Services

Consultancy

Independent business intelligence and impartial advice for the cash, secure document, authentication and identity sectors.

How we can help your business grow

  • How can we capitalise on new technologies in digitisation, big data, track and trace?
  • We need to put sustainability at the heart of our operations and products – but where do we start?
  • We’ve developed a new solution – is there a market for it?
  • Where should we focus our investment?
  • How can we connect with potential partners?

If you need more expertise to address questions like these, but don’t want to increase your overheads, our consultancy team can help – because we know this industry as well as anybody, if not better.

Reconnaissance International delivers global business intelligence and impartial advice on sectors with security, authentication, trust and confidence at their heart. These include cash, secure documents, print and authentication technologies, track and trace, tax stamps, brand protection, ID and travel documents and – increasingly – the digital domains into which they are moving. By their very nature these sectors are security conscious and closed about what they do.

Whether you are trying to value a business, compare product offerings, find a solution, offer a solution, enter the market or simply be more competitive, we can help.

Who we work with

  • Authentication feature providers
  • Brand owners
  • Equipment providers
  • Government and intergovernmental agencies
  • Private equity and venture capital firms
  • Security printers and integrators
  • Security label providers
  • Security substrate providers
  • Start-ups
  • University spin-outs

Independent, objective and experienced

We are neither manufacturer nor supplier to the industry, so the advice we offer is both independent and objective.

Our highly experienced team understands what customers and users need, and the processes and technologies involved, having spent most of their careers in one or more of these sectors – at every level from top management through to marketing, product development and R&D.

No other company brings together such an experienced team across the cash, authentication and personal identification sectors, or one with such a broad range of technical, product, financial, management and marketing backgrounds. That experience is on hand for you to draw on, to gain the knowledge and insight you need to achieve your goals.

Areas of work

From a single expert opinion to a full research programme, our consultancy covers six broad areas.

Corporate & financial

  • Due diligence
  • Market analysis and dynamics
  • Identification of potential acquisition targets
  • Review of business and investment plans
  • Sustainability planning

Strategy & business development

  • Strategic planning, marketing and product analysis
  • Go-to-market strategy and potential partners
  • New product development and analysis
  • Operational planning
  • Risk analysis and impact assessment
  • Portfolio diversification analysis
  • Partner/supplier analysis and introductions

Market research

  • Primary and secondary research
  • Market/sector analysis and reports
  • Datasets
  • Polls and surveys
  • Literature reviews

Technical services

  • Security feature evaluation
  • Assessment of authentication services and systems
  • Evaluating requests for proposal
  • Specification/tender support
  • Expert witness testimony
  • Standards impact
  • Project conformance
  • Benchmarking

Training & education

  • Primers on disruptive technologies (e.g. AI, blockchain, data management, non-contact biometrics, quantum computing)
  • Technology masterclasses
  • Compliance requirements (e.g. GDPR, KYC, AML, data security)
  • Security feature training
  • Continuing professional development

Sales & marketing support

  • Copywriting and proofing of sales documents, tenders and marketing materials in native English
  • Marketing communications and collateral
  • Webinar and webcast support
  • Event organisation, management and hosting

How we work

  1. 1

    Understand the consultancy requirement in the context of your organisation, its needs and the market.

  2. 2

    Provide a detailed specification and quotation, with work plan, milestones and outputs.

  3. 3

    Initial research and validation of the task.

  4. 4

    Detailed research and initial findings.

  5. 5

    Final report and/or presentation, and review.

All work is undertaken discreetly, securely and in the strictest confidence.

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