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Monday, May 9, 2011

Industry Talk: Global CST Doing ‘Too Good Of A Job’ In Latin America

If anyone remembers the raid that freed the American contractors and Ingrid Betancourt in Colombia, then you might have remembered me talking about Global CST’s supposed involvement.  Well, according to this article, this company was definitely kicking some butt and ruffling some feathers down in Latin America. lol It is an example of private industry competing with government forces in the war fighting department, and government getting all bent out of shape because the company is actually  good at what they are doing.

Which brings me to an interesting point here.  When the US shows some concern about a PMC, then there is a good chance that the company actually knows what they are doing.  And it makes sense, because the Israelis are very good at problem solving and war fighting.  Why wouldn’t a PMC like this not do well?  For more research into the company, I wrote about them awhile back and these guys will be the ones to watch down in Latin America and elsewhere. It would be a good one to contract with for the war against the cartels.

Also, it is interesting that the company has set up a Scribd and a Youtube Channel, but no Twitter or Facebook account?  They might as well go all out with the social networking effort if strategic communications is the intent? Just saying… –Matt

US saw Israeli firm’s rise in Latin America as a threat, cables show
By TIM JOHNSON
May 09, 2011
A security company led by the former head of operations for the Israeli military made such inroads into Latin America a few years ago that U.S. diplomats saw it as a security risk and moved to thwart the company’s expansion, U.S. diplomatic cables show.
The diplomats’ efforts were made easier when an interpreter for the Israeli firm, Global CST, was caught peddling classified Colombian Defense Ministry documents to Marxist guerrillas seeking to topple the state, one cable said.
Still, the ability of the Israeli security consultancy to obtain contracts in Colombia, Peru and Panama in rapid succession speaks to the prowess of retired Israeli military officers in peddling security know-how amid perceptions that they’d bring better results than official U.S. government assistance. (more…)

Friday, June 13, 2008

Jobs: Security Manager, Latin America

Position:   Security Manager – Latin America

Salary:           Executive package available

Location(s):  Sao Paulo

Job description: My client is an international organisation. They have offices in Europe, North- and South America and China. The current security staff consists of internal security personnel and external expert advisors in the various countries.

They are currently looking to recruit a security Manager to join their Latin America operations. You will have management responsibility for the security operations in Brazil and Mexico with the possibility of expansion in the near future.

Key accountabilities will be to optimise the utilization of staff, to enhance and maintain top quality of services from contracted parties, and to continuously monitor and assess the risk situation for the executives and the office operations. Risk mitigation measurements are expected to be developed commensurate with the risks and threat assessments.

You will operationally assist the CSO and the service offices in the region in developing security policies, procedures, daily security routines, emergency and crisis management plans, adapting them to local circumstances. Providing pre-emptive security, assistance and coordination in the roll out of international crisis management and business continuity management will be part of your operational responsibilities. When security incidents occur, you should be able to organize and handle the first response and quickly identify the next essential steps.

You will act as first point of contact for all security related matters, both from the board and from the organisation side, external security providers included.

Candidate profile: The successful candidate will be a proven project manager as well a having demonstrable background in physical security management and business continuity planning. The role requires a hands on attitude, good analytical skills and a structured approach.

Language skills are essential.

For more details contact Paul Edwards on +44 (0)20 8626 3112,

or by e-mail to pedwards@ssr-personnel.com, quoting reference 4610183.

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