About AR Advisory

AR Advisory is an independent security risk and governance consultancy providing expert advice to organisations with a duty to protect people, places, and critical activities.

We specialise in intelligence-led threat and risk assessment, protective security, and security governance. Our work supports boards, senior leaders, and accountable duty holders to make proportionate, lawful, and defensible security decisions in complex, high-risk, and publicly accessible environments.

Our approach is grounded in extensive professional experience across government, Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), public bodies, and non-governmental organisations—settings where security decisions must withstand regulatory scrutiny, public accountability, and real-world consequence.

Intelligence, Threat & Risk Expertise

AR Advisory brings deep expertise in intelligence-led security, including:

  • Strategic and tactical threat, vulnerability, and risk assessment

  • Counter-terrorism risk analysis and protective security planning

  • Intelligence collection, evaluation, grading, and dissemination

  • Assessment of hostile reconnaissance, targeting, and attack pathways

  • Integration of intelligence into operational, strategic, and governance decision-making

This ensures protective measures are risk-informed and evidence-based, rather than reactive or assumption-driven.

Professional Standing & Chartered Competence

AR Advisory is led by a Chartered Security Professional (CSyP) and Physical Security Professional (PSP)—reflecting advanced professional competence, ethical practice, and senior-level judgement in security risk, protective security, and governance.

Chartership through the Security Institute (SyI) represents proven capability against a rigorous professional standard, including accountability, leadership, and the ability to make defensible security decisions in complex and high-risk environments.

PSP accreditation through ASIS International complements this with specialist expertise in physical security, risk management, and protective measures.

Our practice reflects established competence across the CSyP framework, including:

  • Risk Management & Threat Assessment

  • Protective Security & Counter-Terrorism

  • Governance, Ethics & Professional Judgement

  • Leadership, Influence & Accountability

  • Intelligence-Led Decision-Making

  • Legal & Regulatory Compliance

Together, these accreditations ensure that our advice reflects not only technical knowledge, but the professional judgement, ethical standards, and accountability expected where decisions may be subject to regulatory, legal, or post-incident scrutiny.

Government, CNI & Partnership Experience

Our advisory approach is informed by direct experience of counter-terrorism and national security operations, including:

  • National security investigations

  • High-risk public-facing operations

  • Protection of people, premises, and critical assets

  • Multi-agency and cross-government coordination

This background provides a practical understanding of how terrorist and adversarial risks are assessed, how incidents unfold, and how decisions are scrutinised before, during, and after major events.

We have extensive experience working within and alongside:

  • Government departments and public authorities

  • CNI operators

  • Law enforcement and national security partners

  • NGOs and community organisations

  • Multi-agency and multi-stakeholder environments

We regularly operate where security must balance resilience, continuity, openness, and public confidence, and where decisions must withstand external challenge.

How We Work

We provide independent advice—not security products or guard services—allowing us to focus entirely on what is reasonable, proportionate, and defensible for each organisation.

We work collaboratively with:

  • Boards and accountable officers

  • Estates, facilities, and operational teams

  • Intelligence, risk, and compliance functions

  • External partners and regulators

Our recommendations are practical, implementable, and aligned to governance responsibilities, rather than theoretical or overly intrusive.

Our Ethos

We believe effective security is:

  • Intelligence-led, not assumption-based

  • Risk-informed, not fear-driven

  • Proportionate, not excessive

  • Governance-led, not reactive

  • Defensible, not improvised

Our role is to help organisations protect people, places, and assets while maintaining openness, trust, and normal activity.

AR Advisory supports organisations to make security decisions they can stand over—operationally, legally, and ethically.

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