The ADS Security and Resilience Team supports members with their business development at home and internationally, providing assistance around government stakeholder engagement and input into a wide range of security-related government policies and initiatives. We help members to navigate a security and resilience landscape that is characterized by complexity and a diverse mix of organisations, including (amongst others): government departments, law enforcement and other security agencies, first responders, critical infrastructure operators, wider business sectors, academic institutions, think tanks and trade associations.
To help members in this sector, ADS aims to identify opportunities for them to ensure ‘resilience’, both in the UK and internationally, which in essence means increasing the capability of any country to predict, prepare for, respond to and recover from a wide range of threats, risks and civil emergencies. Materials such as our programme guide and a paper on how we define resilience are available in the Members Area.
Through its work, ADS provides members with:
ADS facilitates access to decision-makers and customers at home and internationally, fostering our members’ ability to develop partnerships across the security and resilience landscape.
Through these comprehensive services and activities, we’re embedding our members at the heart of a thriving sector that has seen turnover increase by 168% over the last decade.
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Daily life is dependent upon a set of critical systems that can only be ensured through a whole‑of‑society approach to resilience. Cyber security underpins the integrity of government functions and essential services, the flow of information, and the functioning of the economy.
This challenge is particularly acute for Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), most of which is privately owned or operated. As the Government advances its cyber and resilience strategies, public–private partnerships are essential to address emerging threats, meet evolving requirements, and improve long‑term capability planning.
Key industry implications:
The UK’s approach to homeland security is evolving. At the same time, the Government is pushing forward major reforms for policing and law enforcement. In a context where organised criminality converges with state-linked hybrid threats, this transformation is reshaping frontline policing capabilities.
As the Government embeds technology across this reform agenda, from digital ID to advanced biometrics, the UK’s security and resilience sector is well placed to translate these ambitions into trusted solutions across both digital and physical domains.
Key industry implications:
As hybrid threats from hostile state actors intensify, industry plays an essential role in strengthening the UK’s home defence posture. It bridges defence and security supply chains, provides the capabilities on which national preparedness depends, and increases supply chain resilience and transparency to bolster economic security.
Deepening cooperation with international partners further supports the resilience of the security industrial base by enhancing access to emerging capabilities and interoperability and showcasing UK expertise and innovation.
Key industry implications:
ADS operates the following Special Interest Groups to support the UK security industry’s activities:
ADS runs a number of dedicated Boards and Committees for members which are focused on the strategic planning and operational delivery relating to topics of importance for the Sectors.
The ADS Security and Resilience Team works closely with our in-house Policy Team, within which dedicated policy advisers for the sectors we represent work to shape the political, economic and business environment within which our members operate. ADS is founding member and strong supporter of the work of the UK Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers’ Community (RISC), for which we provide secretariat support and through which we work with partners to advance our members’ objectives within the policy environment.
We facilitate the showcasing of security capabilities by co-ordinating UK Pavilions at key global Security exhibitions. Many of these are hosted in partnership with the UK Government.
ADS organise the annual Home Office Security and Policing event together with a series of Public Security Exhibitions throughout the year.
We also host topical monthly Member briefings cover key domestic and international security related programmes and initiatives.
Contact us to find out more about any of the areas that you may be interested in.