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How to start up a corporate Executive Protection program Every corporate executive protection program starts somewhere. Although a number of Fortune 500 and other companies do already use EP, a significant segment still does not. Navigating the startup phase of a corporate EP program is particularly tricky for many Chief Security Officers, boards and would-be principals: They’re simply not familiar with EP, and they’re starting from scratch. Borrowing from Michael Watkins, who has written extensively on …
Why Executive Protection Professionals Need to Embrace the Internet of Things – for Better, for Worse – and for Good There’s a lot of talk about the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT is growing rapidly in size and complexity. It’s expanding into more and more types of devices and applications, and it’s getting smarter. It’s disrupting all kinds of industries – for better, for worse and for good. The IoT is not going away, and the pace of change will skyrocket in the coming years. It will also have an …
Licensing, Liability and Legal Compliance Issues in Protective Security: What High Net Worth Families Need to Know There is a lot of confusion surrounding liability and legal compliance issues concerning private security services, including the protective services relevant for high net worth families. The problems are complex, and there are plenty of gray areas open to interpretation. The laws that impact non-governmental security services all vary considerably from country to country and even within one …
Separating Feelings from Facts: What High Net Worth Families Need to Understand to Stay Secure Both feelings and facts influence our sense of security. Sometimes we have a hard time distinguishing between the two because we feel first and think later. If we ever get around to thinking about security, then inexperience and a host of preconceived notions can all combine to cloud our view and lead to poor decisions. In this blog, we take a look at what high net worth families, and any other family, really, …
Secure Local Transportation: The Missing Link of Executive Travel In this blog, we take a look at the missing link of executive travel: secure ground transportation that’s at as high a level as first or business class flights and five-star hotels. Many companies happily pay for first/business class flights or even private aviation to get their top executives where they’re going, then put them up at five-star hotels when they reach their destinations. These standard travel practices are key to keeping execs …
The 4 Pillars of Protection for High Net Worth Individuals In this blog, we introduce the four foundational elements of protection for high net worth individuals and families: Physical security, technology, people and procedures. Our goal is to provide an overview of these four main elements, not an exhaustive description of each. Rather, we hope to point to how the various components of protective security are interrelated, and that by better understanding how these components work with and impact each …
The 3 Ways Successful Executive Protection Agents Turn Downtime into Uptime – and Turbocharge Their Careers Many aspiring executive protection agents ask, “How can I get better at my game and improve my professional opportunities?” There’s no simple answer, and it all takes work. The good news is you can start by making better use of downtime. We know we’re all way too busy, but every executive protection agent has at least some downtime, some time. This includes in-house and outsourced FTEs, and folks …
Travel Intelligence for Executive Protection: How and When We Use It in the Real World When it’s your responsibility to keep people safe on the road, you really want to know what’s coming around the next curve. That’s why advance work is such a fundamental part of what we do, and that’s why travel intelligence – before, during and after a trip – is so critical to program success. Before the trip Before the detail starts, we’re doing advance work. In some cases, we’ll be in the country personally to do the …
Intelligence Analysis Allied Universal® develops and runs security intelligence analysis reports as an integrated component of our services. The objective of security intelligence is to monitor, analyze and report on the ever-changing world-wide security situations. Our intelligence analysts focus on risks, threats and other developments that may impact corporations, people, assets, operations or reputation. We use intelligence in all our protection, residential security and global travel programs. …
In the News with Allied Universal Higher Education: COVID-19, shutdowns and unrest cascade across the guarding world This article was previously published by Security Magazine Recently, Allied Universal was featured in the recent publication from SecurityMagazine.com with Texas A&M University. During the pandemic, Allied Universal helped provide the university with support in patrolling its indoor facilities, parking lots, and added extra security to help socially distance classes. Below is an excerpt …
