Pario Solutions Group - Security Risk, Emergency and Disaster Management, and Governance, Military and Law Enforcement Consultative Services

Pario’s core expertise is largely in the management of governance, risk and business systems – corporately, organisationally and operationally. Our team has delivered services across a range of client and organisational environments - nationally and internationally. We provide organisations with the ability to more effectively deliver core services through the mitigation of threats and risks and the delivery of enhanced opportunities through improved security, preparedness, hardening, resilience and the management of risk.

Disaster relief, military and law enforcement services

Our service profile includes a range of capacity-building capabilities and specialist expertise in the following key areas:

• Disaster and emergency management systems
• Strategic analysis and assessment
• Security risk analysis, assessment and capabilities

Disaster and emergency management systems

Our core capabilities include extensive experience and knowledge of disaster and emergency management services, including a practical approach to the application of better practice all-hazard disaster and emergency management methodologies all integrated into a wide range of plans and training systems, including critical infrastructure management and security risk planning.

Our consultants have an extensive range of experiences and qualifications at local government and national levels, including a range of analysis, planning and assessment services in flood management and inundation, emergency response measures and evacuation procedures, and response guides and manuals. Our services include:

• Flood inundation and planning
• Critical infrastructure analysis and assessments
• Business continuity management
• Evacuation and emergency response
• Crisis and consequence management planning and capabilities
• Emergency response and disaster recovery systems
• Emergency management training systems and procedures

Strategic analysis and assessment

Pario’s core capabilities include the delivery of strategic and operational analysis and assessments. We are world leaders in the delivery of business and risk management in the areas of security, intelligence, law enforcement, defence, critical infrastructure and the transport sector including the aviation and maritime security and supply chain environments.

Pario consultants have delivered national assessments and evaluations, including the development of policy reform at the national level. Our consultants have lead and facilitated major outcomes for the Commonwealth in a wide range of national agendas, such as immigration and law enforcement reforms and have participated as agency leads for interdepartmental working groups and as national heads of delegation. This has included major fraud and anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing modelling and assessments of organized crime and anti-corruption activities.

Our strategic analysis and assessment services include:

• Monitoring and evaluation systems, capabilities and audit tools for program and project design, development and implementation
• Analysis and assessment of national programs on thematic and technical issues such as migration, security, counter-terrorism, economic and performance management
• Performance management systems and controls
• Expertise in intelligence, law enforcement, security and regulatory systems
• Major fraud and organized crime analysis and assessments

Security risk assessment offerings and capabilities

Our core capabilities cover the delivery of security risk services and capabilities in high and low threat environments with a specific focus on critical infrastructure. Our consultants have extensive experience in crisis and consequence management and have undertaken organisational and environmental-based security risk analysis and assessments.

In particular, our services have often included risk management for critical infrastructure facilities, personnel safety and security planning, procedures and systems, which has included operations in Afghanistan and other high risk locations in the Middle East, Pacific and Asia.

Our consultants have an informed understanding of key regional, cultural and religious dynamics that impact on security risk issues and our services include critical infrastructure security services and capabilities, particularly as they apply to anti-terrorism measures, including advisory, analysis and assessment services in:

• Facilities hardening (e.g. ballistic protection, detonation and screening systems, primary and secondary blast and fragmentation protection)
• Emergency and consequence management planning (e.g. bomb, blast and evacuation)
• Personnel security and planning including mail handling safety, security systems, response planning and vehicle access and management
• Threat analysis and assessment – facilities, personnel and activities
• Development and facilitation of counter-terrorism preparedness including equipment, exercises and consequence management of incidents
• Conduct of high risk security threat assessments on port, land transport and airport facilities