In this age of terrorism and executive kidnapping, security is a critical factor in global networking - security online and security on the ground. Unfortunately, a survey of business travelers indicate a vote of no confidence for the security measures their respective companies have put in place - or failed to address at all.

“A survey of more than the 1,009 US and UK business travellers by risk consultancy, Control Risks, has found that almost half believe that the world will become a more dangerous place for them over the next five years.

Four out of 10 of Britons and a third of Americans employees also believe that business travellers are becoming more attractive targets for extremists or terrorists than other travelers.

But despite these fears, six out of 10 have little confidence that their firm would be in a position to help them in an emergency.

Almost two-thirds of UK firms and half of US firms that send staff abroad have no clear travel security policy, the survey revealed.

What’s more, half the American travellers surveyed said that they didn’t have a contact number in case of a crisis abroad, while almost a quarter said they wouldn’t know who to contact if they did.”
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