James Blake
3 min readJan 15, 2021

Security risk management in conflict and fragile states — enabling business while focusing on protecting your staff

As a journalist, former humanitarian and risk management professional, security risk management is a deeply personal and sensitive issue.

The decision whether to cross the organized crime-controlled border from Guatemala into El Salvador after threats were made to a source almost immediately after I conducted the interview.

James Blake

James M. Blake is the CEO of Next Generation Risk Management and has advised a range of organizations at the intersection of security and humanitarian crises