Homeland Security

Against the backdrop of post-9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, private sector and government customers alike seek to respond to immediate risks and current threats, while simultaneously developing coherent, long-term security frameworks. Balancing these requirements has stretched government and private sector players to their limits. Amid the constantly evolving menu of requirements and stakeholders, commercial providers have become a necessity for government customers seeking innovative solutions, services, and business models to meet growing security requirements.

Despite progress by the Department of Homeland Security and others, federal agencies have a long way to go before critical transportation and infrastructure assets are protected. As DHS struggles to address its internal process and organizational shortcomings, state and local agencies are coming to grips with the complexity of the challenges ahead. Success in this shifting environment requires a sophisticated understanding of the interaction between a multitude of public and private players.

Firms seeking to support homeland security customers are challenged by the shifting nature of customer relationships, priorities, and requirements within the market. In addition to understanding the array of customer communities, solutions providers must navigate a wide range of economic, regulatory, legal and operational fault lines dividing them. Success in this market requires flexibility, knowledge, relationships, and a dedicated strategy to assist federal, state, and local agencies in securing our nation’s population and critical infrastructure.

Avascent's Experience Serving the Homeland Security Sector

The Avascent Group leverages its extensive experience and expertise in analysing rapidly changing homeland security markets to meet our clients’ needs. Avascent's consultants have worked with industry leaders and specialized providers in the areas of border and transportation security, critical infrastructure protection, chem/bio defense, and emergency preparedness and response. Across these areas, Avascent provides clients with sophisticated, fact-based analyses and pragmatic consulting support focused on meeting senior management’s real-world challenges.

Avascent’s deep expertise and pragmatic approach help clients make their homeland security strategies a reality. We are committed to assisting clients develop strategies that position them as long-term players in the homeland security market. Our program, customer, and industry analyses help clients in developing strategies grounded in an understanding the nuances of key markets and trends. Avascent offers a full life-cycle approach to its clients from strategy to execution and encompassing market analysis and segmentation, customer and competitive analysis, opportunity assessment, political and risk management and capture support.