Threat, Risk & Vulnerability Assessment Seminar – Berlin March 11-12, 2025
Learn the art and science of assessing threats, risks and vulnerabilities.
Security professionals often need to look at their organization through the eyes of a consultant – to conduct an objective, holistic review your security system for threats, risks and vulnerabilities.
Our approach emphasizes the adversary and ways to build a proactive system. Our trainers bring hands-on expertise to the classroom to teach you cutting edge methods and practices. We cover strategy, procedures, design, skill sets, building security awareness, technology integration and more.
We also consider influencing factors such as regulatory requirements, environment, budgets, culture and the threat perception of managers and customers, alike. We discuss how to get buy in from management, employees and stakeholders which is critical to the success of any security system.
And this seminar also provides an opportunity to discuss and learn about our industry's current security challenges and solutions with a network of security professionals.
LOCATION
Berlin, Germany
Meliá Hotel
Friedrichstraße 103, 10117 Berlin
COURSE FEE
€1.195 per person
Contact our office for group discounts (3 or more).
COURSE OVERVIEW
You will learn:
- Why an adversarial based TRV Assessment is the most effective.
- Proactive methodology and step-by-step processes for assessing.
- Ways to better identify threats and correlated suspicion indicators.
- How to professionally present your findings.
When is a TRV needed?
- For deploying security resources
- If hiring or firing personnel
- To evaluate procedures, technology and needs
- For drafting a Request for Proposal
- When asked to explain potential risk, threats or vulnerabilities
Establishing Security Benchmarks
TRVAs provide the benchmark against which a security system is being evaluated. The benchmark is informed by regulators, customers, management but most importantly it is governed by the adversary. A key part of the Chameleon methodology presented in this course is how to evaluate a security system from an adversarial point of view while still addressing your specific considerations.
COURSE SCHEDULE
DAY ONE
DAY TWO
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COURSE INSTRUCTORS
Amotz Brandes
Mr. Brandes brings his vast TRVA expertise to the table, breaking down Chameleon's process into methods and perspectives that seminar students can use to approach TRVAs in their own professional spheres.
He began his career in an Israeli Defense Forces Special Forces Reconnaissance Unit. During his military service he led recon and intelligence gathering teams on complex operations against terrorist organizations. After military service, he joined El AL Airlines where his role as profiler was to detect suspicious behaviors and contextual indicators among its passenger population, cargo and within the airline’s entire operational environment. Amotz received special advanced training in explosives, concealment methods, cargo profiling, and surveillance detection.
In 2001, Mr. Brandes joined Chameleon Associates where post 9/11, interest in counterterrorism and aviation security spiked; to that end, he established their Training and Consulting department and developed programs in security engineering, Predictive Profiling, situational threat assessment and HUMINT and advanced security management. Clients for these programs included private companies, law enforcement, government agencies, the military, not-for-profit organizations and security companies, all over the world.
Mr. Brandes has conducted countless Threat, Risk and Vulnerability Assessments in all industry sectors be it aviation, manufacturing, schools, mass transit and museums. He has worked with the Van Gogh and Getty, the Central Bank of Netherlands, Vancouver International Airport, Amtrak Inspector General, Mall of America, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit, Bank of Aruba, Boeing, the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, the L.A. Sheriff, European Commission, Australian Federal Police and many, many more.
He earned his B.A. in International Development Studies from the University of California at Los Angeles. He is fluent in English and Hebrew.
Jonathan Barkan
Mr. Barkan has decades of security experience. He began in the IDF where as a commander, he took part in countless missions and operations. After his honorable discharge, he joined the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) where for 8 years he was in charge of security of several classified facilities, as well as large cross-organization events. He was also responsible for security screening and visitor classification, security personnel training and drills and planning.
He next joined the private sector, holding senior positions in management, sales, and biz dev in the digital marketing industry. He joined Chameleon in 2023 with primary responsibility for supporting our clients in the Netherlands and Europe.
Jonathan earned his BA in History from Tel Aviv University and an MBA in Business Management from Ono College. He is fluent/conversant in Dutch, English, French and Hebrew.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Security personnel be they in the private, law enforcement or government sectors will find value in this course. The material benefits all industries to include Airport and Transit Hubs, Hotel and Tourism, Education, Museum and Concert/Sports venues, Office Building Managers, Mall and Retail, Residential communities and more.
TAKE HOME MATERIAL
Seminar attendees will receive a hard copy of the seminar multimedia presentation.