Andrii Lukashenko is a security and risk management executive with over three decades of experience leading security operations, crisis management, protective security, and resilience programmes across military, diplomatic, international organisation, and private-sector environments.
As Founder and Deputy Director of SmartRiskSolutions Ukraine, he advises international organisations, NGOs, media teams, and businesses operating in complex and high-risk environments. His work focuses on security risk management, crisis preparedness, travel risk, executive protection, and organisational resilience, drawing on extensive operational experience gained throughout Ukraine during periods of conflict and instability.
Prior to establishing SmartRiskSolutions Ukraine, Andrii served with the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine as National Security Officer and National Executive Officer, where he was responsible for security planning, risk assessment, incident response, and the protection of personnel and assets across one of Europe's most challenging operating environments. He also supported U.S.-Ukraine defence cooperation programmes and served as an officer in the Ukrainian…
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Nieko, welcome to the A.L.I.V.E. instructor community. You raise an important question: “See Something, Say Something” cannot be the end of an organization’s responsibility.
Here in California, SB 553 addresses part of that gap. Covered employers must maintain a written Workplace Violence Prevention Plan that includes procedures for accepting and responding to reports, identifying and correcting workplace-violence hazards, communicating with employees, responding to emergencies, investigating incidents, and reviewing the plan’s effectiveness.
SB 553 does not necessarily require every organization to establish a formal behavioral threat-assessment team. However, it does require more than simply receiving a report and filing it away. An effective plan should identify who receives the information, how concerns are evaluated, who has decision-making authority, what actions may be taken, and when law enforcement or qualified threat-assessment professionals should become involved.
In my opinion, the A.L.I.V.E. instructor’s primary role is education: helping people recognize warning signs, report concerns, prepare for emergencies, and survive an attack. Unless an instructor has additional specialized qualifications and organizational authority, conducting a formal behavioral threat assessment is outside that role.
That does not prevent us from encouraging organizational leaders to create a defined escalation and threat-management process. In fact, I believe that is an important part of the conversation. Reporting may conclude the employee’s immediate responsibility, but it should initiate—not conclude—the organization’s response.