London First’s Security and Resilience Network is the capital’s leading membership organisation that campaigns for initiatives and practical measures that will help London maintain its position as a safe, secure and resilient World City. The Network provides a unique, neutral forum for a public-private dialogue on security and resilience issues without compromise from any particular sector and with any product to promote, but with members’ interests in the prime position.

With London First members representing over a quarter of London’s GDP, it is London’s most influential business organisation.

Our Focus

Our objectives are fourfold:

• Promote best practice in resilience planning to safeguard London’s global competitiveness
• Encourage innovation through collaboration between a wide range of security disciplines
• Improve organisational effectiveness by sharing leadership and management expertise
• Improve communication by acting as a key conduit for information sharing between business and the security and policing services.

Our multi-disciplinary network brings together world experts in security, counter-terrorism, resilience, business continuity and policing. It is supported by the Metropolitan Police, City of London Police, British Transport Police and the Home Office.

The benefits are:

Advisory Board

The network is steered by an Advisory Board, chaired by Sir David Veness CBE QPM, former Under Secretary General for Safety & Security at the United Nations.

The full Advisory Board and biographies can be found here.

Programme 2013-14

• 9 May The Future Threat Landscape: The Benefits of Information Sharing Breakfast Briefing
• 14 May Organised Crime: Business Challenges and Responses  Roundtable
• 23 May Fourth OSAC Spring Seminar in partnership with London First
• 13 June MetChange and Total Policing. Breakfast Briefing A review of the situation and progress of change with the MPS in the light of challenges and opportunities. Speaker: Commissioner of the Metropolis of London Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe QPM.

A full list of our current events can be found here.

Past Events

A full list of our current events can be found here.

Working Panels

Thematic Working Panels have been specifically created to allow the Network to be more inclusive and better positioned to support the overall programme.

An Advisory Group has been established with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).  Three themes have been identified, each of which is being led by a senior business leader and will generate work streams in public-private partnerships:

• Cyber attack information pooling (led by Thales)
• Security lessons from London2012 (led by Ernst & Young)
• Designing out crime (led by ARUP)

A joint programme with the EastWest Institute will help drive forward the World Cities theme.

External Representation

• BSi Editorial Board for the new BS45000 on Resilience
• Cross-Sector Safety and Communications Group
• OSAC Executive Board (UK)
• London Resilience Business Sector Panel
• MPS Strategic Business Crime Forum
• Cyber Security Risk – Governance and management –Specification (PAS 555)
• Other London business representative bodies and business improvement districts.

Mentoring

Opportunities to take part in our Leadership Exchange joint mentoring programme and leadership lecture series.

Membership

Security and Resilience Network membership is free to organisations who are full members of London First.

To find out how to become a member please click here.