In 2005 we were appointed as consultants to the Security Director of the ICC Cricket World Cup

The achievements of an organisation are a result of the coming together of many individuals, who over the years, contributed to the success of the company.

2019 marks 20 years, that we at NSA Global Security Consultants have been forging relationships and protecting lives all around the world. Along the way, we have been privileged to work with many memorable and iconic individuals, corporations, organisations and events. It has indeed been an incredible experience and journey.

To commemorate this special year, we look back at our phenomenal journey since the beginning and some of the notable milestones in our company’s history.

Founded in 1999 as Nicholls Steyn and Associates, after the acquisition of the company P3 Consultants by our founding partners Bob Nicholls and Rory Steyn, NSA Global has grown into a strong global operation over the past two decades.

The United Cricket Board of SA was to become our first ‘sporting’ client when Rory Steyn was appointed in 1999 by then MD Dr Ali Bacher, as the UCBSA’s first security consultant, to prepare for the ICC Cricket World Cup, 2003 hosted in South Africa. Our role also included the protection of the Proteas team and of all international cricket teams and match officials visiting South Africa, which continues to this day.

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2003

Rory went on to become personally involved in the establishment of the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit (ICC ACU) under Lord Paul Condon.

In 2000, we signed on Boeing and Coca-Cola as new clients, a formidable accomplishment for a relatively new company. One of our initial projects with Coca-Cola was to plan and manage the security of a high-level conference to Europe, on board The Silver Whisper, a luxury cruise-liner, where both of our directors ensured the safety of a high-profile passenger list, including the likes of Nelson Mandela (together with the Presidential Protection Unit), Diana Ross, Sugar Ray Leonard and the then Coca-Cola President and CEO.

During the early 2000s, pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer became a new client and over the next 10 years we worked with them on multiple, regular trips to Africa.

In 2002 we were privileged to be appointed to manage the security of the ‘Christmas Kindness’ project in South Africa.  This assignment involved months of planning to ensure that Christmas gifts could be delivered to 50 000 schoolchildren and orphans in Soweto, then remote areas of Kwa-Zulu/Natal province and Umtata in the Eastern Cape. This was truly a project that every person involved in, will never forget; where we literally witnessed big, burly, grown men cry.

2003 marked a historic change in our company’s management when Jaishankar Ramchandran, joined NSA as a shareholder and financial director. Jai brought with him  more than 30 years of experience in international strategy and financial management, thus complementing the company’s positioning and offering.

In 2003 we also made our first of a number of trips to Pakistan to conduct security assessments for a proposed Proteas cricket tour there, the first cricket tour to that region post the Second Gulf War, and we then provided security to escort the team during the tour.

In 2005 we were appointed as consultants to the Security Director of the ICC Cricket World Cup, West Indies, in association with Rushmans making six visits to the West Indies for the planning of ICC CWC 2007.

2005 also saw us working with the first Basketball Without Borders event with the NBA, which set the stage for continued relationship with the NBA to date.

In 2006 we were appointed by the ICC to initially conduct assessments and then to deploy experienced staff to oversee the security of all teams involved in the ICC Champions trophy tournament in India.

Our directors Bob Nicholls and Rory Steyn also travelled to Hollywood for the first time in 2006, having been appointed as consultants to The Academy Awards, one of the highest profile events in the world. Our role was to provide training to the excellent security staff (mostly off-duty LAPD officers) who secure this event, to work the event with them and then provide an assessment of the security arrangements on completion of the event. Our relationship has continued to this day, with either Bob, Rory or both attending almost every edition of the Oscars since.

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The Academy Awards

In 2006 NSA Risk Management Services (Pty) Ltd was formed in partnership with Claude Baissac, a former Kroll employee. This division would focus on strategic, geo-political risk together with private investigations and security audits.

Between 2007 and 2011, we were security consultants to the Vodacom Challenge soccer tournament, an event that every year featured matches between Kaiser Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and an English team including Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, in different South African cities.

In 2008, we were approached by the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) to plan and provide all team security for the brand new Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament, which has since become one of the largest sports events in the world. We continued in this role for the next eight years.

During 2008, seven members of NSA under the leadership of Bob Nicholls were responsible for saving approximately 150 guests from the Taj Mahal hotel during the much publicised ‘Mumbai terror attacks’, now known as “26/11”.   This event and our team’s actions received worldwide coverage and recognition at the time and in the months that followed.

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Mumbai terror attacks and the NSA team responsible for saving 150 lives

In 2009, we were again appointed as security consultants to the organising committee of the ICC cricket world cup, held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in 2010.

Starting at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016; the Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010 and PyeongChang 2018; we have provided security consultancy and oversight for our clients Oakley and Coca-Cola SA.

Winter Olympics

In 2010 our home country, South Africa welcomed more than 3 million football fans from around the world for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. NSA was proud to be a huge part of the security details for the event’s Global Partners. We deployed around 400 protection personnel in support of three of FIFA’s Global Partners, viz.: Coca-Cola, Sony and Visa.  It was a huge privilege to be involved with such an iconic event in our own country and the experience of our management team ensured that we were able to address the demands, logistical and organisational challenges in a project of this scale and to provide a safe and memorable experience for all of our clients.

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FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa

Our success in this event and the experience gained, has resulted in our involvement with these and other clients, including Continental and Adidas in subsequent FIFA tournaments in Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018.

Also, on home soil, NSA Global provided personal security to Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore at Sun City for the filming of ‘Blended’ a Happy Madison and WB production in 2013.

Between 2008 and 2019, we have provided security consultancy, training and security services to a number of India’s highest profile families and organisations, resulting in the deployment of a number of specialised staff in India, the UK and USA.

During this period we also launched our specialised medical service, resulting in the deployment of a number of highly experienced Paramedics dedicated to our clients.

Due to the ever-increasing demand in India for high quality security services, we took a decision to bring 8 of our India and Nepali staff to South Africa, to spend 2 weeks training with our instructors and learning “The NSA Way”.

We have over this period continued to high level security support to existing and new clients in an ever expanding number of territories.

In 2017, we underwent a name change and a massive brand overhaul. Our old name ‘Nicholls Steyn Associates’ had been over the years a fondly abbreviated to “NSA” by our clients. Motivated by this and our global growth, we decided to officially rename the company as ‘NSA Global’ and to adjust our logo and branding to recognise this.

From the Cricket World Cup to The Oscars to the Summer and Winter Olympics; the numerous individual clients and events that we have worked with, our projects over the years bear testimony to the hard work and dedication of our teams and our culture of customer service. Our success has been built on integrity, discretion, trust and the commitment to professionalism, competence and passion when serving our clients.

We recognise and acknowledge the contributions of all our past and present employees who have been a part of this remarkable story. In tribute, we remember our two fallen colleges Marius Potgieter and AJ Zaayman, who contributed greatly to the success of our company.

To our loyal clients who have supported our success we would like to take this opportunity to thank you. We look forward to making more memories with you in the years to come.

What an exhilarating journey it has been thus far!

Bob, Rory and Jai.

Working with high-profile VIPs or celebrities is a challenge on its own and anticipating everything

71-year-old actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently attacked by a man while attending the Arnold Classic Africa Multisport Festival and Trade Expo in Sandton, South Africa.

Schwarzenegger was apparently in the middle of a Snapchat when a man ran up to him and kicked him in the back. Organiser Wayne Price later said, “The assailant was ‘known to the police for orchestrating similar incidents in the past’ and that Schwarzenegger was ‘fine and still in good spirits.’” The actor confirmed that he had no intention of laying charges.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently attacked by a man while attending the Arnold Classic Africa Multisport Festival and Trade Expo in Sandton, South Africa.

WATCH: Arnold Schwarzenegger gets attacked in South Africa – YouTube

This incident made national and international news, with video clips taken by attendees on their smartphones, circulating widely.

Working with high-profile VIPs or celebrities is a challenge on its own and anticipating everything that can go wrong, especially in developing countries makes it even more so.

It is not our intention to criticise after the fact, although there are obviously some gaps in the protection planning noticeable in the footage. We weren’t there so can only comment on what we’ve all seen in the media, using our personal experience of leading protection teams.

The point we do wish to make is that VIP protection requires both experience and initiative to be done effectively and properly. We should all put ourselves in the shoes of the protection team working that day and ask what we would’ve done differently:

• An attack on your principal won’t always occur with a weapon. Metal detectors e.g. wouldn’t have made any difference in this case;
• Remember the principle of concentric circles or ‘onion rings’. Someone should’ve spotted the assailant running in and provided advance-warning to the team;
• We know that the Principal is not going to attack himself, so for CPOs to be watching him has no real purpose. We need to be aware of what is happening around us;
• Having a protection team member up on a balcony would’ve been a good position for early-warning. If not, post an advance team protector at the door watching everyone’s back as the principal and escort team walk in past him;
• Everyone on the team, both advance and personal escort, should be equipped with a two-way radio and miked-up with earphones, precisely so that warnings are effectively communicated.
• This could’ve happened to any of us.

South Africa and Violent Crime

South Africa continues to face numerous challenges related to crime and violence more than two decades into its democracy. A major challenge in our country is that of unemployment. South Africa has one of the highest official unemployment rates in the world, with stats showing that over 26% of the country’s population is unemployed. More than half of South Africans live below the poverty line and the country has one of the highest inequality rates in the world, perpetuating social inequality, exclusion and of course crime.

Crime in South Africa remains a serious problem, particularly that of common assault, femicide and vehicle-hijacking. Foreign visitors to the country should, in their best interest be aware of the environment they are about to find themselves in and take precautions.

One of the greatest challenges regarding crime in South Africa, which is different to many countries, is that violent crime really can happen anywhere, it is not restricted to ‘bad areas’. Criminals go to where their targets will be, which includes upmarket residential areas, business districts, industrial areas, hotels, shopping malls etc.

Professional personal security services are considered by many corporations sending visitors to SA, to be a necessity these days. Having a good risk management plan that identifies specific vulnerabilities and risks that are endemic in a country like South Africa, is imperative. Having the right local resources available to monitor and mitigate such risks is invaluable.

Security Planning for VIP Protection in SA

What should one consider when analysing the risks and anticipating what can go wrong in this regional climate.

• ‘Local knowledge is key’: Utilise a professional local security provider;
• Beware of overkill: If proper planning is conducted and the correct logistics (manpower and other resources) are deployed, there is no need for a cast of thousands and you will eliminate 70-80% of the risk;
• What does your principal’s public profile look like? A travelling businessman in almost every instance has a lower public profile than a famous musician; actor or other celebrity.
• Be aware of specific crime trends in the areas to be visited, protests that may be planned over that period etc. by monitoring media reports including social media.

What are the Risks that are Typical in the Region

• The first and most important risk is travelling by road. Therefore, what vehicle is selected, who will drive it and what route options are available, are the most important questions to ask;
• Secondly, armed robberies of stores, residences, hotels etc. do happen so maintain a level of awareness of what is happening around you at all times;
• After that come the obvious risks of crime, fraud scams, medical incidents etc.
• Always have a medic (or medical plan) as part of any protection operation;
• It’s impossible to say what additional measures must be taken to protect clients visiting Africa, as each principal and each visit is unique; so the success lies in the 7 Ps: “Proper Prior Preparation and Planning Prevents Poor Performance”;
• Clearly though, it is very important to use a ‘tried and tested’ security provider.  The one point that has been made about this specific incident is that the security team were reportedly hired on the criteria of, “must weigh at least 80 kg” and were offered “a free meal and photos with Arnold”! You ain’t gonna get professionals with that approach, you get what you pay for;

Empowering the Client with Knowledge of his Environment

• It’s about managing expectations. Normally this is achieved through the principal’s corporate security heads or protection team so that the client is prepared for who and with what resources he will be supported in Africa. Because of years of bad press, he/she will to some degree at least be concerned about the potential for violent crime in SA:
• Getting their co-operation on being vigilant at all times well in advance is assisted by a proper (and reasonable) pre-departure security briefing. Enlist the assistance of the principal’s security team by providing them also with the dos and don’ts and what to expect when they arrive;
• Do your due diligence on security vendors, e.g. are they experienced, do they have the right manpower and training, ask around the industry and obtain recommendations or referrals.

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So normally within the SEO enterprise we see small firms

There are many specific ways for smaller organizations to get more income but one of the predominant channels nowadays is by using the manner of search engine marketing, such a lot of customers use google these days to track down carrier vendors or on-line customers use it to seek out the great costs or find merchandise which might be simply not to be had in normal excessive avenue stores.

The excellent information is that there are so many corporations that can help you get a wonderful role on Google nowadays, the problem is attempting to find an amazing firm that will help you out at a respectable charge.

Regular customers have moved far from searching inside the local yellow pages and are actually transferring greater towards the net, the net can do searches an awful lot faster and you could actually dig up plenty greater information from a couple of assets by using looking the internet.

Since there are numerous corporations that provide search engine optimization offerings it’s hard for many agencies so that it will distinguish between legitimate providers and of route finding the ones providers isn’t always usually easy.

One of the hidden blessings of rating quite on Google is the implied indication of believe, if you are number one whilst a consumer does a search it’s like Google validating that you may be relied on and also that you are the great desire for that purchaser, having one billion dollar firm endorsing you is of direction a massive enhance on your small companies reputation.

So normally within the SEO enterprise we see small firms that are not doing all they can to discover clients on-line, they have got a superb product or even a tremendous online websitehowever in the event that they cannot be found when a consumer seems for them then it is recreation over and the sale is lost, there are so few small companies that truely apprehend the strength of the net and the power of being found on line.

SEO is continually an evolving technique so your commercial enterprise wishes to hire someone to take care of it for you in any other case you will spend a protracted time period looking to stay on top of the hunt consequences, many small commercial enterprise proprietors have little to no time left because they may be to busy going for walks the enterprise to focus on developing it.

Hiring a professional search engine marketing company can generate a wonderful return on investment but there are many other ways that you can use the data they gather on your organisation, a professional company will typically set up a few kind of tracking counter to measure how site visitors are the usage of the web site, this could often give you insights into what questions capability customers can be asking or even provide you with guidelines into a brand new service or product which you ought to be launching.

Having a small business website on-line is a fantastic step to take for any small commercial enterprise but getting it located on line is a whole other sport, any professional search engine optimization company should charge you monthly due to the fact this is the sort of attempt that is had to stay on pinnacle of the search results.

Hiring a company to optimize your small business website and just procuring 3 months of labor is often a mistake that many small business proprietors make, by means of doing this you are not reinvesting within the small business website and evolving it as you study extra and that’s while Google will sink your small business website, just like any shape of advertising you need to invest money returned into it so that you stay clean within the customers mind.

Go check out our website if you need search engine marketing for your small business and are based in Centurion, Pretoria Gauteng

NSA Global supported a number of festival performers and also acted in a Global Citizen protocol

The Global Citizen Festival  event held at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday was marred by ugly scenes of wanton violence as gangs of juveniles and stabbed and robbed people leaving the stadium after the event. The event, an uplifting and inspirational initiative predominantly aimed at ending violence and abuse against women, and the eradication of poverty; ended with Beyonce inside the stadium and sadly mayhem outside of it. According to witnesses, the attacks happened in the vicinity of a Sasol fuel station situated close to the stadium in Soweto, in the early hours of Monday morning.

We contemplate on whether security at the Global Citizen festival was over-engineered and aimed at a ‘steel ring’ of access control with little thought or strategy given to the safety of patrons once the event had vended. Did we not learn from the Manchester Arena attack in the UK last year? That night terrorists struck, on Sunday criminals caused terror to happy spectators trying to get home. Did the police and security operation fail in addressing the safe exit of festival-goers?

NSA Global supported a number of festival performers and also acted in a Global Citizen protocol capacity and can state that the stadium safety plan was a robust one, albeit possibly over-engineered. When the implementation of a good plan fails it invariably speaks to a failure at the management / leadership level, something that we are seeing far too often in South Africa. One ‘big name’ artist’s personal protection officer noted that he had never before seen so large a police and security operation, leaving more questions arising:

Why did the plan fall over?

What should happen to now?

Who should have been responsible for securing safe egress from the stadium to peoples’ transport home?How do authorities address and prevent this from happening again?

What were the shortfalls in the police / security planning and more importantly implementation?

MAJOR EVENT SECURITY
Our services include:

• Threat Assessments
• Security Planning
• Oversight and Monitoring of Security Plan Implementation
• Consultancy and Planning for National and International Tours
• Protection of VIPs, Teams and Delegates
• Crisis Response Planning

NSA Global Security Consultants is exceptionally well-respected internationally for providing high-level consultancy, planning and security services for many of the world’s largest events. These include major sports tournaments, political events and conventions, awards ceremonies and entertainment events in all parts of the world.

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We provide personal safety for the protection of business and private environments

All humans want a secure lifestyles. It does not count whether or not we're talking approximately private security or about professional protection. In a comfy profession, lifestyles finance plays an important function. Apart from that there come the want of safe investment, goodwill, the relaxed quantity of stocks, mutual price range, and a number of residences below the name of the individual.

Many of the people are thoroughly aware of the importance of tangible belongings within the form of asset, constructing, house or apartments and usually each and each us of a use to have a unique law, guidelines, and law concerning the protection of tangible belongings. Tangible property performs a very crucial position in time period of having access to the economic conditions of the us of a at country wide level.

Apart from the tangible belongings; there's additionally a assets and rights which belong to a few unique individual and can't use through another person without the permission of the proprietor. This precise sort of property is called intellectual assets or intangible property.

Personal Security

Focus.

The major areas of personal safety are measures to avert on the spot risk as well as prevention towards risks. Our goal is to assure absolute security for the character protected, at the same time as preserving most admire for discretion.

Operational Planning.

Your personal security is absolute priority for NSA-Global Security Consultant. We provide personal safety for the protection of business and private environments. Prior to any operation, we can speak all information with you and offer custom designed safety. We guarantee you and your commercial enterprise partners a feeling of complete protection. Your business partners have to enjoy their live and no longer must address the necessities of each-day lifestyles. That’s what NSA Global Security Consultant is there for. Not simplest will we offer you and your enterprise partners personal security, but we additionally set up everything for your enterprise partners’ remains. In the touchy region of privacy, non-public safety has turn out to be more and more critical and we are able to offer this completely for valid functions. In such cases we are also satisfied to offer our prison abilities, if essential. NSA Global works immediately with regulation places of work.

Employed Staff.

In the touchy region of personal security, NSA Global hires handiest employees who've completed their schooling in governmental safety offerings. A minimum of 10 years of professional revel in is a prerequisite for a process at NSA Global Security Consultant. Our employees are accordingly very skilled, realize what they are working for, and are definitely dependable, discreet and understanding. Our employees, in particular allocated to this sector, have a competent way, a excessive stage of schooling and an ok information of overseas languages - all of which make them dependable and nicely-prepared for their missions.

Technique.

In the context of private protection, we offer bullet-evidence automobiles, our NSA Global helicopter, in addition to armed bodyguards and digital surveillance systems on request.

Fly-Charter.

Furthermore, we offer suitable VIP provider with our helicopter: observed through our protection forces, you can be assured and on top of things and may attend on your organized appointments at any time, on time, without problems and reliably.

Stalking.

This term refers to planned and repeated harassment and pursuit of someone whose protection is threatened and his manner of life critically affected. Moreover, there's always a danger of bodily and sexual assault. The purpose of the wrongdoer: power and manage. Our specially trained personnel creates an action plan with you and is right here to advise you.

DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT

A natural disaster or an outbreak of war, terrorism or violence can turn lives upside down in an instant and can have a major impact on business continuity, as well as the safety and well being of employees and their families in affected areas.https://www.nsa-global.com/services/disaster-and-emergency-response-management/