Security & Public Safety

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The Challenge

Companies throughout the Security and Public Safety industry face a challenging, highly dynamic environment shaped by uneven global economic conditions, evolving threats and diverse natural disasters, an influx of new technologies, and a constantly changing regulatory framework. Just as market conditions differ significantly across countries and regions, so must the strategies of firms looking to position and grow across varying markets – from mature developed economies in North America, Europe and Australasia to emerging or fast-growing markets such as India, Indonesia, and Brazil.

Our Work

Avascent has supported clients in the Security and Public Safety industry across all major sub-segments, geographic regions, and business issues. From leading manufacturers of protective products to innovative biometric companies to established security systems integrators, Avascent has helped dozens of firms chart profitable paths to growth. Avascent’s Security and Public Safety team also partners closely with the Defense Systems group to provide a comprehensive view of evolving business and market issues across the security landscape.

Our areas of expertise include:

Physical and Electronic Security Systems

As budgets come under pressure and missions evolve, Avascent helps physical and electronic security players develop strategies to defend core market share and penetrate adjacent markets. Focused on identifying the best product, service and geographic markets, Avascent assists clients in prioritizing pursuits, developing successful market entry strategies, and assessing alternative organic and inorganic growth options.

Public Safety Communications

Avascent supports a variety of firms in the public safety communications space from providers of land mobile radios and computer-aided dispatch systems to network operators. We help our clients understand customer requirements and how new regulatory and technology trends, such as Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) and LTE mobile broadband, will shape the competitive landscape and opportunity space.

Tactical and Outdoor Products

Avascent helps companies competing in the tactical and outdoor products market develop a balanced portfolio of business across their geographic and customer markets. In addition to identifying high-growth sectors, Avascent assists its clients in designing channel strategies to maximize the scale and profitability of their product lines.

Identity Management

From technology start-ups and specialized biometric product vendors to dedicated security companies and integrated solution providers, Avascent’s clients cover the broad spectrum of the identity management market. We provide support in assessing new markets and technologies, assessing global trends, benchmarking competitors, and identifying partners and potential acquisitions targets.

Security Services

Avascent has supported a number of leading security services companies from guard services firms serving commercial and law enforcement customers to high-end security and training services businesses. Leveraging its broad expertise across Outsourced Services markets, Avascent works closely with firms to identify and capture long-term contracts with strategic private-sector customers, municipal and state governments, and national security organizations.