Interview with Mark Kadrich, TSC

I had a very nice chat with Mark Kadrich last week. Mark is the CEO of The Security Consortium, a company that focus on reducing costs of their clients by pre-assessment services.

Any project manager you meet – be it security, ICT, civil engineering or any other form of project management – she will tell you that the more you have prepared in advance, the lower the risk and costs of the project.

As an example, let us look at building a road. The pre assessment is the initial phases, where you look at alternative routes, and calculate the costs, the excavation necessary, and so forth. In our example, the cost is 10M$.
Later, when building the road, unstable masses are discovered, adding a cost of 100M$ to the already restrained budget. By spending 100% more money and time in the pre-assessment phase – thus increasing the 10M$ to 20M$, the unstable masses would have been discovered earlier. And discovering the unstable masses early on would open up a whole array of choices – moving the road, using different techniques, building a bridge, or perhaps even cancel the project.

The same applies to security. Often, you find yourself running around, putting out fires, instead of focusing on preventive measures.

Mark Kadrich and The Security Consortium to the rescue! The interview will be posted Friday 22th May – please come back then!