Clarity before the crisis.
Protecting people. Strengthening organisations. Managing risk.
Etiir Risk Management Consulting identifies, assesses, and mitigates the physical and operational security threats facing organizations, personnel, and assets — and helps embed that thinking into everyday decision-making, not just a report on a shelf.
Etiir Risk Management Consulting is an independent security risk advisory firm specializing in the identification, assessment, and mitigation of physical and operational security threats facing organizations, personnel, and assets.
We work closely with executive leadership, security functions, and site operations to embed protective resilience into governance, operations, and day-to-day decision-making — with corporates, non-governmental organizations, media houses, human rights defenders, and private individuals, tailoring our approach to the distinct threat profile and operating context of each client.
- Who we work with
- Corporates, NGOs, media houses, human rights defenders, and private individuals
- Where we operate
- East Africa, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, with engagements beyond on request
- How we engage
- Assessment, protocol design, training, and on-call crisis support
Three ways we help you get ahead of risk
Security risk assessments
Comprehensive mapping of physical, operational, and threat-based exposures across your sites, assets, and personnel — translated into decisions you can act on, from travel approval thresholds to facility hardening.
SITE MAPPING · THREAT PROFILING · WRITTEN FINDINGSHEAT training
Hostile Environment Awareness Training that prepares personnel to operate safely and respond effectively in high-risk and hostile environments: situational awareness, checkpoint conduct, and decision-making when the plan stops working. Our media-crew track, M-HEAT, is detailed below.
SCENARIO-BASED · ON-SITE DELIVERY · SEE M-HEATCrisis & emergency response planning
Preparing clients to respond decisively to security incidents, threats, and disruptions before they occur — response plans, simulation exercises, and support that stands ready for the moment an incident actually happens.
RESPONSE PLANS · SCENARIO PLANNING · READY BEFORE THE EVENTM-HEAT — Hostile Environment Training for Media Crews
Journalists and media crews work under a different imperative than most fieldworkers: they move toward the story, not away from the threat. M-HEAT is our three-day course built around that reality — practical safety protocols for civil unrest, high-threat assignments, active violence, and hostile encounters, while protecting source confidentiality, digital evidence, and editorial independence.
Threat assessment & public demonstration safety
Pre-deployment risk assessment of routes and escape options, reading crowd dynamics and positioning during civil unrest, and judgement calls on displaying press credentials versus keeping a low profile.
Battlefield trauma care & emergency first aid
MARCH-protocol mass-casualty response, hands-on haemorrhage control with tourniquets and wound packing under stress, and integrating IFAKs and PPE into camera and gear rigs.
Hostile encounters, checkpoints & kidnap avoidance
De-escalation at checkpoints run by armed state or non-state actors, initial capture-phase management and psychological resilience in captivity, and awareness of active-shooter and explosive hazards, including unexploded ordnance.
Digital security, source protection & immersive scenarios
Securing devices at border crossings, encrypted communications, and preventing seizure or surveillance — closing with realistic, stress-tested field simulations using professional roleplayers and live-action scenarios.
M-HEAT is delivered in-house for a single cohort of 12–16, typically at a dedicated simulation facility. A full technical proposal — covering staffing, site, and cost — is prepared for each engagement; request one via the contact section below.
Six packaged programmes, each with a defined deliverable
Every programme is built around a concrete document your team actually uses — not a slide deck that gets filed away. Samples of each are available on request.
Security Health Check™
A rapid, scored diagnostic of your security-management system across six domains — governance, risk assessment, policies, incident management, training, and travel security — with prioritised quick wins for the next 90 days.
NGO Security Package™
A working country security plan: context and threat assessment, security structure and focal points, referenced SOPs, and an incident reporting and escalation chain your field teams can actually follow.
Critical Incident Ready™
A crisis management plan naming your crisis team, defining activation triggers, and setting out response protocols for kidnap, detention, and evacuation scenarios — tested through simulation exercises.
Business Continuity Ready™
A continuity plan grounded in a genuine business impact assessment of your critical functions, with recovery procedures and a testing schedule that keeps it current rather than shelved.
Executive Risk Advisory™
A recurring, confidential briefing for CEOs and boards covering what's changed, what needs attention this period, and what we're watching next — so leadership is never surprised by a slow-building issue.
Country Risk Intelligence™
A recurring country risk bulletin tracking political, security, health, and natural hazard ratings, with the operational recommendations — travel routing, monitoring, contingency planning — that follow from them.
Sample deliverables are available for review during a consultation; all client names, figures, and findings in samples are illustrative and replaced with genuine content on every live engagement.
Also available, built into any engagement
Security framework & protocol design
Governance structures, security policies, and reporting cadences engineered to scale with your operations.
Security regulatory & compliance advisory
Helping clients meet security-related regulatory obligations and industry standards across jurisdictions.
Security due diligence
Threat and vulnerability assessment ahead of new site development, market entry, or high-risk operations.
In-house training
Customized security awareness and skills training delivered on-site for staff at all levels.
Scenario planning
Structured exercises that stress-test response plans against realistic, evolving threat scenarios.
Personal security support
Protective advisory and support services for individuals, from executive leadership to at-risk personnel.
Why clients work with us
Practitioner-led
Recommendations built for on-the-ground implementation, not theoretical exercises.
Independent counsel
No conflicting product lines or referral incentives — our only interest is the quality of our advice.
Local & regional context
Deep familiarity with the security landscape and threat environment across Kenya and the wider East Africa region.
Speed to insight
Lean engagement teams that deliver clarity quickly, without sacrificing rigor.
Practitioners, deployed by engagement
Etiir draws on a network of experienced security professionals — including former law enforcement, military, and corporate security specialists — deployed to each engagement based on its specific requirements. Additional personnel and specialist expertise are available on request.
Start with a conversation
Every engagement begins with understanding your operating context. Tell us where you work and what's at stake, and we'll come back with how we can help.