CIVARA is a global leader in security and risk management solutions; we work as a team to provide you maximum results and benefits.  Our team of experts are realistic practitioners each with diverse experience in training and protective services for your assets — people, property, and or information and technology around the globe. We have worked in a variety of industries and services, bringing over 100 years of professional experience to each client’s project. From strategic to tactical planning, critical infrastructure to Red-Team vulnerabilities, investigations to risk assessment, and others — we offer a complete package of sustainable protective services and provide the knowledge to prepare you for unexpected security threats and challenges. We also sponsor and operate an all-hazards survival training school through our CIVARA Academy. E-mail the school for information. Items of survival interest are posted on a separate site.

Our team represents a cross section of highly skilled experts in the security industry ranging from veteran security executives, law enforcement, military, fire, cyber security, critical infrastructure protection, red-team/blue-team security analysis (cyber and physical), water security, intelligence, counter-terrorism, and more. We are dedicated to hardening your organization from intruders or threats that will ensure both resiliency and sustainability during periods of crisis or prosperity. At CIVARA we enter your establishment with one goal in mind—peace of mind with maximum preparedness and response. We provide a detailed analysis and recommendation(s) of the state of your total security portfolio from local to global and then, develop the best security solution(s) for your employees and hard assets.

We are independent and are not affiliated with security products, retailers, re-sellers, installers, or guard-service providers—giving you absolute control in the decision-making phase. What we provide is superior security-solutions consulting services that deliver quality and an independent analysis of the status of your firm’s security. Our comprehensive security solutions evaluation business model permits you to decide which service and or product suits your needs best.

We are committed from the onset of the project; and while other firms end their services at the conclusion of the assessment, our practice is that work begins during the transitioning process at no additional cost to you. We are with you every step of the way through the completion of the project to guarantee successful threat-management solutions, goals, and organizational standards adequately meet your expectations.  Additionally, as an organization, we take into consideration your fiscal outlook, protective and threat mitigations, management measures, corporate culture, and budget regulations to ensure you are provided with the best recommendations meeting those identifiable needs. We offer a range of security solutions based on varying factors and give you the tools to measure those recommendations on an ongoing basis.  Please review the following table of services in  determining  which area we may best be of service to you. We are committed to be your Security Solutions Partner from entry through execution!

At CIVARA we provide strategic and specialized security services to help protect your company, whether local or global. We offer innovative approaches to all your commercial and industrial security needs to make your life safer. Our primary focus is on delivering high-end security services that fit your budget and fulfill your needs. Our primary services include:

• Critical & Facilities Infrastructure Security
• Cyber Security
• Domestic & Transnational Terrorism
• Environmental Design and Construction
• Red Team Vulnerability
• Risk Assessment
• Vulnerability Analysis
• Security Operations Center Planning
• Training in the Following Areas:
• Active Shooter
• Emergency Response Plan
• Incident Command and Response
• Mind Simulation
• Security Personnel
• Workplace Violence
• School Safety and Preparedness
• Situational Awareness
• Survival Training (All Hazards)
• Water Security & Intelligence

We also provide other specialized security services through direct negotiation.

Threats of criminal activity and in some cases, terrorist attack against a company or agency’s assets and interests are ever present. Crime has generally increased especially burglary, vehicle theft, and related crimes during the past decade and continues to increase in a poor economy. And, since 9/11 terrorist attacks have increased in both number and intensity around the globe. Natural hazards from earthquakes, typhoons, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are also of great concern. While most companies and agencies can be easily geared for response to a general crime, an attack or natural hazard, very few work on preparedness or prevention. CIVARA approaches critical infrastructure and personal and facility protection from an all hazards point of view.

Every apartment complex and other private and public-sector enterprise has a responsibility to do all they can to protect their businesses, operations, employees, customers, and facilities against a criminal act, even against terrorism. Our role at CIVARA is to develop plans and procedures to efficiently assist your entity to protect your assets and resources.

As an example, for critical infrastructure protection (CIP), we utilize a model-based vulnerability analysis (MBVA) approach that is at the cutting edge of CIP, having been developed by the Department of Defense. This approach allows CIVARA to perform a network analysis on an entire system with great accuracy whether it is a small to large apartment complex or mall, the San Francisco Bart, New York Subway, or the Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd., the world’s second largest transportation subway system with over 281 kilometers of rail lines and about 3 billion passengers per year.  Because such systems are too large and resources too scarce to adequately protect every entity, the most critical areas and components are identified and hardened, allowing the client to allocate precious resources to the most vulnerable areas. Few other firms can boast such prowess or skill.

We constantly strive to maintain cutting-edge technology that can be passed to our clients to improve security operations, plans, and policies. Earned profits generally determine how and what security procedures a company or agency plans.  Thus, the most favored approach by the client is risk assessment based on dollars lost or generated, whether in need of simple surveillance and patrol of a facility to more strategic scales.

Deciding on the right course of action to take is less clear, which is why we are here to assist you. Our customers need information. What is the threat? Is my organization a likely target? Are my facilities vulnerable to criminal acts? How secure is my apartment complex? Am I leasing to a potential criminal? How vulnerable is our shopping mall? How exposed is my pipeline? Are SCADA controls sufficient? What is the likely impact of a vehicle theft or similar crime or even an attack using explosives? …using weapons of mass destruction? …using chemical weapons? What can we do to make sure our office building(s) or manufacturing plant remains operational? Is our security force equipped with everything they need? Do security personnel require greater skills and training? What more can we do?

CIVARA answers these questions and more. Our professionals have been involved with protecting critical infrastructure, resources, apartment complexes, other facilities, and VIP’s for years. Our team is made up of former military leaders, police commanders, Navy SEALs, and other security professionals, with experience in analyzing threats, evaluating prevention and response procedures, analyzing blast affects, and using mathematical formulas to quantify the impact of attack in terms of loss of life and economic damage. From the simplest needs to the most complex our team can help you.

The CIVARA Associates team develops solutions to counter crime and other more extreme scenarios. We identify the means to deter criminal acts, an attack, detect threats, mitigate their impact, and develop processes and procedures for effective response to limit damage and potential loss of life. CIVARA then provides the client with cost estimates for countering each threat, reducing the risk of attack, and eliminating/reducing the vulnerability to attack.

With this information our clients leaders have what they need to make informed decisions and allocate resources in the most efficient manner.

CIVARA Associates is a leading global, security-consulting firm with a special emphasis on threat and vulnerability analysis and risk assessments, designing and implementing security systems, response, and procedures, and policies to cope with all hazards whether criminal(s), a terrorist attack, or natural. From providing personnel for security patrol of a facility, training, critical infrastructure protection, or strategic security protocols for the most critical situations, we strive to be on the bleeding edge of the envelope of security technologies and cyber and physical preparedness to develop unique security solutions and innovative products for the world market. We have a culture of innovation where our professionals make a difference. We seek like-minded, dynamic individuals to join our team.

CIVARA Associates is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome the chance to interview all qualified candidates for positions with our company. Because professionals working for us must be on call at a moments notice, individuals working for CIVARA are often required to travel internationally. Therefore, a valid U.S. passport is required at all times to maintain and obtain employment with us. Also, if you apply for a position with us, you must provide proof of a valid U.S. passport at time of application. There absolutely is no exception to this policy except for foreign nationals employed by CIVARA. Foreign nationals are described as indigenous personnel assisting our efforts who reside within client countries served by CIVARA outside the United States, but who are not citizens of the U.S.

Specific positions that we seek applicants for will be posted below. However, if you wish to submit your application you may do so at any time. To apply or discuss your knowledge and expertise, please send your vitae via contact us.