Strategic Security

Jean Perois, PhD, CPP, is a fellow of the security institute and a security consultant at RMI Middle East. He is a security practitioner working in the Middle East and specializing in security risk assessments. He is a member of the ASIS International Middle East Advisory Council and serves as its regional certification representative. He is also Assistant Regional Vice President for Region 12A, which includes Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. The only person in the Middle East with all three ASIS certifications, Jean is a co-founder of the ASIS Qatar chapter and founder and former chapter chair of their Bahrain chapter. Jean is also currently Assistant Regional Vice President for ASIS in the Middle East. He is a results-orientated security manager, with a proven record of designing, developing and implementing quality asset protection programs for major industrial projects in multicultural environments. His work experience includes expertise in strategic planning, business management, risk-assessment, security training, program development, physical security, force protection, security audits and risk mitigation strategies. He is a security analyst with a passion for international affairs, expert at monitoring security risks, able to provide in-depth report on strategic issues and tools for decisions of upper management, with a vast experience of quality liaison with local government agencies.

Strategic Security provides security managers, and those aspiring to the position, to think strategically about their job, the culture of their workplace, and the nature of security planning and implementation.

Chapter 1: Strategic Thinking and Corporate Security