written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message control risks type corporation industry consulting professional services founded 1975 headquarters london united kingdom 1 number of locations 36 offices across the globe products professional services website www.controlrisks.com control risks is a global risk and strategic consulting firm specializing in political security and integrity risk . operating from 36 offices the company s primary services include anti corruption audits consultancy and training ediscovery political risk analysis and a broad range of security and crisis management support . 2 contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 integrity risk 2.2 political risk 2.3 security risk 2.4 cyber risk 3 see also 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit control risks was formed in 1975 as a professional adviser to the insurance industry . as a subsidiary of insurance broker hogg robinson control risks aimed to minimize their exposure to kidnap and ransom payouts . the company expanded its capabilities when these crisis management and incident response specialists were joined by political and security risk analysts before becoming independent in 1982 following a management buyout . 2 control risks formed a joint venture with international sos in 2008 and through this partnership provides travel security services and advice to clients business travelers and expatriate employees . 3 in 2010 control risks launched an ediscovery offering to support organisations with complex multinational litigation issues . the company has continued to expand and has 2 000 employees operating from 36 offices and with a presence in more than 100 countries and cities including ; abu dhabi amsterdam baghdad beijing berlin bogot copenhagen delhi dubai hong kong houston islamabad jakarta johannesburg kabul lagos london los angeles mexico city moscow mumbai new york paris s o paulo shanghai singapore sydney tokyo and washington dc . 4 services edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message control risks consultancy support is broken down into four core risk areas integrity security political and cyber . integrity risk edit services provided include design and delivery of corruption prevention programs undertaking transaction related due diligence and agent screening managing whistleblower hotlines and conducting investigations into allegations of malfeasance . political risk edit a team of political risk analysts provides assessment of how political risk issues impact business at the global regional and country level through bespoke client report work and the subscription services country risk forecast and prime . security risk edit services provided include threat assessment embedded consultancy security design travel security and executive protection and emergency crisis management and incident response . cyber risk edit services provided include cyber threat intelligence cti cyber protect and cyber respond . see also edit armorgroup eurasia group kroll pinkerton stodacom references edit the murky world of hostage negotiations is the price ever right . the guardian . london . 25 august 2014 . a b iraq security firm joins bidding for wall street s favorite detective agency . the guardian . london . march 13 2010 . international sos and control risks form joint venture . international sos . 7 march 2008 . control risks group holdings limited private company information . businessweek . 2011 . retrieved 7 june 2011 . further reading edit cracking crime in brazil by james wygand gm of southern cone crg in s o paulo brazil july 2000 . philip alcock senior consultant crisis management at crg how to handle a crisis letter from sir james adams of crg to the uk parliament june 30 1998 british victim of baghdad bomb named by pa news may 25 2004 study finds london top target for terrorist attack by jo mazzocchi abc the world today november 12 2003 . diplomatic guards may quit in baghdad pay row liz chong and richard beeston the times may 27 2006 external links edit control risks control risks on bloomberg retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title control risks & oldid 737488606 categories companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1975security consulting firmsprivate intelligence agencieshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from may 2015all articles with a promotional tonearticles needing additional references from july 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 september 2016 at 04 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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