Corporate security app released
Safeture, a corporate security app created by Global Warning System that provides crucial travel safety information to employees of businesses working worldwide, has for the first time been made available to private individuals in the UK. Billed as the first of its kind, drawing on and collating information from numerous sources around the world including foreign offices, government agencies, aid organisations and meteorological and seismological agencies, the app provides users with 24/7 real-time local safety information, including health alerts and warnings of severe weather, civil unrest, terror attacks and other emergencies. Additionally, business travellers and holidaymakers are one click away from local emergency response teams, and are able to share their location with selected parties such as family members and work colleagues, so that someone is always aware of their location.
“Personal safety depends on having quick access to accurate information about local incidents,” commented Global Warning System CEO Andreas Rodman. “Everyone should have the right to access information that will keep them safe. Most people today carry a smartphone, and Safeture was created to give people fast access to life-saving information, something that we saw an especially clear need for during tragic events such as the SARS epidemic or the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.”
A recent World Economic Forum report suggested that, over the next decade, global risk levels are expected to be at their highest state of alert, so the popularity and relevance of risk mitigation products such as this are likely to increase accordingly.