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Kidnap and ransom incidents pose significant challenges to organizations operating in diverse or high-risk environments. Preparing executives, managers, and security professionals to respond decisively and effectively is a critical element of robust corporate risk governance. This Kidnap & Ransom Management training programme is designed to equip participants with the nuanced insights, strategic mindset, and practical skills needed to safeguard personnel, protect corporate interests, and coordinate a swift resolution in the event of a kidnapping or extortion scenario.
From the outset, the programme immerses participants in the foundational concepts of kidnap and ransom, providing vital context on global trends, incident evolution, and historical case studies. Through interactive lectures, they gain an understanding of the ever-shifting threat landscape, the profiles of potential perpetrators, and legal as well as ethical dilemmas surrounding ransom payments. As the course advances, special emphasis is placed on risk assessment and mitigation, ensuring that participants learn to identify vulnerabilities in corporate operations, implement travel security protocols, and embed prevention measures into organizational policies.
A hallmark of this programme is the scenario-based training model. Through role-plays and table-top exercises, attendees step into realistic crisis simulations, practicing communication strategies and negotiation techniques under expert guidance. These exercises replicate the pressures of genuine kidnap situations, prompting critical thinking, interdepartmental collaboration, and real-time decision-making. Moreover, participants discover how to organize and lead an Incident Response Team, manage external stakeholders—from law enforcement to the media—and adhere to best practices in victim care and post-incident debriefings.
Completing this training not only sharpens one’s crisis management acumen but also ensures alignment with corporate duty of care standards. By the end of the programme, individuals will have gained both the confidence and competence to handle the myriad complexities that a kidnap or ransom incident can present. Through a blend of expert facilitation, hands-on exercises, and continuous feedback, this Kidnap & Ransom Management course stands as an essential resource for those entrusted with safeguarding their organization’s people, assets, and reputation on the global stage.
Risk Directors and Managers responsible for identifying, evaluating, and mitigating organizational threats.
Health and Safety Directors and Managers who need to integrate K&R protocols into broader safety frameworks.
Human Resources Directors and Managers tasked with staff welfare, duty of care, and coordinating support during crises.
Executives and Senior Leaders who want to understand the strategic, legal, and financial ramifications of K&R incidents.
Corporate Crisis Management Professionals who develop or implement crisis management plans for multinational or high-risk operations.
- Basic Security Awareness: Participants should already have a foundational understanding of security principles, including risk assessment and emergency response.
- Professional Experience: Ideally, participants will have some managerial or operational background in security, risk management, human resources, or crisis management.
- English Proficiency: Strong command of English is necessary for active participation in discussions, group exercises, and scenario simulations.
- Willingness to Engage: A readiness to participate in realistic role-plays and table-top exercises to ensure hands-on learning.
- Note: Organizations may choose to conduct a brief security/risk awareness refresher or provide basic learning materials prior to the course to ensure all participants begin at a similar knowledge level.
- Recognize global K&R trends, emerging threats, and high-risk regions.
- Understand corporate duty of care obligations and relevant legal considerations.
- Employ systematic methods for identifying potential kidnap risks to personnel, operations, and travel.
- Implement both physical and procedural security measures to prevent or reduce kidnap incidents.
- Apply best practices in incident command and emergency response frameworks during a K&R event.
- Coordinate effectively with internal teams, external agencies, and law enforcement to optimize response.
- Conduct hostage-taker negotiations with structured protocols and proven techniques.
- Manage internal (executive, HR, staff) and external (media, social media, families) communication with clarity and confidentiality.
- Oversee victim recovery, reintegration, and support (medical, psychological, and logistical).
- Perform after-action reviews and update K&R policies, ensuring the organization’s continuous improvement and resilience.
- Definitions and terminology (kidnap, ransom, commercial extortion)
- Historical context and evolution of K&R
- Key case studies and lessons learned
- Overview of K&R insurance and its implications
- Current data and patterns in K&R incidents
- Regional hotspots and emerging tactics
- Threat actor profiles and motivations
- Using intelligence and advisories for risk analysis
- Corporate responsibility and duty of care principles
- Liability and compliance considerations
- Developing corporate K&R policies
- Staff training and safety best practices
- Identifying vulnerabilities (personnel, travel, operations)
- Risk assessment tools and methodologies
- Physical and procedural security measures
- Travel security protocols and preventive measures
- Crisis management frameworks (ICS, EOC structures)
- Roles and responsibilities of response teams
- Coordination with law enforcement and government agencies
- Decision-making processes under pressure
- Negotiation theory, structure, and techniques
- Communicating with victims and hostage-takers
- Internal and external messaging (media, social media)
- Maintaining control and consistency of information
- Working with government agencies and private security firms
- Insurance provider collaboration and constraints
- Local and international legal frameworks
- Ethical considerations in ransom payments
- Victim recovery and reintegration (medical, psychological)
- Family liaison and community relations
- After-action reviews and debriefings
- Updating and refining crisis management protocols
- Comprehensive kidnap and ransom scenario exercise
- Observed crisis response and negotiation practice
- Written workbook or examination
- Feedback session and continuous improvement planning
Training can take place in 4 formats:
- Self-paced
- Blended learning
- Instructor-led online (webinar)
- Instructor-led offline (classroom)
Description of training formats:
- Self-paced learning or e-Learning means you can learn in your own time and control the amount of material to consume. There is no need to complete the assignments and take the courses at the same time as other learners.
- Blended learning or "hybrid learning" means you can combine Self-paced learning or e-Learning with traditional instructor-led classroom or webinar activities. This approach requires physical presence of both teacher and student in physical or virtual (webinars) classrooms or workshops. Webinar is a seminar or presentation that takes place on the internet, allowing participants in different locations to see and hear the presenter, ask questions, and sometimes answer polls.
- Instructor-led training, or ILT, means that the learning can be delivered in a lecture or classroom format, as an interactive workshop, as a demonstration under the supervision and control of qualified trainer or instructor with the opportunity for learners to practice, or even virtually, using video-conferencing tools.
When forming groups of students, special attention is paid to important criteria - the same level of knowledge and interests among all students of the course, in order to maintain stable group dynamics during training.
Group dynamics is the development of a group in time, which is caused by the interaction of participants with each other and external influence on the group. In other words, these are the stages that the training group goes through in the process of communicating with the coach and among themselves.
The optimal group size for different types of training:
- Self-paced / E-learning: 1
- Instructor-led off-line (classroom): 6 – 12
- Instructor-led on-line (webinar): 6 – 12
- Blended learning: 6 – 12
- Workshop: 6 – 12
- On-the-job: 2 – 4
- Simulator: 1 – 2
Feedback in the form of assessments and recommendations is given to students during the course of training with the participation of an instructor and is saved in the course card and student profile.
In order to control the quality of the services provided, students can evaluate the quality and training programme. Forms of assessment of the quality of training differ for courses with the participation of an instructor and those that are held in a self-paced format.
For courses with an instructor, start and end dates are indicated. At the same time, it is important to pay attention to the deadlines for passing tests, exams and practical tasks. If the specified deadlines are missed, the student may not be allowed to complete the entire course programme.
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- Certificate of Attendance - students who successfully completed the course but did not pass the tests and exams can apply for a certificate of attendance.
- Certificate of Completion - students who have successfully completed a course could apply for a Certificate of Completion, this type of certificate is often required for compliance training.
- Verified Certificate - it is a verified certificate that is issued when students have passed exams under the supervision of a dedicated proctor.
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During the training, you may encounter various forms of testing and knowledge testing. The most common assessment methods are:
- preliminary (base-line assessment) - to determine the current level of knowledge and adapt the personal curriculum
- intermediate - to check the progress of learning
- final - to complete training and final assessment of knowledge and skills, can be in the form of a project, testing or practical exam
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- A significant portion of the course has been consumed or downloaded by a student before the refund was requested.
- Multiple refunds have been requested by a student for the same course.
- Excessive refunds have been requested by a student.
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Conducting classes is based on the fact that the teacher demonstrates text, drawings, graphics, presentations on an interactive board, while the content appears in the student's electronic notebook. A specially designed digital notepad and pen are used to create and edit text and images that can be redirected to any surface via a projector.
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Real-life training uses the principles of game organization, which allows future professionals to rehearse and hone their skills in a virtual emergency. Learning as a game provides an opportunity to establish a connection between the learning activity and real life.
The technology provides the following learning opportunities:
- Focused on the needs of the user
- Instant feedback
- Independent decision making and choice of actions
- Better assimilation and memorization of the material
- Adaptive pace of learning tailored to the individual needs of the student
- Better transfer of skills learned in a learning situation to real conditions
Basic principles of training:
- A gradual increase in the level of difficulty in the game;
- Using a simplified version of a problem situation;
- Action in a variable gaming environment;
- The right choice is made through experimentation.
The main advantages of Game Based Learning technology:
- Low degree of physical risk and liability
- Motivation to learn while receiving positive emotions from the process;
- Practice - mirroring the real situation
- Timely feedback
- Choice of different playing roles
- Learning in collaboration
- Developing your own behavior strategy
Conducting practical classes online using remote access technologies for presentations, multimedia solutions and virtual reality:
- Laboratory workshops that simulate the operation of expensive bench equipment in real production
- Virtual experiment, which is visually indistinguishable from a remote real experiment performed
- Virtual instruments, which are an exact copy of real instruments
- Mathematical modeling to clarify the physical characteristics, chemical content of the investigated object or phenomenon.
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