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  • Tactical Firearms – Cross-Draw

    It is believed that this is the safest method of carry because when the handgun is drawn from the holster, it points in a straight line directly at the target. The cross-draw is where the gun is on the opposite side of the body to the dominant hand, so you have to reach across the body to draw the handgun.

    Tactical Firearms – Cross-Draw
  • Insecure Smart Houses

    They are only of limited relevance today, but as the technologies involved become more widespread and implemented into every facet of life they will only become more prevalent. While it sounds like the stuff of science fiction, these threats exist now and are not going to go away.

    For simplicity, we’ll say that a ‘smart’ device is anything which connects to the internet (or a network) and is not intended to be a computer interface. Intended is the key word there, as many of these devices are insecure for the simple reason that they are a computer. The problem is that it is now cheaper and easier to put a general purpose computer into a device and run some software to, for example, turn lights on and off than it is to design a single-purpose lightbulb which also connects to a network.

    Insecure Smart Houses
  • Turning Habitual Habits into a Positive

    Being an instructor for Tony Scotti’s Vehicle Dynamics Institute has forwarded the opportunity to observe how a large section of professionals interact and function from different niches of the industry. Military, transnational EP teams, US based teams, Federal LEO’s or with civilians this theme shows through. Even in the larger training arena the change can be seen as more of the schools are starting to focus on classes or blocks of instruction such as client management and behavioral analysis. The discussion forms are flooded with conversations relating to how to work in a team dynamic. It doesn’t matter if its a 28 day school or a three day school, they will be touching on and teaching these topics.

    Turning Habitual Habits into a Positive
  • What is Executive Protection?

    In the past, I viewed Executive Protection (EP) as persons who provided corporate level protection. This was the guy who only walked with the CEO, politician, or other important corporate executives and dignitaries. With my limited understanding, I didn’t think of those who drive these same individuals as being considered Executive Protection agents as well. As an EP specialist, I now understand and have experienced some of the vast role’s EP work will encompass.

    What is Executive Protection?
  • Death Of The Solo Specialist

    It’s not unusual for practitioners of our craft to find themselves operating as a “solo specialists” alongside their respective clients. The question is, are these days slowly coming to an end? If they are, how will we be able to convey this to our clients?

    Death Of The Solo Specialist

Featured Articles

Vehicle Selection For Security Professionals

A few times in my career I have been charged with purchasing vehicles for safely transporting clients. Sometimes the … >>>

Head on a Swivel

Industry Catch Phrase or Industry Standard? From the time we are indoctrinated into this Industry, we hear the phrase … >>>

What are the Characteristics of a Good Bodyguard?

People often wonder: what are the characteristics of a good bodyguard? There are as many characteristics as there are … >>>

The Danger of Unmanned Drones

Gil Boyd is an expert in physical security measures and warned us of the dangers of unmanned drones 4 years ago in this … >>>

Mobile Security

The majority of attacks on mobile devices focused on human exploitation, as found in the Proofpoint Human Factor Report. … >>>

Why A Political Soloution With The Afghan Taliban Is So Important

We've all seen over the last few years just how quickly ISIL established themselves in a fractured Iraq and Syria. At … >>>

Industry Standards Are They Out the Door?

There is an age-old adage, which states that in this world 'you get what you pay for' and nowhere is this truer than in … >>>

THE NEW Open Source Intelligence

We all hear about this OSINT malarkey but searching the Internet for information is much much more than just dropping a … >>>

Have You Got A Career Plan?

  Picture yourself sitting in the front right seat of a vehicle making its way down the road. Your client is … >>>

Surveillance Detection & Global Business

Surveillance Detection & Global Business     As we continue this series of articles discussing surveillance … >>>

Top Articles

The truth is, are any of us really "solo" practitioner's anymore?

Death Of The Solo Specialist

It's not unusual for practitioners of our craft to find themselves operating as a "solo specialists" alongside their … >>>

Kevin Ghee interview by Jose Casillas

Foot Steps Episode 1 – Kevin Ghee

How was your transition as a Philadelphia police officer to the private sector?  My transition was a tricky one. Coming … >>>

Peter Lavery elected as next chair of The Security Institute

Industry News December 2020

We cast our eye over the main stories impacting the security industry. Here's what's appeared on the radar since the … >>>

The argument is made that once terrorism is eradicated, things will go back to normal. No chance! Terrorism will never be eradicated.

Freedom or Security?

Thirty years after Benjamin Franklin wrote: “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety … >>>

Well, there really isn't anything fundamentally wrong with this approach, after all, as the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Shifting the Paradigm

You know how it is, old habits die hard, don't they?  We get used to the way we've always done something, so we just … >>>

Could there be a military solution to removing the communist government of Venezuela

War in Venezuela

On the morning of April 30th, 2019 Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó seemed to attempt a coup d'état against the … >>>

Five Methods for Defeating an Active Shooter

At the Point of Crisis

Five Methods for Defeating an Active Shooter By now many of you have seen the recent photo of the Dallas shooter … >>>

Never rely on other people. People will let you down. Cover all your base

A Mantra to Operate By

Never rely on other people. People will let you down. Cover all your bases. Think that sounds a bit cynical? Well, … >>>

Foot Steps Episode 1 Kevin Ghee

How was your transition as a Philadelphia police officer to the private sector? My transition was a tricky one. Coming … >>>

Keeping Your Edge

Keeping Your Edge – Protectors & The Recording Process

An excerpt from the best-selling book, An Introduction to Celebrity Protection & Touring by Elijah Shaw & Dale … >>>

Protection

The Placement Of Residential Security Systems

What To Know Legally Say that you’re planning to put up security systems on your property or install them for a client, and you’ve already contacted your security camera provider for the installation, but you’re eventually confronted with the notion that your … >>>

Two Different Worlds

Two Different Worlds Through my experience in the Executive Protection industry, I have tried many times to understand what our Principals are thinking and what goes on in their heads. Their minds tick in a very strange way and the truth is, no matter how … >>>

More Articles About Protection

Surveillance

Surveillance Tips for Investigations & Protective Intelligence

Surveillance is a skill learned best through experience, however tactics and techniques can also be improved via tips and tricks from seasoned practitioners. This article contains some very effective tactics, techniques and procedures for conducting surveillance investigations, for both private investigators as well as for protective intelligence assignments.

Working Girl – October 2011

Working Girl Jacquie Davis   I was sitting in a side road watching an address in London for a few days when suddenly I heard  the sound of breaking glass, I called up the other surveillance team members to ask if they had heard it, yes yes came the reply over the radio. I then saw […]

More Articles on Surveillance

Hostile

Obtaining & Maintaining Non Residency and SED

Obtaining & Maintaining Non Residency and SED (Seafarers Earning Deductions)   New to the industry, got a contract working overseas and don’t know where to start?   NON RESIDENCY You may have decided that a land-based career overseas is the … >>>

The Threat To Americans for Burning The Quran In The US

  On a recent visit to Mazar-e-Sharif, a northern Afghanistan province where seven U.N. workers were killed by a mob in retaliation for the threat of burning of a Holy Quran in the U.S., I had the opportunity to speak with a group of 30 Afghan … >>>

More Articles on Hostile Matters

Training

Icon course review

ICON Advanced EP – Course Review

ICON Advanced Executive Protection Course Review   When I made the choice that I was going to make a move into the Executive Protection industry, I started researching the countless different training schools in the marketplace.  I was looking for a … >>>

14 Lessons For Operating Training Programs in Foreign Countries

It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that Orlando Wilson is a man who lives and breathes training. In this article, he draws on his own personal insights to give a detailed account of the challenges encountered when operating training programs in foreign … >>>

More Articles On Training

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 … >>>

Building Global Cyber Maritime Defence Standards

  “The announcement yesterday that shipbroker Clarksons confirmed its computer systems were breached in a major cyber-security attack is a further indication how the global maritime industry is very much in the cross-hairs of the cybercriminal. The … >>>

More Articles on Maritime Matters

Medical

First aid for a psychological injury

If you work in an environment where people are likely to get physically injured, then it stands to reason you would want people available with the skills to help. Most workplaces are comfortable with the notion of a first aider. They understand their purpose … >>>

Review: Medipro PHMT

COURSE REVIEW: Medipro Training: PHMT (Pre-Hospital-Medical-technician) Having previously completed FPOS (I) MIRA and Remote Team Medic Courses I was looking for a training course which had both industry recognition and would take my knowledge and skills to … >>>

More Articles on Medical Matters

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Latest Industry News

Industry News October 2020

We cast our eye over the main stories impacting the security industry. Here’s what’s appeared on the radar since the last issue.

Security industry News Brought to you by the Circuit Magazine

Industry News

We cast our eye over the main stories impacting the security industry, including, Kanye West’s former bodyguard is calling the rapper a “bully” and is threatening to sue for damages after West accused him of breaking a confidentiality agreement.

Industry News

We cast our eye over the main stories impacting the security industry. Here’s what’s appeared on the radar since the last issue.

Security industry News Brought to you by the Circuit Magazine

Security Industry Association Announces New SIA Women in Security Scholarship Opportunity

“The SIA Women in Security Forum works to grow and retain leaders in the security industry,” said Gloria Salmeron, director of human resources at Brivo and co-chair of the scholarship committee. “With the addition of this new scholarship, we look forward to helping bring opportunities for further education and advancement to as wide a spectrum of people as possible and inviting individuals to participate in the Women in Security Forum.”

Tactical Firearms - Cross-Draw

Tactical Firearms – Cross-Draw

It is believed that this is the safest method of carry because when the handgun is drawn from the holster, it points in a straight line directly at the target. The cross-draw is where the gun is on the opposite side of the body to the dominant hand, so you have to reach across the body to draw the handgun.

Product Review earHero

Product Review – Ear Hero

Designed by an audiologist, earHero’s speakers are so tiny they will never block your ear canal giving you the ability to literally talk on a separate phone without removing the earHero tactical earpiece from either ear.

You can literally hear whisper level sounds from yards away, while identifying the sounds’ precise location. The earHero tactical headsets have wires so thin and clear, they are virtually undetectable, and the design is so comfortable, you’ll barely know the earpiece is there.

Introduction to Cybersecurity Part 4

Insecure Smart Houses

They are only of limited relevance today, but as the technologies involved become more widespread and implemented into every facet of life they will only become more prevalent. While it sounds like the stuff of science fiction, these threats exist now and are not going to go away.

For simplicity, we’ll say that a ‘smart’ device is anything which connects to the internet (or a network) and is not intended to be a computer interface. Intended is the key word there, as many of these devices are insecure for the simple reason that they are a computer. The problem is that it is now cheaper and easier to put a general purpose computer into a device and run some software to, for example, turn lights on and off than it is to design a single-purpose lightbulb which also connects to a network.

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Global Situation Report October, 2020

Having informed insight in today’s increasingly complex international environment is more important than ever. That’s why we’ve partnered with Stratfor, the worlds leading geopolitical intelligence platform, to bring readers regular analysis and accurate forecasting of global trends from someone you can trust.

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On The Frontline

Interview With: Elijah Shaw

Interview With: Elijah Shaw     Elijah Shaw is one of the USA’s top bodyguards. He has protected most of the biggest … >>>

Behavioral Analysis

Turning Habitual Habits into a Positive

There is a common theme that's increasingly talked about in the Executive Protection industry; that is the shift and … >>>

Assignments Over. Now What?

So you got the tap for the assignment and a spot on the detail?  You are good to go for the next several days, weeks, or … >>>

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From The Archives

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 … >>>

Keeping Your Edge – Measured Responses in Tour Security (Part II)

In the first part of this ongoing series, we discussed the challenges faced by Protectors who work with entertainers … >>>

Global Risk Roundup – August 2019

Our Global Risk partners, Drum Cussac, provide in-depth analysis of global risks via in-house experts, cutting edge … >>>

Airbourne IEDS

Shiite extremists remaining in Baghdad have added a relatively new weapon to their arsenal in the fight against U.S. … >>>

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