & Actionable Roadmap (Proprietary O-PR-MO Framework)

   Utilizing our proprietary Observation - Potential Risk - Mitigation Options (O-PR-MO) framework, we identify potentially unmitigated risks and deliver a defensible, prioritized roadmap detailing immediate, short-term, and long-term improvements tailored to your capital and operational budgets and organizational needs.