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Security and resilience for organisations

Operational disruptions can affect organisations in many ways — from cyber incidents and supply chain failures to physical threats and crises that impact employees, facilities and operations.

DBI provides advisory services within resilience, business continuity management, emergency management and physical security. The work focuses on helping organisations reduce vulnerabilities, strengthen resilience and maintain operations during disruptions and crisis situations.

DBI’s Security and Resilience department provides organisations with a single point of contact across multiple security and resilience disciplines, including support related to NIS2 and CER requirements.

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Resilience advisory, CER & NIS2

Resilience can strengthen an organisation by reducing negative impact on operations and reputation, minimising losses, and ensuring faster recovery after crises.


DBI offers advisory services related to resilience, including analyses, planning, exercises and crisis management, as well as support related to the CER and NIS2-directives.

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Business continuity management (BCM)

Business continuity management helps organisations identify critical business processes, supply chain dependencies and operational vulnerabilities before disruptions occur.

DBI helps organisations maintain operations and improve decision-making during crises and operational disruptions.

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Emergency management

Emergency management helps organisations prepare for incidents that can affect people, operations, information and physical assets.


DBI assists organisations with emergency planning, crisis management, training and digital tools that support coordination, communication and incident response.

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Physical security

Physical security is about protecting people, information and material assets against unwanted access, theft, burglary, vandalism and sabotage.

DBI supports organisations with physical security reviews, protective security advisory and practical assessments of how security solutions function in daily operations.

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We can help you protect people, operations and assets

Karin works with a dedicated team of safety and security specialists to help organisations strengthen resilience, manage disruptions and support continuity across critical operations.

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