Research-led · Design-integrated · Protective security
Security decisions
you can defend.
Core42 is a research-led protective security practice. We give the people accountable for organisations, places, and infrastructure an evidence base their decisions can stand on.
For Organisations
You're accountable for an organisation.
Know before you're asked.
Standing threat intelligence, board-level risk reporting, and enterprise security assessment for executives who carry the accountability.
Enter the organisations laneFor Projects
You're delivering a project or place.
Security becomes expensive when it shows up late.
Threat analysis, CPTED, protective design, and assurance that works inside the design programme: resolved in design meetings, not discovered in construction.
Enter the projects lane- SCEC Endorsed Security Consultant
- NSW Government Scheme 5 prequalified
- TfNSW Technically Assured Organisation
- Published in Crime Science
- OSPA Finalist 2024 & 2025
- $80Bn+ delivered project portfolio
The evidence
Advice is only as defensible as what sits underneath it.
Our advice runs on evidence: proprietary databases, peer-reviewed methods, and measurement that can be re-run.
Data & method
Our own data, peer-reviewed methods
Proprietary incident databases, including the first peer-reviewed global dataset of vehicle-as-a-weapon attacks. Methods published in Crime Science, with further work forthcoming in Terrorism and Political Violence.
PublicationsNearing publication
The State of CPTED in NSW
One hundred consultant CPTED reports coded against ISO 22341: the first systematic look at what the practice actually produces. Publication forthcoming.
The CPTED programmeStanding programmes
Six named research programmes
From protective placemaking to security culture measurement, research that feeds directly into how the firm advises.
The research hubCurrent work & thinking
What this looks like in practice
Barangaroo — vehicle security strategy
Powerhouse Museum — security operations strategy
Vehicle as a Weapon — published in Crime Science
What 121 real attacks show about how vehicles are actually used as weapons, and what that means for the barriers cities keep buying.
All insightsFind out where you stand.
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