New Delhi, April 5 -- The security of a democratic state includes the security of its citizens and today both are contingent on the wider security of the world at large. Similarly, at the level of an organisation its well-being is linked to the security situation within the country.

In the prevailing unsafe environment 'enterprise security' could no more be relegated to a set of hired 'guards' and security 'supervisors' since it has become a 'mainstream' function taking care of the organisation as a whole, including its members.

Rise of terrorism as an instrument of 'proxy war', targeting of economic lifelines of the country by the enemy and the advent of natural or man-made disasters on the national security agenda have all impacted on t...