Dynamis: Ahead of the Risk Curve

In the wake of growing use of technology in extremism and the increasing number of natural calamities and man-made disruptions, managing risks and disasters has become daunting for governments and private sector entities. While these risks continue to test preparedness and resilience, safeguarding interests encompassing citizens, financial systems, logistics, employees, customers and supply chains is a huge and expanding challenge. Driven by the idea of security as the currency to ensure preparedness and economic resiliency, Dynamis is preparing government agencies and private companies across the globe to stay ahead of the risk by being proactive in emergency response and preparedness.

For any client, prudence lies in taking a preemptive stance by implementing solutions for emergency preparedness and strengthening the security posture. However, deploying different standalone solutions for emergency response management, communication, and other processes hardly serves the purpose. Addressing this issue, Dynamis employs a range of high value technology tools and services for decision support, system and sensor integration, resource management, knowledge management, and collaboration. “With these capabilities, Dynamis presents a unified view of potential disruptions and threats, their nature and location, a client’s response mechanism, and steps to address allied problems,” says Alan Metzler, senior principal at Dynamis. The integrated solutions that Dynamis provides track multiple assets that are located across numerous and geographically-dispersed sites and enable deep insights about a client’s current situation and evolving threats, providing a means to decide and act in a unified and deliberate manner.

Anchored on the disaster spectrum of prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery, Dynamis analyzes organizations’ existing vulnerabilities and gaps. They undertake capability deployment and create preparedness policies and resiliency solutions to help clients reduce risk, manage response, and reconstitute their operations and business. Further, Dynamis performs risk analysis, advanced planning, and facilitates collaboration and communication between various stakeholders. Based on the available information, they build tailored threat response capabilities for clients. The firm also leverages integrated solutions and recovery tools to accelerate recovery process.

Notably, Dynamis imparts training to participants in the emergency response programs so they can execute the procedures with ease and accuracy.

Dynamis presents a unified view of a client’s threats, the nature and location, their response mechanism, and steps to address allied problems

The company has a rich clientele that includes the Department of Homeland Security, the National Basketball Association, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, the Canaveral Port Authority, and numerous other prominent entities that have improved their emergency response capabilities along the journey.

As Dynamis presents a comprehensive view of the ongoing operations, clients can implement a range of solutions and reduce capital expenditure while also achieving greater return on investment. As an implementation highlight, the country of Belgium engaged Dynamis to develop and field a nationwide Incident and Crisis Management System. The Belgium government sought a solution to mitigate naturally-occurring hazards as well as improving its preparedness for terrorism. Dynamis developed a common operating system and, among its many unique features, integrated the country’s nationwide flood management sensor network into a centralized decision support tool to maintain awareness of water levels and flood risks.

“Dynamis is focused on continuous improvement. We are aiming to expand our portfolio by partnering with global companies to offer more integrated and enhanced solutions to our existing customer base,” says John Milam, CEO, Dynamis. The firm has leveraged drone technology and applied it to carry radiological sensors and other sensors. They also aim to invest more in crowd sourcing information, situational awareness, advanced incident preparedness, and risk mitigation. Voted the number one 2017 Best Place to Work in Virginia, Dynamis fosters a collaborative work culture driven by the objective of globally protecting lives and the things that people value.