Building resilience when incidents don’t go to plan
No investigation ends when the offender leaves the scene.
For retailers, one incident can trigger a chain of operational challenges – damaged premises, vulnerable sites, disrupted trading and the need to make critical decisions quickly.
That’s why we’re delighted to welcome VPS as an Investigation Partner at ORIS-CON 2027.
As delegates progress through the immersive ORIS Investigation, they’ll discover that solving the crime is only part of the story. They’ll also explore how organisations recover, protect their people and assets, and maintain business continuity while investigations continue.
VPS is Europe’s leading temporary security specialist, helping organisations protect people, property, assets and operations through a flexible, risk-based approach to security and resilience. Rather than relying on a single solution, VPS assesses the risks facing each site before developing a tailored security strategy that combines physical security, monitored technology, human intervention and intelligence-led risk management.
Throughout the investigation, VPS will demonstrate how resilience is built across the entire incident lifecycle.
Whether responding to a burglary, ATM attack or critical system failure, securing a new retail development, protecting vacant distribution centres or tackling persistent anti-social behaviour, VPS adapts its security response as operational risks evolve. By combining monitored CCTV, temporary security measures, guarding, property protection and intelligence-led monitoring, retailers can continue trading while reducing disruption and protecting critical assets.
This perfectly complements the wider ORIS Investigation, reinforcing that effective incident management doesn’t stop with identifying offenders – it continues through recovery, resilience and protecting business operations.
Sarah Bird, Partnerships & Events Manager at ORIS Media, said:
“One of the things that really stood out when speaking with VPS was their ability to support businesses throughout the entire incident lifecycle. ORIS-CON is designed to reflect the reality of modern retail investigations, and that doesn’t end when someone is arrested. Retailers still have stores to protect, colleagues to support and operations to maintain. VPS brings that important resilience perspective into the investigation, adding another authentic layer to the delegate experience.”
David Wormald, VPS Key Account Director said:
“We’re delighted to be supporting ORIS-CON 2027 and contributing to an event that reflects the realities retailers face when incidents occur. It’s a unique opportunity to demonstrate how resilience is built through proactive risk management, tailored security strategies and protecting business continuity long after the initial incident.”
ORIS-CON 2027 is redefining how the retail security community collaborates through an immersive investigation that follows the complete journey of organised retail crime – from intelligence gathering and offender identification through to operational response, recovery and long-term resilience.
We’re delighted to welcome VPS to the investigation and look forward to showcasing how resilience, continuity and adaptable security strategies help retailers remain protected when incidents threaten to disrupt operations.