Dossier 05 · Global Operations
Deploying security specialists across borders is as much a legal and ethical challenge as an operational one. Our operating model ensures every assignment is lawful in the host country, compliant with the specialist's home-government obligations, and aligned with recognised international standards for private security.
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How We Operate
Two sets of rules apply to every deployment — the specialist's home government and the host country. We honour both.
The private security sector has grown into a significant global industry, employing millions of people worldwide. That growth has brought scrutiny. Incidents involving poorly regulated contractors in conflict zones during the 2000s led governments, industry and civil society to create international frameworks that define what responsible private security looks like. We build our operations around those frameworks.
For each deployment, our compliance review answers four questions. Is the specialist permitted by their own government to take this assignment? Is the activity lawful in the host country, and which licences are required? Are the client's objectives legitimate and consistent with human rights? And are insurance, medical cover and emergency support in place?
If any answer is unsatisfactory, the assignment does not proceed. This discipline protects our specialists from legal jeopardy, protects clients from reputational damage and protects the communities in which we work.
We also maintain a duty-of-care framework for every specialist in the field: pre-deployment briefings, regular check-ins, access to medical and security support, and a clear escalation path if circumstances change.
Frameworks We Align With
These frameworks are publicly available. Alignment means our policies and procedures are designed with reference to them; where formal certification or licensing is required in a jurisdiction, it is obtained directly or through licensed partners.
India's Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005, which governs the licensing of private security agencies and the training and verification of security personnel in India.
The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers (2010), setting human-rights-based principles for private security companies, overseen by the ICoC Association.
The 2008 intergovernmental document recalling the legal obligations of states and good practices relating to private military and security companies operating in armed conflict.
The international management-system standard for private security operations, covering risk management, respect for human rights and the use of force.
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (2011), which define corporate responsibility to respect human rights.
National regimes such as the UK Security Industry Authority and Dubai's Security Industry Regulatory Agency, which license individuals and companies locally.
Regions Served
Each region presents its own threat picture, regulatory regime and cultural expectations. The summaries below describe the assignments most frequently requested in each.
A major hub for business travel, luxury hospitality and international events. Demand focuses on executive protection, residential security for relocating families and security for high-profile events.
Infrastructure, energy and development projects often operate in remote areas with limited emergency services. Clients need site security planning, journey management and hostile-environment readiness.
Highly regulated markets where individual licensing is mandatory for many roles. Our contribution centres on training, advisory work and support to licensed local providers.
Rapidly growing economies with busy aviation hubs and expanding corporate travel. Clients seek aviation security consulting, travel risk management and self-defence training.
Multinational clients and visiting delegations require advisory services, pre-travel briefings and coordination with licensed local protection providers.
Our recruitment, assessment and training base, and a large market for corporate protection, campus safety, self-defence programmes and industrial security.
Deployment Lifecycle
Borrowed from military planning discipline and adapted for civilian assignments, this lifecycle keeps every deployment predictable, accountable and safe.
Client requirements, threat picture, legal review and specialist selection.
Written operating plan, licences, logistics, medical cover and communications.
Pre-deployment briefing, arrival procedures and handover with local partners.
Daily reporting, welfare checks, supervision and adaptation as conditions change.
After-action review, client report, lessons learned and specialist welfare follow-up.
Heritage in the Field
Air bases are among the most complex environments to secure: vast perimeters, constant vehicle movement, high-value assets and many people with legitimate access. The Garud force was created to protect exactly this kind of environment, and its operators learned to think in layers — outer perimeter, access points, inner zones and critical assets.
That layered mindset is invaluable in global operations. Whether the "asset" is an executive moving through an unfamiliar city, a remote project site or a crowded conference hall, the same questions apply: where are the approaches, where are the choke points, what does normal look like, and how quickly can we respond when something is not normal?
Widely reported operations — such as the securing of the Wadi Seidna airstrip during the 2023 evacuation from Sudan — illustrate why airfield expertise matters when people need to be moved to safety quickly.
Illustrative Scenarios
Client work is confidential. The scenarios below are illustrative composites showing how our model is applied — they are not accounts of specific clients or events.
Challenge: A company chairman plans an investor roadshow across three Gulf cities, with public events and a family member accompanying. Public profile and a recent social-media controversy raise the risk of harassment.
Challenge: An infrastructure contractor faces repeated theft of equipment and tensions with nearby communities, and needs a security approach that works without escalating conflict.
Challenge: A university wants to improve student confidence and personal safety, particularly for women students travelling late in the evening.
Share your destination, dates and concerns. We will advise on what is lawful, what is necessary and what it will take.