ADESS Fr - Experts en Sécurité et Sûreté

What ADESS Fr - Experts en Sécurité et Sûreté does

ADESS Fr (Association des Experts en Sécurité et Sûreté) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 2020 and headquartered in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Île-de-France. The association is structured as a volunteer-led network of security and safety experts that produces independent analytical content, methodological guides, and awareness interventions aimed at coordinating fragmented public, private, and citizen security actors in France. Its leadership comprises co-founder and President Christopher JOST (20+ years of armed forces and security-sector experience), Treasurer Fatima-Zahra JOST (Master 2 in Finance des Marchés et Analyse des Risques), and General Secretary Danielle BILZ, supported by a pool of volunteer experts across France.

The association's core technology asset is Crise Global, an application under development for the operational management of critical situations, intended to support crisis coordination and decision-making in real time. Complementary outputs include a downloadable library of methodological guides covering private security procurement, risk analysis, security careers, and crisis management, distributed via the ADESS website (adess-france.fr), multi-channel social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube), and professional salons such as Preventica, Expo Protection, International Bodyguard Cannes, MBA Security Colloquium, and MGP.

ADESS is funded through membership dues and public/private patronage (mécénat), with no commercial product pricing disclosed. It targets citizens and local communities, job seekers, public institutions (Pôle Emploi, jeveuxaider.gouv.fr, municipalities), private security companies, and training organisms. Distribution runs through direct expert interventions, provisional regional offices (Dijon, Château Chinon Ville), institutional partnerships, event participation, and downloadable self-serve content. Geographic reach is national (Île-de-France and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté), with ecosystem partnerships (Cercle K2, CDSE) signaling nascent international development intent.

Name

ADESS Fr - Experts en Sécurité et Sûreté

Legal name

Association des Experts en Sécurité et Sûreté (ADESS Fr)

Website

https://adess-france.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ADESS Fr is a French non-profit association of volunteer security and safety experts that produces independent methodological guides, expert interventions, and the Crise Global crisis-management application for citizens, public institutions, job seekers, and private security actors across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Villeneuve la garenne, Île de france

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees and Public Support: ADESS is a non-profit association (association loi 1901) that operates through membership fees, public support, and patronage/mécénat contributions. The association generates revenue through adherent and member fees as well as supporter contributions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ADESS Fr is a non-profit association of security and safety experts that develops independent methodology, analytical guides, and institutional awareness content for the French security ecosystem. Its core deliverable is the Crise Global application dedicated to the operational management of critical situations (currently in development), supplemented by downloadable methodological guides covering risk analysis, private security procurement, security careers, and crisis management.

Product overview

ADESS Fr operates as a non-profit association of security and safety experts that develops methodologies, guidance documents, and analytical tools for crisis management and security coordination. The organization offers the Crise Global application as its primary technology product for operational crisis management, complemented by downloadable guides covering topics such as enterprise security, private security procurement, and strategic security careers. The association also provides educational content through publications and articles on topics including EU institutions, strategic analysis, operational approaches, and citizen awareness.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Crise Global: An application dedicated to operational management of critical situations and crisis management.

Products and services

• Crise Global A dedicated application for the operational management of critical situations, designed to support crisis coordination and decision-making for security professionals and organizations.
• Methodological Guides Analytical guides covering risk analysis, private security procurement, security careers, and crisis management methodology, developed independently by ADESS for citizens, institutions, and security professionals.
• Expert Interventions and Training Workshops Volunteer expert-led interventions covering security career orientation for job seekers, life-saving gesture workshops for insurance sector employees, citizen awareness sessions, and counter-terrorism early-detection training for students.

Quantifiable outcome

• Association contributes to improving security categorization on the jeveuxaider.gouv.fr platform, with recommendations implemented on the platform.
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Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• jeveuxaider.gouv.frcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025
• Pôle EmploicoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025
• ASP BodyguardcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024
• Cercle K2minorOthers · 1 January 2023
• CDSEminorOthers · 1 January 2023
• ADMSminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• CEIS (Compagnie Européenne d'Intelligence Stratégique): European strategic intelligence and risk consultancy producing analyses on threats, hybrid risks, and security topics — comparable to ADESS's analytical content on EU INTCEN and crisis themes, with a more commercial research model.
• Risk & Co: French risk management consultancy providing crisis management, security, and resilience advisory services. Overlaps with ADESS's crisis management methodology, AI in security analysis, and territorial resilience mission, but operates on a paid-services basis.
• ASP Bodyguard: French close-protection/bodyguard services company and event organizer (International Bodyguard Conference). ADESS already partners with ASP Bodyguard and they jointly participate in security salons and conferences on the same circuits.

Direct peers

• Fédération Française de la Sécurité Privée (FFSP): Federation representing French private security companies and training bodies. ADESS already engages FFSP on private security professions and shares the same ecosystem of security employers and training organisms.
• CDSE (Club des Directeurs de Sécurité d'Entreprise): French association of enterprise security directors that convenes public and private security actors, publishes analyses, and runs events — directly comparable to ADESS's mission of structuring coordination across the French security ecosystem (and already a partner of ADESS).
• Cercle K2: French security and defense think tank producing strategic analyses and convening experts and institutions on security topics — highly comparable to ADESS's analytical and awareness work, and already listed as an ADESS ecosystem partner.

Broad incumbents

• ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information): French national cybersecurity agency providing guidance, alerts, and public-facing cybersecurity content. ADESS's AI in cybersecurity and threat-analysis content addresses adjacent territory, but ANSSI operates at governmental scale with regulatory authority.
• IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale): French defense studies institute offering strategic analyses and convening civilian, military, and private actors on security and defense — overlaps with ADESS's hybrid-threat and EU-level strategic content from a broader institutional base.
• IFRI (Institut Français des Relations Internationales): Leading French think tank on international and strategic issues producing analyses on security, hybrid threats, and European coordination. Overlaps with ADESS's strategic-content stream on EU institutions and geopolitical risk, with significantly larger institutional reach.

Regional players

• GPMSE (Groupement Professionnel des Métiers de la Sécurité Électronique): French trade body representing electronic security professions. ADESS's work on private security training and security careers intersects directly with GPMSE's constituency of security technology and service providers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ADESSFrance
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCkFLoVUCJLJ9n1U6WzcJ7mg
• Facebookfacebook.com/adessfrance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/association-adess
• Instagraminstagram.com/a.d.e.s.s

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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