How SSG can help the industry strengthen its preparedness
27 February 2026
In the new publication “Readiness for companies - If the crisis or war comes”, the Swedish Civil Defence Agency (MCF) highlights the crucial role of business in Sweden’s total defence. Companies are expected to be able to handle serious disruptions in society - from power and IT outages to supply problems and staff losses, and industry has a particularly critical function.
Being able to maintain production, safety and supply is not only business critical, but directly contributes to society’s resilience. SSG can help to do this by making preparedness concrete, scalable and functional in everyday life.
Helena Carell, Head of Internationalisation & Compliance at SSG, has extensive experience in security protection, total defence and the defence industry. With a background as a professional officer and security protection manager, she has experience in strengthening organisations’ capabilities in security and contingency issues.
– Industry needs to be able to keep operations together even when conditions change rapidly. This requires clear working methods, up-to-date information and a common understanding of what is critical. Robustness is as much about structure and coordination as it is about technology.
Contingency that works in practice
Contingency is not about plans in a binder. It’s about ensuring that people, processes and systems continue to function even when conditions change rapidly. SSG contributes to strengthening industry’s capabilities through three pillars: standardisation, digital working methods and coordination.
1) Standardisation that stabilises the system
Common security, technology and environmental standards reduce vulnerability and raise security levels throughout the value chain. When more players work in the same way:
- reduces dependency on individual solutions
- create clarity in roles, requirements and responsibilities
- it will be easier to collaborate between companies (interoperability)
2) Order and tidiness creators
In an everyday life where external factors affect normal working methods, access to the right information and the right competence is crucial. SSG’s platforms strengthen preparedness by creating working methods that provide order, traceability and transparency in critical flows:
- ensured competence of personnel and contractors
- traceability and quality assurance at the supplier and contractor level
- clarity in access, training requirements and security levels
- reduced administrative burden and fewer parallel own systems
- When companies don't have to spend time building and maintaining their own solutions, they can focus on what really makes a difference - production, innovation and business development.
3) Networking and coordination - industrial resilience in action
Resilience is not built in isolation. By bringing the industry together in structured networks, SSG is the creator of:
- coordination between actors
- exchange of knowledge about risks, threats and lessons learned
- common working methods and contact channels
- better cooperation between authorities when the situation requires a quick response