The world didn’t necessarily become a more dangerous place on Sept. 11, 2001, but the terrorist attacks that day impressed upon business travelers just how dangerous the world can be. The knee-jerk reaction of many companies was to ban all employees from flying on company business. The move was undoubtedly well intentioned, but, according to security expert David Little, it was ill-advised from the safety point of view because it did not take into account the much greater risks of having staff move around via ground transportation.
The dilemma that companies found themselves in during the immediate aftermath of 9/11 highlights the difficulties of being prepared for largely unforeseen security threats. And this is what Little and his colleagues at the UK-based crisis consulting division of Air Security International (ASI) try to help firms and private individuals cope with.
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