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Control Risks
The global specialist risk consultancy - Helping organisations succeed in a volatile world
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Overview

Control Risks is the specialist global risk consultancy trusted by 80% of the Fortune 500. For 50+ years we've helped organisations anticipate risk, protect people and assets, and pursue opportunity in a volatile world.

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Number of Employees

1,001-5,000

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Services Provided

Consulting

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Regions

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latam, Middle East, North America

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Countries

China, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Iraq, Netherlands, Senegal, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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Year of foundation

1975

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Structure

Partnership

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Problems we solve

The Challenges Our Clients Bring to Us

Our clients come to us when the stakes are high and the path forward is unclear. They face geopolitical volatility that threatens market access, investment decisions and supply chains — and need intelligence-led analysis to make confident strategic choices. They need to protect executives, employees and assets in high-risk environments where threats vary by industry, location and profile. They are navigating the complexity of digital risks: cyber threats, insider risks, data vulnerabilities, and the governance challenges of AI adoption. They must build compliance programmes robust enough to withstand regulatory scrutiny across multiple jurisdictions, conduct due diligence on third parties, and respond to forensic investigations when misconduct is uncovered. They need to be ready for crises — whether a kidnap, a product recall, a workplace violence incident, or a reputational attack — and to recover with their organisations intact. They are delivering major infrastructure and built environment projects that carry security and resilience risks at every stage. And they need organisations that are not merely reactive, but built from the ground up to be secure, compliant and resilient in an age of ever-changing risk and connectivity. That is the work we do — every day, in every region of the world.

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Consulting Solutions By Capability

Built Environment and Infrastructure Risk Management

Embeds resilience into every stage of a project's lifecycle—from pre-project conception to post-completion—to anticipate threats, protect value, and deliver resilient assets. Combines risk assessment, threat identification, and resilience planning across design, construction, and handover phases.

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Crisis Response

Provides expert response and management support for crises including kidnap, extortion, threat, and product recall situations. Delivers incident response coordination, crisis communication support, and tactical guidance to minimize impact and restore normalcy.

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Digital Risks

Provides holistic digital risk management to ensure the security, integrity, and resilience of people, information, and systems against technology risks. Addresses cyber defense, privacy-by-design, incident response, and data security through comprehensive threat assessment and mitigation strategies.

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Discovery + Data Insights

Delivers eDiscovery, digital forensics, data analytics, and custom technology development to extract and interpret critical information for investigations and litigation. Combines forensic investigation techniques with advanced data analytics and bespoke technology solutions to uncover and analyze evidence.

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Embedded Consulting Services

Places Control Risks experts within client organisations on a temporary or long-term basis to augment internal teams with specialist risk and security capabilities. Delivers on-site expertise to strengthen internal capability in risk management, security, and resilience functions.

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Ethics and Compliance

Helps organisations build and maintain compliant, ethical operations through due diligence, proactive and responsive compliance services, and regulatory advisory. Addresses anti-corruption, fraud prevention, code of conduct programs, and third-party compliance screening to embed ethical practices across operations.

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Forensic Services

Conducts forensic investigations and workplace misconduct inquiries to uncover facts, preserve evidence, and support legal proceedings. Combines digital forensics, investigative expertise, and evidence preservation techniques to support internal inquiries, regulatory investigations, and litigation.

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Geopolitical Risk Advisory and Strategic Intelligence

Delivers actionable geopolitical risk analysis, AI-enabled insights, and expert guidance to help business leaders manage risk, seize opportunities, and succeed globally. Provides horizon scanning, trend analysis, and strategic foresight to navigate complex international operating environments and emerging disruptive events.

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Operational and Protective Security

Protects people and assets globally by harnessing over 50 years of security expertise to address threats varying by industry, size, location, and executive profiles. Combines threat assessment, executive protection, and workplace violence prevention with comprehensive security program design and implementation tailored to organizational needs.

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Organisational Resilience

Strengthens organisations' ability to anticipate, withstand, and recover from disruptions through crisis readiness, business continuity management, risk assessments, and product risk management. Delivers business impact analysis, testing and exercises, recovery strategies, and crisis playbooks to build operational resilience.

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Security Risk Management

Designs and delivers security programmes, risk monitoring, threat management, and security consulting to safeguard organisations from a broad range of security threats. Combines threat assessment, security program design, monitoring and reporting, and incident response capabilities to protect people, assets, and information.

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Training and Development Solutions

Builds individual and organisational capability to protect employees, develop security professionals, and respond effectively to crises and critical events. Delivers tailored training programs, professional development, and capability-building solutions across security, crisis response, and risk management disciplines.

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Digital Solutions By Capability

Control Risks ONE

A 24/7 Global Risk Operations Centre providing advisory, risk monitoring, threat intelligence technology, and incident response support on a subscription basis. Delivers continuous risk monitoring, threat intelligence feeds, and real-time incident response coordination through a dedicated operations center accessible around the clock.

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Control Risks VANTAGE

A third-party risk and compliance solution designed to screen and monitor partners across different sectors and jurisdictions at scale. Provides comprehensive vendor due diligence, continuous monitoring, and compliance screening to manage third-party and supply chain risks across global operations.

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ESG Country Monitor

An intuitive dashboard that helps organisations evaluate their exposure to socio-economic, environmental, and governance dynamics across countries. Enables country-level risk assessment and monitoring of ESG factors to inform strategic decisions and compliance requirements.

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Sanctions Country Monitor

A country-level monitoring tool that helps organisations assess sector-specific sanctions risks across hundreds of jurisdictions worldwide. Provides real-time tracking and analysis of sanctions regimes to ensure compliance and mitigate regulatory exposure.

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Seerist

A threat and risk monitoring platform that uses machine and human intelligence to predict, understand, and respond to emerging disruptive events at machine speed. Combines artificial intelligence with expert analysis to deliver early warning signals and actionable insights on geopolitical, security, and business disruption risks.

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Supply Chain Risk Management Solution

An end-to-end solution providing visibility into inherent environmental and social risks across supply chains, with a practical roadmap to reduce residual risk. Combines supply chain mapping, risk assessment, and mitigation planning to identify and address ESG and operational vulnerabilities across the supply chain.

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