Security Situation in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan

Gary Cavender, General Manager of Falcon Security talks about the security situation in Iraqi Kurdistan.

According to Cavender, “There are great opportunities for many people to come here especially in Kurdistan and in Erbil. I think that soon you are also going to see Basra start to develop and it will even become more conducive to do business there in the future. The security business is similar to real estate, in that it is all about location, location, location. You cannot cookie cutter and look as Iraq as a whole: you have to look at each region individually. You have to look at what your modus operandi is and how many locals you are going to hire. Your best security option is to hire as many locals as possible from the local area, to get the people working and to let them see the results of what development of the oil here is bringing to the local people, not just to the overall economy of Iraq.”