1. Forming a Safety Features &
Personal Security Briefing for your
employees
Thiago L. Bergo Pinto
17 - 18 March 2015
Bogota | Colombia
Hotel Estelar La Fontana
Latin America and Caribbean
Oil & Gas Security Forum 2015

2. Main Topics
• Why provide security alerts and educate employees?
• Can a company ensure its employees aren’t exposed to the
security risks?
• What is more productive: prevention or remedy?
• What is necessary to include in the Security Briefing for
visitors?
• How to build feasible Security Briefing?
• How to guide expatriates and family members?
• How to captivate the attention of professionals making use of
tips, hints, ideas while building alerts that add up and help
practice a security awareness.

3. WHY PROVIDE SECURITY ALERTS AND
EDUCATE EMPLOYEES?
Safety Tradition Industry
Intensive skilled labor
Production areas in different
environments
Facing different cultures, threats and risks

4. CAN A COMPANY ENSURE ITS EMPLOYEES
AREN’T EXPOSED TO THE SECURITY RISKS?
Operations in risk areas.
High urban concentration.
Risks and Threats divided into two parts:
Common Crime and Organized Crime.
Governments can’t adequately address
the criminal organizations.

5. WHAT IS MORE PRODUCTIVE:
PREVENTION OR REMEDY?
In a disputed criminal region, full of social differences, with organized crime rooting
signs, full of common crime events, there is no way to stop thinking about prevention
not to have to act in the remediation. The importance of a "Personnel Security
Briefing".

6. WHAT IS NECESSARY TO INCLUDE IN
THE SECURITY BRIEFING?
• Welcome Message.
• We are here. A view of facilities.
• Location Map. Risk map.
• The main threats.
• The main risks.
• Key Areas and indirect risks.
• Prevention concept.
• Preventive actions.
• How to protect yourself.
• The final hints for personal safety.
• Safety Recommendations.
• Emergency Response Protocols.
• Final Security Message.

7. HOW TO BUILD FEASIBLE SECURITY BRIEFING?
Use constructive information to facilitate understanding;
Do not transmit information that generate panic or fear;
Give practical examples;
Be playful if possible;
Use photos that don’t cause double meaning;
Avoid complex diagrams and long sentences;
Measure your slides and guidelines for the appointed time.

8. HOW TO GUIDE EXPATRIATES AND FAMILY
MEMBERS
• Provide a general overview about the country and the city hosting the Family;
• Security concerns - Understanding Threats and Risks;
• Types of crimes - Common Crime and Organized Crime;
• Comparing crime levels - Vision of trusted Statistics;
• A Geo-political vision and the Socio-Economic context that entails violence;
• Preventive behavior concept and "low profile" attitude;
• Hints and Preventive Security Recommendations: in traffic, on roads, at
home, in households, in school, on the Internet, using credit cards and
protecting the personal information;
• How to act in domestic accident situations?
• How to act in road accident situations?
• How to set up security report events in a local police station?
• Action Plan for Emergency Response Situations;

9. How to captivate the attention making use of tips, hints,
ideas while building alert.
• Develop a dynamic
presentation.
• Be light.
• Use of empathy, using a
simple language
• Show concern and dedication
• Make yourself available
• Listen to all present
• Recognizes the moment while
information about Personal
Security it’s important to his
Family.
• Listen for their experiences
• Understand their habits and
preferences.

10. Questions?
Thank You!