In a fiercely competitive international business landscape, corporations race to increase profits by taking advantage of lower labor, manufacturing and distribution costs that only emerging markets can offer. Unfortunately, many of these low-cost markets – where fraud, corruption, government instability and public unrest are the norm – pose an increased safety and security risk to employees, corporate assets and operations. Successful security leaders routinely and proactively assess these risks and enhance their security posture by placing assets in high-risk locations to minimize these risks, maximize brand protection and increase international investigative consistency.