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For Security & Protection Specialists

  • Tapping, but not my feet…

    In this article Alex Bomberg educates us on Mobile Telephone monitoring software (spyware), its effectiveness as an espionage tool and its cost vs potential rewards.

    Tapping, but not my feet…

  • One Agents Opinion, Bodyguard Or Executive Protection Specialist?

    When someone asks, “what do you do for a living”?  Do you say, I’m a “Bodyguard” or you’re an Executive Protection Specialist? What’s in a name?

    One Agents Opinion, Bodyguard Or Executive Protection Specialist?

  • Obtaining & Maintaining Non Residency and SED

    Got a contract working overseas and don’t know where to start with obtaining and maintaining Non-Residency and SED (Seafarers Earning Deductions)?

    Obtaining & Maintaining Non Residency and SED

  • How Criminals Operate

    You need to be aware of how criminals and terrorists operate and what they look for in their victims; if you know this, you can hopefully avoid becoming a victim yourself.

    How Criminals Operate

  • Managing Spinal Injury

    Spinal trauma and spinal cord injury can have a life-changing impact for patients following trauma. One cannot reverse prior spinal cord damage, but with even limited training, one can prevent further damage from occurring, which can often be of great benefit for the patient.

    Managing Spinal Injury

Featured Articles

Driving in Hostile Areas

January 2013 and I am sitting in the back of a Toyota Prada on the outskirts of ill-famed Cité Soleil in Port-au-Prince, … >>>

Man, That Burns!

A brief look at MACE Pepper Gel for Protection Specialists. As a protection specialist, it is not uncommon to be … >>>

Protective Intelligence

Modern Tools for a Traditional Task Many protective service providers and law enforcement agencies have protective … >>>

Behavioral Analysis

Behavioral Analysis in Threat Detection In 2005 three suicide bombers detonated body-borne improvised explosive devices … >>>

Changing Tides

Changing Tides Evolution of Gulf of Aden piracy, a personal insight:   About three and a half years ago, I decided … >>>

Zero Day Vulnerabilities

How Do You Stop a Threat You Can't See Coming? This past March, WikiLeaks dumped 8,761 CIA documents collectively … >>>

Top Articles

How Criminals Operate

You need to be aware of how criminals and terrorists operate and what they look for in their victims; if you know this, … >>>

Vehicle Security Tips

How to Stay Off the 'X' Providing protective services requires a mind set that differs dramatically from the norm. This … >>>

Managing the Green Room

In a perfect world, a green room provides both comfort and security.  It should be the principal’s temporary home away … >>>

What Doesn’t Kill You…

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger... …or so the saying goes. And yet for many people, a traumatic event leaves … >>>

Protection

Can I Get Some Work?

KEEPING YOUR EDGE: Can I get some work?     Hands down, this has to be amongst the most confusing phrases in the Close Protection Lexicon. Bad sentence structure aside, the words themselves illustrate a disregard for the complexities that go into … >>>

Taking A Domestic Client Abroad

8 Things to Remember   As the designated protection you may have to create a plan for taking a domestic client abroad. If so, here are 8 things to consider before you set off. 1.The Advance: In some third world countries, the advance can be more … >>>

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Surveillance

Surveillance Detection & Global Business

Surveillance Detection & Global Business     As we continue this series of articles discussing surveillance detection (SD), it is only natural that we explore the use of SD by global business to mitigate and prevent attacks on their businesses.   The National Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism reports that around 20% of international […]

Mystery Shopper – Circuit Q&A

Mystery Shopper – Circuit Q&A Nick McCarthy interviews Linda  Eastwood. Linda, we became ‘friends’ recently via an online networking portal, exchanged a few messages and then met up at a networking meeting. I was very impressed by your story and your success and thought that Circuit Magazine readers would enjoy your story and the somewhat […]

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Hostile

Hostage Kidnap and Ransom

Hostage taking awareness info for the Security Professional travelling abroad (pre and post capture) OVERVIEW I must state from the outset that the likelihood of being kidnapped or taken hostage is very slim. However, if it does happen, your chances of … >>>

The Untrained Negotiator

The Untrained Negotiator     This article will focus upon guidance for the initial responder receiving a call in the middle of the night informing them that their Principal, employee, employer or loved one has been taken hostage. The actions taken by … >>>

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Maritime

Working in the Maritime Security Industry

Working in the Maritime Security (MARSEC) Industry By Kevin ‘Knocker’ Whyte Maritime Security has become the new ‘Must Enter’ sector of the security industry, with long established MARSEC companies and new start-ups alike, picking up manpower intensive … >>>

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Medical

Relax

Relax I have been participating in quite a few discussions lately about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and the topic has come up in so many different circles that I thought that I should write a brief piece on it.  I have been discussing this with … >>>

Exmed TCCC Course – Review

(Tactical Combat Casualty Care)   With the security market becoming flooded with operators looking for work, it has become more important to both network and make your resume stand out from the hundreds of others received in recruiters’ inboxes. … >>>

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