The Cross-sector Safety and Security Communications (CSSC) South East Region

What The Cross-sector Safety and Security Communications (CSSC) South East Region does

The Cross-Sector Safety and Security Communications (CSSC) is a UK-registered charity (No. 1153764) founded in June 2011 by senior security experts to facilitate communications between the public and private sectors on security and business resilience issues. It operates as a partnership between law enforcement agencies, local and national government organisations, and private sector businesses, delivering accurate, timely, and authoritative security and safety messaging via the Everbridge Messaging Platform to registered members. Membership and messaging are provided free of charge, with the organisation funded through charitable donations, partner contributions, and in-kind support such as seconded staff, facilities, and services.

CSSC's core product is a structured messaging and membership network organised across 11+ UK regional hubs (London, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, South East, South West, Eastern, East Midlands, West Midlands, North West, Yorkshire & North East) and 33-35 Home Office designated industry sectors. Information cascades through a hierarchy of Industry Sector Leads (ISLs), Deputy ISLs, and Associate ISLs to business recipients. Adjunct offerings include Bridge Calls convened after significant incidents to brief sector leads and inform policing response, and a downloadable Advice to Business guidance document. Strategic partnerships with the National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters and the National Business Crime Centre (formalised at the 2017 AGM), Crimestoppers, and Everbridge underpin the platform's authority and reach.

The business model is non-commercial: revenue is derived from donations, partner secondments, and event-based fundraising (e.g., a 2025 Charity Dinner and approximately £45,000 historically raised for the City of London Police Charity for Children). The organisation has 1-10 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, and no equity structure. Recognition includes the 2013 'Best Contribution to Continuity & Resilience' award at the CIR Business Continuity Awards, and ongoing presence at industry events such as the International Security Expo 2026 at Olympia London.

Name

The Cross-sector Safety and Security Communications (CSSC) South East Region

Legal name

The Cross-Sector Safety and Security Communications (CSSC) initiative

Website

https://thecssc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CSSC is a UK-registered charity (No. 1153764) that delivers free, authoritative security and safety messaging from law enforcement and government to private sector businesses across 33-35 industry sectors and 11+ UK regional hubs, using the Everbridge platform and an Industry Sector Lead cascade network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Security and Safety Communications Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Investigation and Security Services (5616)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC)

Keywords

• Security communications
• Mass notification alerts
• Emergency preparedness messaging
• Public-private partnership
• Business resilience services

Headquarters

HQ city

London, England

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations and Support: CSSC operates as a registered charity (No. 1153764) and relies on generous financial support through donations or the provision of services, facilities, or staff seconded to hub teams by public and private sector members and partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CSSC operates as a charitable partnership that delivers accurate, timely, and authoritative safety and security messaging to UK private sector businesses through a cascade network of Industry Sector Leads (ISLs) and regional hubs. The organisation uses the Everbridge mass-notification platform to disseminate information sourced from law enforcement and government partners, helping businesses develop robust resilience and emergency preparedness plans across 33 Home Office designated industry sectors.

Product overview

CSSC operates a single unified messaging platform that delivers security and safety information through a structured membership network. The platform connects law enforcement agencies, local and national government, and private sector businesses through a cascade model where Industry Sector Leads (ISLs) disseminate authoritative messages to their respective industry sectors. The organization is structured around regional hubs covering all UK regions and serves 35 Home Office designated industry sectors. CSSC also facilitates Bridge Calls for incident response coordination and provides the Advice to Business resource document.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CSSC Security and Safety Messaging Service
• CSSC Membership Network

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Counter Terrorism Policing HeadquarterscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2017CSSC announced partnership with National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters at the 2017 AGM, taking significant steps to enhance security communications.
• National Business Crime CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2017CSSC announced partnership with the National Business Crime Centre at the 2017 AGM to strengthen business crime prevention communications.
• Law Enforcement AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSSC is a partnership between law enforcement agencies, local and national government organisations, and private sector businesses. Law enforcement provides authoritative security information that is cascaded to businesses through the CSSC network.
• EverbridgecoreTechnology or IntegrationEverbridge Messaging Platform is used to store contact information and send out notifications as part of the mass notification feature during incidents or when information needs to be shared.
• City of London Police Charity for ChildrenminorOthersCSSC has raised approximately £45,000 for the City of London Police Charity for Children through annual charity events.
• CrimestopperscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSSC supports Crimestoppers' national campaigns to empower students and the public to speak up anonymously about crime, sharing messaging through its network.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• National Protective Security Authority (NPSA): NPSA is the UK government's national technical authority for protective security, providing authoritative guidance to businesses on protective security and resilience. It is one of CSSC's primary upstream content sources and a key stakeholder for any resilience-communications ecosystem in the UK.
• Local Resilience Forums (England & Wales): Local Resilience Forums are statutory multi-agency partnerships in the UK that coordinate local preparedness and response. They represent the public-sector resilience ecosystem that CSSC's private-sector cascade channel complements and intersects with at the regional-hub level.
• ASIS International UK Chapter: ASIS International is the leading global membership body for security professionals, with an active UK chapter. Many of CSSC's ISLs come from the ASIS-connected security-management community, and the two organizations overlap substantially in audience, content, and professional-development mission.

Direct peers

• Crimestoppers: Crimestoppers is an independent UK charity running anonymous crime-reporting and national crime-awareness campaigns. CSSC already partners with Crimestoppers to amplify its student-focused campaigns through the ISL network, making it the most operationally adjacent peer in mission and audience.
• citizenAID: citizenAID is a UK-registered charity that translates authoritative counter-terrorism and emergency-response guidance into practical information for the public and businesses. Like CSSC, it serves as a UK bridge between policing/security authorities and non-specialist recipients under a charitable, public-good mission.
• Suzy Lamplugh Trust: The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is a UK charity focused on personal safety, lone-worker safety, and stalker-awareness communications. It overlaps with CSSC's remit of cascading authoritative safety information to UK businesses and the public, and shares the charitable, donation-funded operating model.

Broad incumbents

• AlertMedia: AlertMedia is a SaaS mass-notification and threat-intelligence platform used by enterprises and public-sector organizations for emergency communications. It represents the commercial model CSSC's free service is positioned alongside, and a credible alternative channel for businesses in the UK.
• Everbridge: Everbridge is the global leader in critical event management and mass-notification software, and is the very platform CSSC uses to distribute its alerts. Comparing across mass-notification, emergency communications, and public-warning infrastructure makes Everbridge the most directly relevant benchmark for the underlying technology and service model, even though CSSC is a non-profit consumer of its software rather than a commercial competitor.
• Crisis24 (GardaWorld): Crisis24 provides integrated risk management, mass notification, and security communications services to enterprises and government clients globally. It is comparable to the technology and advisory layer underneath CSSC's offering, particularly for organizations building public-to-private security alert pipelines.

Emerging players

• Business Continuity Institute (BCI): The BCI is a membership-based professional body for business-continuity and resilience practitioners. CSSC won the CIR Business Continuity Award in 2013, and BCI represents the same professional community on the receiving end of CSSC's resilience messaging, making it a thematic peer rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thecssc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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