Advisory and Consulting Services
Security, crisis and resilience advisory for growing organisations
We support organisations that don’t maintain in-house security or crisis teams - providing structured, practical advisory to strengthen governance, clarify roles and improve crisis readiness.
Services include custom crisis management planning, governance framework development, executive and board advisory, crisis exercises, and independent post-incident review facilitation.
Our experience spans Big 4 risk consulting, corporate security leadership and high-threat environments - including Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. This perspective ensures advisory support grounded in operational reality, not theory.
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✅ Custom Crisis Plans – We develop tailored crisis management plans to ensure you’re prepared for any disruption.
✅ Business Continuity Planning (BCP) – Structured, practical BCPs that help businesses continue operating through crises.
✅ Scenario-Based Crisis Simulations – Stress-test your crisis response before a real disaster happens.
✅ Crisis Readiness Assessments – Evaluate your current resilience and identify gaps in your preparedness strategy.
✅ Remote and High-Risk Travel Advisory – Planning for business travel in high-risk locations.
✅ Security and Resilience Consulting – With decades of experience in a range of high threat security, corporate security and Big 4 security and resilience consulting roles, we’ve got the expertise to partner with you and drive your organisation’s resilience.
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✅ Crisis Communication Plans – Ensure consistent, professional messaging during a crisis.
✅ Internal and Stakeholder Communication Strategies – Keep employees, customers and partners informed and reassured.
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✅ Crisis Response Support – Expert guidance on managing crisis situations and mitigating impact.
✅ Independent Post-Incident Review (PIR) Facilitation – Unbiased debriefs and structured PIRs to capture lessons learned.
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✅ Third-Party and Vendor Risk Assessments – Identify weak points in your supply chain resilience.
✅ Contingency Planning for Supply Disruptions – Build alternative supplier strategies to reduce risk.
✅ Operational Risk Consulting – Strengthen your entire business ecosystem against external threats.
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✅ Executive and Leadership Crisis Training – Prepare senior leaders to make fast, effective decisions under pressure.
✅ Workforce Emergency Preparedness Training – Ensure your employees know what to do in an emergency.
✅ Crisis Response Workshops and Tabletop Exercises – Interactive training tailored to your business risks.
Our Engagements Typically Include:
Crisis Management Plan Development
Design or refresh your crisis management framework, roles, escalation pathways and communication structure.Executive Crisis Exercise (Half-Day or Full-Day)
Facilitated scenario-based exercise to test decision-making, communication and response clarity.Post-Incident Review Facilitation
Independent review and structured lessons-learned report following a significant incident.Governance and Readiness Review
Structured assessment of your current crisis capability with prioritised recommendations.Ongoing Support
For some organisations, crisis and risk management is not a one-off requirement. We also provide ongoing advisory support, helping organisations maintain readiness, update plans, support decision-making during incidents, and strengthen capability over time. This can include periodic reviews, scenario exercises, real-time advisory during incidents, and ongoing access to experienced crisis management support.
How it works
1. Initial Discussion
We understand your organisation, risks and current capability.
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2. Assessment
We identify gaps, vulnerabilities and priority areas.
→3. Proposal
You receive a clear, structured engagement plan outlining what you’ll get and how we’ll do it.
The easiest way and best way to kick off your organisation’s crisis and resilience journey is with a crisis and resilience readiness assessment. CrisisCompass will review your current threats, crisis capabilities and relevant people/process/tech and give you a clear, no-fluff readout on what’s strong and where your organisation is exposed.
→4. Delivery
We implement practical solutions tailored to your business.
Why work with CrisisCompass?
✔ Expert-led – Led by a regional security and crisis executive with over 20 years’ multi-jurisdiction experience across government, corporate and diplomatic environments.
✔ Practical, implementation-focused advisory grounded in real-world operational experience.
✔ Industry-tailored solutions – Scalable frameworks tailored for organisations without dedicated security or crisis functions
✔ Flexible engagement and delivery models - from targeted advisory to ongoing resilience support, to embedded resources
Want to discuss how CrisisCompass can help strengthen your crisis readiness? Contact us at info@crisiscompass.com.au.
Prefer to begin with structured tools? Explore our crisis and resilience resources.