Security is about protecting what matters most, your people, your places, and your reputation.
At Reliance Risk, we help organisations understand their security risks and implement practical, proportionate measures to manage them. Our team combines strategic insight with operational experience to create solutions that balance safety, access, and functionality.
We work alongside you to assess vulnerabilities, strengthen protective systems, and build a culture of security awareness. Our consultants hold current security licences across New Zealand and Australia and have guided clients through projects in high-profile, high-risk environments. Our goal is to provide confidence in your security posture and capability, ensuring that your organisation can operate safely, openly, and with assurance.
Talk to us about practical ways to strengthen your security systems and resilience.
Security Risk Assessments
We help you understand your security risks and prioritise what matters most. Our assessments identify vulnerabilities, threats, and control gaps across your operations and facilities. We use recognised standards and proven methods to deliver clear, actionable findings that guide practical improvement.
Typical support includes:
- Security threat and vulnerability assessments
- Physical, operational, and procedural security reviews
- Control effectiveness analysis and improvement planning
- Assessment of access control, surveillance, and protective systems
- Review of staffing, training, and contractor controls
- Scenario testing and practical security recommendations
- Integration of findings into security plans, registers, or systems
Counter-Terrorism & High-Impact Threats
We help you plan and prepare for low-likelihood but high-impact threats. Using guidance from Australian and New Zealand counter-terrorism agencies, we support you to identify credible risks, develop layered security responses, and build confidence in your readiness to respond.
Typical support includes:
- Threat, vulnerability, and exposure analysis
- Assessment of crowded places and high-risk environments
- Review of physical, procedural, and personnel-based security measures
- Scenario development and impact modelling
- Layered security planning and protective security recommendations
- Integration with emergency and continuity arrangements
- Stakeholder consultation with agencies and venue partners
Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM)
We design proportionate measures to protect people and assets from vehicle-borne threats. Our team assesses access points, crowd flow, and site layout to recommend controls that maintain both safety and functionality. We draw on recognised technical standards such as PAS 68 and adapt them to fit each site’s context.
Typical support includes:
- Assessment of site layout, access routes, and vehicle approach paths
- Analysis of crowd flow, gathering points, and vulnerable locations
- Review of existing physical, procedural, and operational controls
- Identification of practical mitigation options suited to the environment
- Recommendations for fixed, temporary, or event based solutions
- Guidance on bollard selection, placement, and certification requirements
- Integration of hostile vehicle mitigation into wider security and emergency plans
Vulnerability Assessments
We assess where and how your organisation or facility may be exposed to security breaches or deliberate acts. Our vulnerability assessments combine physical review, procedural evaluation, and behavioural insight to provide a complete picture of exposure and control effectiveness.
Typical support includes:
- Physical and environmental security inspections
- Analysis of access control, surveillance, and protective systems
- Review of procedures, protocols, and staff practices
- Identification of behavioural vulnerabilities and human factor risks
- Assessment of incident pathways and potential points of compromise
- Control effectiveness evaluation and improvement planning
- Integration of findings into security strategies and operational plans
Crowd Management
We apply crowd-risk science and practical experience to help you plan and manage safe crowd movement. Using international guidelines such as the Green Guide, DIM-ICE frameworks and other proven tools, we support you with capacity assessments, crowd flow analysis, communication planning, and on-site advisory support.
Typical support includes:
- Crowd risk assessments and planning
- Capacity calculations and safe operating limits
- Crowd flow modelling and pinch point analysis
- Site design, ingress, circulation, and egress reviews
- Queueing, wayfinding, and communication planning
- Development of crowd management plans and procedures
- On site crowd safety advisory support during operations or events
Security Auditing and Assurance
We undertake independent security audits to verify how effective your current controls and systems are. Our audits benchmark your arrangements against good practice and identify realistic ways to strengthen performance and compliance.
Typical support includes:
- Independent audits of physical, operational, and procedural security
- Benchmarking against recognised standards and sector expectations
- Review of staffing, training, and contractor controls
- Assessment of access control, surveillance, and response arrangements
- Control effectiveness evaluation and improvement planning
- Practical recommendations to strengthen compliance and assurance
- Follow up reviews to monitor progress and confirm improvement
On-Site Security Advisory
We provide on-site security leadership and coordination when and where you need it. Our consultants prepare and implement Security Management Plans, liaise with police, emergency services, and key stakeholders, and oversee security operations in real time. We act as trusted advisors to ensure your plan is practical, communicated, and followed through during delivery. Whether for a one-off event, a major venue, or a complex operational environment, we give you confidence that your security arrangements are understood and effective.
Typical support includes:
- Development and implementation of Security Management Plans
- Coordination with police, emergency services, and partner agencies
- On site security leadership and operational oversight
- Briefings, communication plans, and decision support for teams
- Monitoring of control effectiveness during live operations
- Incident coordination and post event debrief support
- Real time advice to resolve emerging risks and maintain safe operations