| Aegis announces that they have joined forces | | | | applications. |
| with to employ America's war veterans. War | | | | |
| veterans have a history of being on the | | | | · Close protection, force protection and |
| cutting-edge of military technology and | | | | physical security enhancements. |
| security. Veterans are leaders in their own | | | | |
| right, yet they exemplify teamwork and are | | | | · Corporate liability and reputational |
| professionals under pressure. Aegis | | | | risk management. |
| recognizes that America's veterans have the | | | | |
| skills and discipline they value to propel | | | | · Insurance related security services. |
| their company even further as a top | | | | |
| international player in the security and risk | | | | · Civil/military co-ordination, planning |
| management business sector. | | | | and interface. |
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| Military veterans fit hand-in-glove with | | | | · Medical, logistical, EOD and |
| Aegis due to their extensive training and | | | | humanitarian support and disaster-relief |
| expertise in the armed forces. Aegis | | | | assistance. |
| recognizes few employees will ever bring the | | | | |
| skills, integrity, discipline and commitment | | | | · Education in human rights/law of armed |
| that war veterans inherently offer. | | | | conflict and security sector reform. |
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| Aegis is based in London and is a privately | | | | Global Reach |
| owned British security and risk management | | | | |
| company with overseas offices in Afghanistan, | | | | Aegis enjoys a worldwide network of offices, |
| Bahrain, Iraq, Kenya, Nepal and the USA. They | | | | contacts, and associates. Their clients |
| have substantial experience and a world-wide | | | | benefit from the extensive capabilities of |
| client-base, including governments, | | | | Their personnel, built up through careers in |
| international agencies and the multinational | | | | the military, diplomatic and intelligence |
| corporate sector. They are a registered and | | | | services, police, journalism, the UN, finance |
| active UN contractor, a major security | | | | and commerce. |
| provider to the US government and security | | | | |
| advisor to the Lloyds Joint War Risk | | | | Technical Services |
| Committee. | | | | |
| | | | Aegis' technical division is a class leader |
| Iraq veterans know that the Aegis Foundation | | | | in the provision of a wide range of technical |
| has been active right across Iraq since 2004 | | | | surveillance and security services in a |
| and has completed a wide range of projects | | | | variety of disciplines. |
| assisting communities in urgent need, from | | | | |
| providing clean drinking water for schools | | | | Surveillance |
| and inoculations against water-borne diseases | | | | |
| to supplying hospitals and medical clinics | | | | Aegis personnel have operational experience |
| with generators and essential equipment. | | | | in high-risk environments against hard-line |
| | | | terrorists and organized crime. |
| AEGIS Corporate Overview | | | | Communications systems are secure and the |
| | | | evidence gathering systems are the most |
| Aegis specializes in the identification, | | | | advanced currently available. |
| analysis and mitigation of risk. They provide | | | | |
| a commercially focused and innovative | | | | Technical Services |
| approach to security and risk management | | | | |
| through three distinct but complementary | | | | Independent of equipment manufacturers and |
| divisions: Research and Intelligence, | | | | distributors, they provide fully impartial |
| Security Operations and Technical Services. | | | | solutions designed to meet clients' |
| They are then able to offer comprehensive | | | | particular requirements: |
| advice on every aspect of security - from | | | | |
| corporate operations, commercial risk and | | | | · Audio, video and CCTV operations. |
| foreign investment to counter-terrorism and | | | | |
| espionage, close protection and support to | | | | · Asset and key personnel tracking. |
| governments. | | | | |
| | | | · Electronic countermeasures. |
| Aegis runs a worldwide network of offices, | | | | |
| contacts, and associates and their client's | | | | · Remote sensing. |
| further benefit from the extensive | | | | |
| capabilities of their personnel, built up | | | | · Technical support. |
| through careers in the military, diplomatic | | | | |
| and intelligence services, as well as in the | | | | · Security audits and reviews. |
| police, journalism, the UN, finance and | | | | |
| commerce. This breadth of knowledge, combined | | | | · Protective security. |
| with their global reach and wide practical | | | | |
| experience, allows them to provide the | | | | · Training |
| highest quality specialist security advice as | | | | |
| well as risk management solutions that take | | | | For individuals or complete operational |
| meticulous account of the specific | | | | units, their "special to task" training |
| requirements of each client. | | | | packages use either the client's equipment, |
| | | | or suitable equipment they can recommend. |
| AEGIS Business Process | | | | |
| | | | Research and Development |
| Aegis seeks to be involved with clients at | | | | |
| the beginning of the planning stage to ensure | | | | Aegis continuously monitor technical |
| that risk and associated security measures | | | | developments worldwide and are frequently |
| are thoroughly addressed at the first | | | | involved in sourcing and supplying |
| opportunity and provided in the most cost | | | | surveillance and counter measures equipment |
| effective manner. All Aegis activities are | | | | to UK approved foreign government agencies. |
| conducted with the highest degree of | | | | |
| discretion, integrity and client | | | | Case Studies |
| confidentiality within the framework of | | | | |
| national and international law, whilst at the | | | | Aegis in Iraq - Enabling Reconstruction |
| same time maintaining complete corporate | | | | |
| transparency. Aegis is committed to proper | | | | Since June 2004, Aegis has been under |
| industry accountability and regulation. | | | | contract to the US Department of Defense to |
| | | | provide security support services to the |
| What Does Aegis do? | | | | Project and Contracting Office (PCO), |
| | | | responsible for managing the reconstruction |
| Research and Intelligence: Tomorrow's | | | | program in Iraq. Known as Project Matrix, it |
| Hindsight Today | | | | is a reconstruction-enabling operation that |
| | | | sits at the core of the Coalition's |
| The Aegis Research and Intelligence division | | | | Nation-building endeavors. It harnesses the |
| delivers a range of geopolitical | | | | support of Coalition Forces to the |
| intelligence, threat assessment and | | | | reconstruction effort, thus reducing to a |
| investigative services tailored to the | | | | minimum friction between the civilian and |
| specific requirements of corporate, | | | | military operations, and provides those |
| institutional and government clients: | | | | engaged in reconstruction with a situational |
| | | | awareness they would not otherwise have had. |
| Geographic | | | | |
| | | | To achieve this, Aegis has established a |
| Regular detailed analysis of the key drivers | | | | Security Framework of Reconstruction |
| of geopolitical stability and the security | | | | Operations Centres (ROCs) throughout Iraq. |
| situation of countries of interest. Based on | | | | There are six sited alongside regional |
| an assessment of the implications of local | | | | Coalition Military headquarters and a |
| and regional geo-economics, the domestic | | | | National Reconstruction Operations Centre in |
| political situation, international relations | | | | Baghdad. Through these, Aegis maintains a |
| and specific local security threats, it | | | | situational awareness of logistical movement |
| provides a vital tool for those considering | | | | and reconstruction security operations allows |
| acquisitions and investments, or intending to | | | | sharing of intelligence among security forces |
| establish and maintain a staff or asset base | | | | and reconstruction contractors, effects |
| in that country. Their particular areas of | | | | co-ordination and liaison between |
| expertise include North, South and South-East | | | | reconstruction and military activity and |
| Asia, the Middle East, Russia and the former | | | | provides threat assessments and intelligence |
| Soviet Union, Africa and Latin America. | | | | to contractors. The ROCs also provide |
| | | | continuous information on the viability of |
| Thematic | | | | road movement throughout Iraq, which is |
| | | | tracked by a system of transponders, |
| Regular detailed analysis of important themes | | | | complementary to the US Military's 'Blue |
| which can affect clients' commercial | | | | Force Tracker.' In the event of an emergency, |
| operations: | | | | whether caused by Insurgent attack or vehicle |
| | | | breakdown, Quick Reaction Forces are |
| · General terrorism and its impact on | | | | dispatched by helicopter or road. |
| business. We maintain our own daily updated | | | | |
| database of every terrorist incident | | | | As well as security advice, coordination and |
| worldwide. | | | | emergency backup to Prime Contactors, Aegis |
| | | | supplies a static guardforce to protect the |
| · Maritime terrorism. We provide 'ATAS', a | | | | headquarters of the PCO and US Corps of |
| web-based maritime threat assessment tool, | | | | Engineers and a small close protection and |
| which provides instant, customer-specific | | | | vehicle escort capability to provide mobile |
| risk assessments covering over 3,800 ports | | | | security for journeys throughout Iraq to |
| worldwide and all critical sea lanes. | | | | visit reconstruction projects. |
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| · Domestic terrorism and single-issue | | | | In addition to its primary tasks, Aegis also |
| extremism. | | | | conducts a self-funded civil affairs program. |
| | | | Its aim is to facilitate reconstruction in |
| · Smuggling and corruption. | | | | areas where the local people are hostile and |
| | | | to fill unforeseen gaps in PCO-funded |
| Investigative | | | | projects. Activities such as inoculation |
| | | | programs in Nasiriyah and donations of school |
| Advanced due diligence investigations on | | | | books throughout the country, build |
| companies, organizations and individuals. | | | | substantial returns of goodwill. Much of this |
| | | | work is funded through the Aegis Foundation. |
| Specialist | | | | |
| | | | Aegis also provides a number of |
| Negotiation and discreet business broking, | | | | expatriate-led and Iraqi-manned |
| including the recovery of expropriated | | | | Reconstruction Liaison Teams that routinely |
| assets. | | | | travel the length and breadth of the country |
| | | | to monitor the progress of reconstruction |
| Security Operations | | | | work subcontracted to Iraqi building |
| | | | companies. Typically, this involves week-long |
| Aegis specializes in providing an extensive | | | | expeditions to remote areas including along |
| range of pre-emptive and responsive security | | | | the Syrian and Iranian borders. |
| measures for governments, international | | | | |
| organizations and the corporate sector to | | | | Supporting the Elections |
| help mitigate geopolitical upheaval and to | | | | |
| counter fraud, corruption, terrorism and | | | | In October 2005, Aegis was contracted by the |
| organized crime. | | | | UN Office for Project Support in support of |
| | | | the UN Electoral Assistance division (UNEAD) |
| Security Solutions | | | | and the Independent Electoral Commission Iraq |
| | | | (IECI) to support the successful |
| Combining the skills of Aegis' research and | | | | constitutional referendum in October and the |
| intelligence department with their security | | | | General Election in December 2005. The |
| specialists, they tailor specialist security | | | | requirement was to provide a mixed expatriate |
| solutions to meet clients' particular | | | | and Iraqi mobile security component to |
| requirements: | | | | support electoral infrastructure inspection |
| | | | and liaison with the Governorate Electoral |
| · Operational co-ordination: command, | | | | Officers and to provide static site security |
| control, communications and intelligence | | | | teams to electoral logistic sites in all 18 |
| (C3I). | | | | Governorate capitals throughout Iraq. |
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| · Business continuity, crisis management | | | | Commercial Contracts |
| and contingency planning. | | | | |
| | | | In separate contracts, Aegis also provides |
| · Training for specialist military, | | | | security to a number of significant Blue Chip |
| police, intelligence and security | | | | companies operating in Iraq. |