The who, what, why and how of the Baker Hughes GITSOC
Energy giant Baker Hughes built its Global Intelligence & Travel Security Operations Center from the ground up, proving its value and relevancy to the greater enterprise amidst a global pandemic.
Energy technology company Baker Hughes has a diverse portfolio that spans energy and industrial value chains. With headquarters in Houston and London, the global company operates in more than 120 countries with roughly 58,000 employees.
At the helm of Baker Hughes’s security operations is a robust, structured team that is part of the company’s Health, Safety, and Environment organization.
“The Security team’s greatest responsibility is the protection of people and continuity of business. We are a proactive, risk-based, and intelligence-led security function,” says Andrew Tosh, Security Director of Global Operations.
At the center of Baker Hughes’s security operations is the Global Intelligence & Travel Security Operations Center (GITSOC), focused on keeping employees safe and secure and empowering regional teams and business leaders to make informed decisions. The Security team also oversees the governance and implementation of the crisis management program for Baker Hughes, which is deployed horizontally across product companies, regions and functions, and has played a leading role in ensuring business continuity on a local level throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
The GITSOC – which recently celebrated its first anniversary – was founded in 2019 to ensure an uninterrupted commitment to duty of care, and has already realized massive value not only for the Baker Hughes Security team, but the enterprise as a whole.