CornerStone was employed by a large joint venture Oil Company to assist with a programme to implement security measures and work alongside the project's embedded ex-military advisors in Port Harcourt.

As armed militia group activity peaked in the Niger Delta Region and oil companies were being attacked, regularly resulting in deaths, injuries, kidnappings and the loss of oil production, security had to be improved. To reduce the risks, the oil companies, with support from the Nigerian Government, Military and Law Enforcement agencies, embarked on massive investment programmes to implement standardised security measures, all of which had to operate in a hostile environment across a wide geographical area and be supported locally to protect their infrastructure and employees. CornerStone was employed by a large joint venture Oil Company to assist with this programme, and work alongside the project's embedded ex-military advisors in Port Harcourt.

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An oil production company embarked on a massive investment programme to implement standardised security measures in the Niger Delta Region.

Securing Oil Production Sites: Effectively deterring hostile militia attacks and improving personnel safety

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After graduating with a degree in Electronic Systems Engineering in 1986 I have since worked in the security industry in a number of positions including design engineering, management, marketing and project delivery. The thirty-plus years of experience has been with Access Control Systems manufacturers, systems providers and installers. This includes being director of a Systems Integration company from conception that became a by word for ‘total client satisfaction and was sold in 2004 to a FSTE 350 company. In January 2007 set up CornerStone GRG Ltd as an Independent Security Consultancy which has worked with a range of international clients in 50 plus countries. CornerStone’s good work has been recognised at seven times at the Security Excellence Awards by being named the ‘Security Consultant of the Year’ and consultancy of the year in 2020 and 2021 at the ‘National Building and Construction’ awards.

Narinder has travelled extensively around the world working on a variety of projects in the commercial and Government sectors which has given him a great depth of product knowledge on integrated security solutions. This includes Automated Access Control Systems (AACS), Video Management Systems (VMS), ANPR, Perimeter Intruder Detection systems (PIDS), PSIM, Intruder Detection Systems (IDS), Security Management Systems (SMS), IP solutions, RAD, Searching & Screening, Turnstiles and Road blockers.  With particular experience is Data Centre security where he has worked with some of the largest data centre providers in the world.

Narinder is active in the wider security industry including being a member of The Security Institute and a Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals.

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