When did a paradigm shift in perception on security happen?
After 9/11, there has been a paradigm shift in threat perception by corporates worldwide, including those in India. However, in the last six months, three incidents have made Indian corporates change their perception towards security. First, the Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi serial blasts this year, triggered demand by the retail sector-especially shopping malls which saw lesser footfalls-and the hospitality sector. Second, the Singur incident (where the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee laid siege on Tata Motors’ Nano car project, which then had to be shifted to Gujarat) opened the eyes of the manufacturing sector and the mining industry to the need of security in order to protect their assets from angry villagers and violent political demonstrations. Tata Motors is our client and we provided security cover at Singur and are now involved in shifting their equipment to Sanand, Gujarat. Third, the killing of the CEO of a Italy-based company in Noida by sacked workers has
