London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Safety and Security
Strategy
What is the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Safety and
Security Strategy?
On 11 March 2011, the UK Government published an updated
version to the
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Safety and Security
Strategy (originally published in July 2009), which
identifies how it will achieve its promise of delivering a “safe
and secure Games in keeping with the Olympic culture and
spirit”.
As well as setting out its key principles for ensuring Olympic
safety and security, the Strategy considers how these specific
security challenges fit with the wider threats facing the UK, an
issue the Government dealt with in its National Security Strategy, which was updated in
October 2010.
How can VEGA support objectives of the London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Safety and Security Strategy?
The Strategy identifies five focus areas it sees as key to
delivering a safe and secure event, which manifest themselves as
protect; prepare; identify and disrupt; command, control, plan and
resource; and engage.
Over the past two decades, VEGA has developed a wide range of
services aimed at addressing the varying security challenges in
government and defence – markets where planning is essential, and
failure is not an option. These capabilities include defining and
mapping the complex interdependencies of an organisation comprising
diverse and disparate components, as well as developing secure
systems that enable the safe exploitation of information to enhance
capability and improve user experience.
VEGA is consolidating this knowledge and expertise to deliver a
series of articles focused on some of the security issues of the
2012 Olympics. The themes contained in these articles could well
provide benefit to the London Organising Committee of the Olympic
and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA),
the police service, and all other key delivery agencies.
In ‘Olympic Park Security Challenges –
Modelling the complex to inform practice and preparation’,
VEGA’s Alan Rowe, an experienced Enterprise Architect, explores how
sophisticated modelling techniques can help prepare for the
security challenges facing the Olympic Park – a venue outside
the jurisdiction of the event main stadium, but which itself is
expected to be visited by 10 million people throughout the six
weeks of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In Supply Chain Security and the
2012 Olympics, VEGA's Steve
Whittaker, a principal consultant, profiles the security
implications that should be considered across an extended supply
operating within condensed timescales and in full view of a
watching world.
Internal links relating to the London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Safety and Security Strategy
» Information Sharing
» Business Continuity Planning
» Enterprise Architecture and
Visualisation
» Information
Security
» Digital Forensics
» SEIG case study
» Future Core Networks
» UK Border Agency
External websites relating to the London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Safety and Security Strategy
» London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Safety and Security Strategy -
full document (PDF)
» RISC
» Intellect's
Security and Resilience Portal
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the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Safety and Security
Strategy