Founded in 1975, Control Risks is one of the leading business risk consultancy firms in the world. It offers political risk analysis, information security, business investigation and crisis management solutions. The company s services include travel security, governance, development, screening and forensic investigations. It additionally provides pandemic risk assessment, incident response and business continuity solutions. Control Risks offers training courses in hostile environment, defensive driver, extortion exercises and managing workplace violence. It serves more than 5,000 clients through a network of over 25 offices in nearly 130 countries. The company has clients in the finance, mining, telecom, pharmaceuticals and defense sectors. With one of its locations in Los Angeles, Control Risks also maintains an office in New York City.