Securitas UK has joined a select group of organisations to be accredited by NaCTSO (National Counter Terrorism Security Office) to deliver its Project Griffin counter terrorism awareness initiative to their own staff. Project Griffin was devised by the City of London Police in 2004 to protect UK cities and communities from the threat of terrorism following a number of high profile terrorist attacks in London and abroad. Integrating and coordinating the resources of the emergency services, local authorities, businesses and the private sector security industry, the concept has been successfully replicated by a number of countries around the world.
Training comprises a number of terrorism awareness modules – currently 13 in number – covering awareness of anything from firearms & weapon attacks to drones, insider threats to cyberattacks. It is delivered at dedicated training events lasting from one to six hours, dependent on the time available and number of topics covered. Until recently, the modules were owned and managed by NaCTSO and delivered by specialist CTSAs (Counter Terrorism Security Advisers) across the country.
In April 2016 however, following an escalation in threat levels following further high profile terrorist attacks, NaCTSO launched Industry Self-Delivery, a scheme designed to extend Project Griffin’s reach in which accredited organisations would now be empowered to train their own employees. Securitas UK applied and was successful in gaining accreditation, having met the strict criteria. The Project Griffin training is delivered at Securitas’s recently-opened state-of-the-art Training & Development Academy in Milton Keynes.
