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For Security & Protection Specialists

  • Covert Protective Details – The Invisible shield

    Many clients feel uncomfortable with highly visible or “overt” protective details. Some may even ask you to be so invisible that they don’t know you are there. But what are covert protective details? As you’ll discover, it’s not a case of ‘one size fits all’!

    Covert Protective Details – The Invisible shield

  • Global Risk Roundup – November 2018

    Our Intelligence and Analysis Partner, Drum Cussac provides in-depth analysis of global risks via in-house experts, cutting edge technology and a comprehensive global source network. Global Risk Roundup, November 2018 Edition.

    Global Risk Roundup – November 2018

  • A Formula for Surviving School Shootings

    No one wants to think about someone opening fire at their child’s school and I’m no exception. That’s why I’ve harnessed the knowledge and experience I’ve gleaned through two decades of Special Forces soldiering to advocate for a formula for surviving school shootings: Speed + Distance = Survival. When a shooter opens fire, you have one chance, and one chance only to get it right.

    A Formula for Surviving School Shootings

  • The security challenges of Bleisure Travel

    The security challenges of Bleisure Travel (combining business travel with leisure time), is a challenging prospect for those working in security, risk and business continuity roles. Bleisure is a growing trend, with just under half of all business travellers now routinely extending their trips by a couple days.

    The security challenges of Bleisure Travel

  • This one’s for your family…

    This one’s for your family is a support guide for the loved ones and families of active protection agents who wait at home and pray for your safety.

    This one’s for your family…

Featured Articles

Readiness and Commitment

Are you prepared to answer that call?   Very early in our training and careers, we are taught that in the … >>>

Equipment Selection

EQUIPMENT SELECTION by Andrew Clark   In the last article we took a high level look at some of the communications … >>>

Changing Tides

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

What is Tour Security?

The following article attempts to shine a light on what many consider to be a rather niche and unique aspect of security … >>>

Top Articles

Leave no man behind?

  Many close protection operatives consider themselves to have forged strong peer relationships through teams … >>>

Show Time

YouTube, CNN, TMZ, Entertainment Tonight and other blogs and television magazines are full of countless examples of … >>>

Protection

Transporting the Client

  In close protection, one of our jobs is to transport our client from Point A to Point B safely. More often than not, we spend a majority of time protecting our client in a vehicle. Since we do spend most of our time in a vehicle, why do we focus our … >>>

Pro Athletes & Pro Security – The Disconnect

Pro Athletes & Pros Security – The Disconnect By Michael Brown, In the United States, sports are a way of life with many athletes reaching a level of celebrity status as early as high school, many to the equivalent of famous actors or musicians.  In the … >>>

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Surveillance

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 […]

What's in your GO Bag – Going Digital

What’s in your GO Bag – Going Digital   Your Principal has a known stalker that has sent letters and threatening emails. You are at a small venue for a public appearance, and suspect that they might show up.   You need to remain with your client in a holding room, but what could make life […]

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Hostile

Kidnapping – a grim reality

Kidnapping – a grim reality Hostage survival training – is it needed by the CP operative?   The very thought that an experienced security detail and their Principal could be taken hostage might seem remote to those who operate in this area.  However the … >>>

Colombia, A Chance for Peace?

In Colombia,  A Chance for Peace    BOGOTÁ – The world’s longest-running armed conflict could soon be coming to an end. Peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have gone on for months in … >>>

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Maritime

A day in the Life – Maritime Security

A day in the Life - Maritime Security   The word on the high seas is that the first modern day Somali Pirates were in fact the Somali Coastguard. With Chinese, Spanish and Italian fishing fleets invading the waters off Somalia and fishing them almost dry … >>>

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Medical

Catastrophic Haemorrhage

CATASTROPHIC HAEMORRHAGE   During the Vietnam War, 50% of battlefield deaths were the result of major haemorrhage.  Of these, 80% were torso injuries, which, in the pre-hospital environment, are classed as non-compressible injuries. For the immediate … >>>

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 … >>>

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