From Risk to Actionable Security Design

Purpose

Consultancy services support informed security decisions in environments where threat levels, operational constraints, and technology choices must be carefully aligned. The objective is to define realistic, effective security concepts that deliver the required level of protection without unnecessary complexity or cost.

Application Environments

Consultancy services are provided to governmental organizations, public authorities, critical infrastructure operators, industrial facilities, and commercial environments where structured, risk-based security planning is required.

Operational Risk Context

Without professional advisory support, security projects often suffer from unclear requirements, unsuitable technology selection, or fragmented implementation. Consultancy services provide structure, clarity, and guidance to reduce planning risks and help avoid costly changes or corrective measures in later project phases.

Decision Transparency & Stakeholder Alignment

Security projects typically involve multiple stakeholders with different responsibilities, priorities, and risk perceptions. Consultancy services help translate security risks and technical options into clear, decision-ready information, ensuring that all stakeholders share a common understanding of objectives, constraints, and trade-offs. This structured approach improves governance, accelerates decision-making, and reduces friction between technical, operational, and executive levels.

Security Advisory Scope & Operating Context

Key Consultancy Focus Areas

1. Technology Selection and Combination

   Identifies and combines appropriate detection, screening, surveillance, and control technologies based on threat scenarios, object or person types, and operational requirements.

    

2. Checkpoint, Zone, and Workflow Design

   Defines equipment placement, security zoning, access points, traffic flow, and operational sequences to support efficient, consistent, and enforceable security operations.

    

3. Throughput and Capacity Planning

   Aligns system configuration with expected traffic volumes, peak loads, staffing models, and required operational tempo, including surge and contingency scenarios.

    

4. Integration and Compatibility Planning

   Ensures technical and operational interoperability of all selected components, including integration with existing security systems, IT infrastructure, and command-and-control environments where required.

    

5. Risk- and Threat-Based Design Approach

   Aligns security architecture, screening depth, and response mechanisms with identified risks, threat assessments, and clearly defined protection objectives.

    

6. Use of International Guidance and Standards

   Designs are informed by relevant international guidance and standards commonly applied across security domains, including references used by authorities and operators in border control, corrections, critical infrastructure, and industrial security, supporting alignment with established best practices and local regulatory requirements.

    

7. Procurement Readiness and Tender Preparation

   Translates security concepts into procurement-ready documentation, including functional specifications, performance criteria, compliance matrices, and evaluation frameworks, enabling transparent tender processes and reducing the risk of misaligned or unsuitable supplier responses.

unival solution phases

X-Factor Framework

eXPOSE – Understand Risk and Reality

(Assess)

• Threat, risk, and vulnerability analysis
• Operational context and constraint assessment
• Definition of security objectives and performance targets
• Identification of gaps between risk, capability, and resources

Outcome: Clear, fact-based understanding of what must be protected, against which threats, and under which operational conditions.

eXPAND – Design the Right Security Architecture

(Design)

• Risk-based security concept and system architecture
• Technology selection and combination
• Layout, zoning, workflow, and throughput design
• Integration, scalability, and lifecycle planning
• Procurement-ready specifications and tender documentation

Outcome: A scalable, cost-effective, and future-proof security design aligned with real operational needs.

eXECUTE – Deliver and Sustain Performance

(Implement & Operate)

• System delivery, installation, and integration
• Testing, commissioning, and acceptance
• Training and operational handover
• Maintenance, performance monitoring, and optimization

Outcome: Reliable security performance in daily operations, with measurable effectiveness and long-term sustainability.

eXPOSE → eXPAND → eXECUTE

Understand risk. Design the right system. Deliver lasting security.