As airports reconsider how security screening is delivered, the global evidence suggests the real question isn’t public versus private — it’s how standards, oversight, and incentives are designed.

Total Defence reframes national security as a continuous, whole‑of‑society effort—aligning government, businesses, NGOs, and citizens so essential services keep running through war, crisis, or hybrid attacks. By integrating private security, interoperable standards, and joint planning, it boosts surge capacity, protects critical infrastructure, and shortens recovery and recovery times.

The International Security Ligue was represented at the State of Security Conference at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, a high-profile and important industry event.

The world’s critical infrastructure is a greater target and more vulnerable than ever, facts that demand a comprehensive approach to protection that aligns physical and cybersecurity and requires collaboration on many fronts. This Q&A primer outlines issues involved and provides entry-level context to a pressing global security challenge.