14/10/2024
HORAS corporate profile : remit and services
HORAS is a SECURITY AND DEFENSE SERVICES COMPANY (ESSD) established in Cyprus since 2011, proposing an alternative French touch approach amongst the international security marketplace.
Founded by former seasoned military and civil executives, HORAS relies on elite French servicemen (Special Forces, Reconnaissance Forces, GIGN, French Foreign Legions, Paratroopers, Intelligence agencies), who earned dedicated experience and expertise through accomplished training, security assessments, government counselling and intelligence assignments performed in Lebanon, Chad, lraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Somalia, Afghanistan, etc.
Their know-how of the whole range of theoretical, methodological and operational skills, guarantees the quality of our services, our respect to our commitments, our confidentiality and independence: HORAS provides state of the art, bespoke and up to date performance in compliance with local enforcements, ethical standards, humanitarian rules and international codes of conduct (Montreux, PIWA).
To fulfil the Clients’ expectations, HORAS provides security training, manning and assessment solutions, with a view to implementing a consistent response to the actual trend of the current threats (terrorism, crisis, criminality, civil conflicts)
Thus, the company has catered specifically to the growing demand for quality security projects implementation in the MEA region.
Training
HORAS aims at implementing appropriate training process (on or off site), for the client's staff to be prepared and able to deal with the risks and threats associated with their working environment.
* ♣ General and specialised military training (tactical arms, intervention techniques) of governmental security forces, army, police, gendarmerie; or private entities).
* ♣ Restructuring and training of specialised units
* ♣ Executive & close protection training
* ♣ Danger awareness: mines, explosives and other ammunitions
* ♣ Weapon training all levels and categories (hand guns, assault and precision weapons)
* ♣ Training with Fx ammunition
* ♣ Mine clearance training
* ♣ Anti-piracy training
* ♣ Dog hand training
* ♣ Security driving
* ♣ Sensitisation to nuclear, biological and chemical risks
* ♣ Preparation for departures towards hostile environment
* ♣ Sensitisation of respect for security rules and procedures
* ♣ Organisation of psychological support teams
* ♣ Tactical and operational intelligence unit training
* ♣ Kidnapping and ransom: crisis management training for key personnel, with review and development of crisis plans and procedures, simulations and exercises.
Manning:
Personnel and assets protection: HORAS provides security services designed to meet the threat to personnel working in challenging environments and investments exposed to all kinds of hardships and hazards:
* ♣ Military management
* ♣ Security staff provision
* ♣ Sensitive sites securisation
* ♣ Full turnkey asset protection and guarding
* ♣ Protective security for industrial installations
* ♣ Support and assistance in logistics organisation
* ♣ Convoy protection
* ♣ Organisation of emergency humanitarian aid
* ♣ Maritime surveillance and counter terrorism
* ♣ Anti-piracy vessel hardening
* ♣ Equipment recovery
* ♣ Accompanying travel into risk exposed or sensitive zones
* ♣ Close protection armed support service
* ♣ Personal bodyguards
* ♣ Executive services
* ♣ Security drivers
* ♣ Personal medical officers
* ♣ Es**rt teams
* ♣ Event security
Assessment:
* ♣ Analysis of the security implications connected with the location
* ♣ Risk monitoring and threat assessments
* ♣ Research and intelligence on security
* ♣ Investigative services
* ♣ Site surveys, environmental monitoring and feasibility studies
* ♣ Security plans
* ♣ Security audit: editing, simulation and evaluation of rules and procedures
* ♣ Achieving conformity with ISPS codes
* ♣ Ship security assessments, route threat assessments
* ♣ Country risk assessments and geo-political analysis
* ♣ Evaluation & simulation of evacuation plans
* ♣ Test for physical intrusion, security evaluation, etc.
* ♣ Counter interference
* ♣ Initial assessment of fields of action
* ♣ Strategic advisory, surveillance, environment analyses
* ♣ Tactical and operational intelligence
* ♣ Crisis simulations
* ♣ Local, intercultural and multi-cultural information service
