Contact Us
Search
Displaying 951 - 960 of 1629
Integrating Critical Incident Response Teams with Corporate Security: Five EP Perspectives We’ve been getting an increasing number of questions about critical incident response teams (CIRTs) from existing and potential clients. This is natural due to the many active shooter incidents reported not only in schools but also in public areas and workplaces. There is even a website called Mass Shooting Tracker that documents this disturbing trend and reported in 2018 more than 2,000 incidents in which four or …
The Three Trends Shaping the Next Wave of Global Security Operation Centers Clients have different needs, and not all clients are asking for the same solutions when it comes to handling global security operation centers (GSOCs). Some are opening GSOCs for the first time and want to start in the best possible way. Others have been running GSOCs for years but express a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the way their GSOCs perform. All are looking for something different than the corporate GSOCs we all knew …
How Executive Protection Professionals Can Deal with Paparazzi and Other Media When working with high profile or high net worth clients, executive protection professionals must accept that the media simply come with the territory. A clear understanding of how the media operate to access the principal is key to ensuring the principal’s well-being and privacy. To treat everyone involved with the press the same fails to account for how various media outlets work, what their aims are, which methods they’re …
How to Boost the ROI of Your Security Intelligence Analysis Program Across the Organization When corporations consider adding intelligence analysis programs as part of their security efforts, it’s only natural to pose hard questions about return on investment (ROI). It’s easy to put a figure on what the intelligence program costs, as this is essentially the analyst’s salary and related expenses, but how to calculate program benefits? Can we put numbers on the savings good intelligence analysis generates? …
Are Smart Hotel Rooms Smart Enough to Protect Your Privacy? As executive protection professionals, it’s our mission to protect our clients from all manner of threats. In an increasingly connected world, we must also help protect their data and their privacy. Now that the Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming increasingly integrated all around us, it’s time to consider the consequences of the IoT devices rapid proliferation in hotels. For executive protection professionals, the increased use of the IoT in …
The Five Questions Corporations Are Asking About Providing Secure Travel Services to More Staff As corporations continue to expand internationally, they are sending more staff to more places than ever before – including destinations associated with elevated travel risk. And as we can tell from the kinds of inquiries we increasingly receive, those responsible for handling corporate travel and security issues often find it difficult to know when what kind of travel risk mitigation is appropriate for where, …
From Operational Readiness to Operational Optimization: Five Guiding Principles in Executive Protection Operational readiness is the most fundamental prerequisite for any protective effort and has consequences for practically everything we do as an executive protection company. In this blog, we will be discussing how our understanding of this all-important concept is evolving – and encourage everyone in the executive protection industry – colleagues, competitors, and customers – to join us in this …
Integrating Protective Intelligence in Executive Protection: It's Time to Sharpen the Saw In this blog, we will be discussing some other aspects of the broader concept of protective intelligence in executive protection. First, we want to reach across the gap that exists between the intelligence community and the executive protection community and point out that although what we do and how we use intelligence are different, there are also important similarities. We can and should get better at learning from …
Improving Event Security and the Guest Experience: Perspectives on Screening from the Executive Protection Industry Executive protection practitioners have a wholly unique perspective that differs from many others who use screening devices, including security providers at airports, sports arenas, and other facilities open to the general public. Since they protect individuals, most often corporate leaders or high net worth individuals, the focus of private sector executive protection companies is naturally …
Space Heater Safety > Download Now The Proper Use of Space Heaters in the Work Place The use of space heaters in offices is quite common in the winter. Even in warmer climates, winter mornings can bring a chill. And while these seemingly harmless devices may be an efficient way to heat a cold or drafty space, they can pose certain safety hazards when used incorrectly. What You Should Do Even though a space heater does not have an open flame, the heating elements of some are hot enough to cause nearby …
