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First of all, plan ahead and study the industry you want to work in (CP or Marsec etc..)
What is your background? Are you former military or civilian?
What qualifications do you have and do you have the necessary qualifications to enter the CP/Marsec industry?
Study and assess your own profile. – If you have no military background do you really have enough qualifications and knowledge to target the Hostile Environment CP industry?
Keep in mind that other operators applying for HE jobs often have + 10 years military experience with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The aim is to get yourself into employment quickly, dreaming of something that isn’t going to happen will waste your time.
There are always exceptions but they are a minority and it is better sticking to realistic goals if you want to be employed fast.
Be realistic. Make sure you have the right qualifications. Most job posts give clear indications on the qualifications needed in order to apply. Sending a CV without the required qualifications is the first step towards getting a bad reputation.
Once you have realistically defined where your profile, background and qualifications can take you, you should now plan accordingly – it is much easier to search when you know what you are looking for.

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Zelenskiy Denies Ukraine’s Involvement in Alleged Kremlin Drone Attack

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has refuted Russia’s claims that Ukraine was involved in a drone attack on the Kremlin, which was allegedly aimed at killing Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelenskiy stated that Ukraine fights and defends its territory, not attacking Putin or Moscow. The Kremlin reported that two drones were used in the attack but were disabled by Russian defenses.

Bodyguard Saves Japanese PM from Pipe Bomb Attack

A bodyguard has been hailed as a hero for his quick-thinking actions during a suspected pipe-bomb attack on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Video footage captured the bodyguard kicking away a metal object as it landed near Kishida
before positioning himself between the Prime Minister and the device, shielding him with a collapsible, handheld ballistics shield.

AlertEnterprise Reveals First-Ever Guardian AI Chatbot Powered by OpenAI ChatGPT

AlertEnterprise has unveiled its first-ever Guardian AI Chatbot powered by OpenAI ChatGPT. The chatbot will make its global debut at the ASIS Europe and ISC West trade events. Built on OpenAI’s GPT-3 platform, the Guardian AI Chatbot aims to provide security operators with instant access to critical physical access and security insights through quick questions and prompts.

Transferable Skillsets from Nightclub Security Professionals

In fact I would venture to say that one should almost seek out the experience before pursuing some of those paths. I say this because within the walls of that club you encounter such a vast amount of people, cultures, and potential threats, and to meet all these challenges, the nightclub security professional must be well equipped and prepared physically and mentally. In order to get the best out of these encounters it’s important to understand the skills required, and the skills that are being developed every time you step behind the velvet rope.

Protective Medical Services

As protectors, the Executive Protection (EP) community is comprised of “Alpha-type” personalities who are well skilled and tend to focus on the “direct action” skillsets of the EP mission, the so-called “hard skills”. But EP is more. It is full-time customer service also. EP agents serve their clients and their family members in a variety of ways, many of which were probably not envisioned while on the shooting range. Driving course or dojo.

Hostile Surveillance Threats

The average citizen has security concerns and can benefit from an understanding of the concepts of surveillance countermeasures that enhance personal protection. However, the application of surveillance countermeasures without a sound perspective regarding the threat-specific surveillance techniques they are intended to defeat can be counterproductive, and potentially dangerous. For this reason, the practitioner of surveillance countermeasures must think like a surveillance operator in order to anticipate how an operator would act based on specific circumstances.

Importance of Continued Combatives Training

Within the industry, it’s been long debated whether or not martial arts training is essential to an agent. And if so, what style? In my opinion, the short answer is, of course, it’s essential. In this industry, we voluntarily take on responsibility for someone else’s defense. This implies that we should have an adept ability to protect ourselves proficiently.

Due Diligence and Why It Is Required

Due Diligence and Why It Is Required. The biggest blocks that prevent people from carrying due-diligence is their egos as they feel they are wise enough to spot a scammer, also they don’t want to offend those they are dealing with by seeming not to trust them. These are things that scammers and manipulators exploit to the maximum. I forget how many times I have heard people who have been scammed or victimized say they thought the perpetrator was a decent person because they were introduced to them by a friend, my reply to this usually is “define a friend”.

Social Media Engineering

Take just one example the conspiracy theories around 5G were quickly re-tailored to incorporate Bill Gates and George Soros as targets, and were effective enough that there were arson attacks against 5G infrastructure. In other words, a few memes and videos, along with the use of these techniques (whether deliberate, or accidental, but there is strong evidence of deliberate action) were enough to cause homegrown domestic terrorism attacks on UK soil.

THE NEW Open Source Intelligence

We all hear about this OSINT malarkey but searching the Internet for information is much much more …

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Tactical Firearms: Pistol Grip Shotguns

As with everything there are positives and negatives to all weapons and everyone has their own …

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Your Role in Hostile Terminations

At some point in our careers, those of us working in a protective capacity will likely …

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Clients Should You Trust them?

In theory, when providing close protection services, you should show unflinching loyalty to your …

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Freedom or Security?

Thirty years after Benjamin Franklin wrote: “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety, Thomas Paine wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson explaining his view of natural and civil rights. …

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Online Health Check for Protectors

Whether it is us or our clients, securing our online footprint is becoming increasingly important for us all. As security professionals you may be an attack vector to your client if you do not maintain basic online security controls. At the very least you …

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HUMAN INTELLIGENCE

Intelligence is the information we obtain on a target or threat in order to locate them, gain information on their operations and to predict their future actions. Accurate intelligence is essential not only in security and counter-insurgency operations but also in the corporate world where companies need to know what their competitors are developing and planning.

Mobile Security

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

Airbourne IEDS

Shiite extremists remaining in Baghdad have added a relatively new weapon to their arsenal in the fight against U.S. forces, one with more destructive power than most of the usual improvised explosive devices planted along city thoroughfares – the improvised …

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Medics in Iraq – Experience on the Ground in Iraq

The role of the medic working on the ground in hostile environments has evolved enormously over the last 15 years. For the purpose of this article, I will use my experiences in Iraq, as this is where I am at the time of writing. In the early days of …

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Administering Basic Life Support

Cardiac Arrest can happen at any time, to anybody. Yes; some people are at higher risk of cardiac arrest with certain medical conditions or co-morbidities but very occasionally it ‘just happens’. In 2013, in England alone, the ambulance service attended …

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Understanding the Importance of On-going Medical Training

The Security Industry Authority currently requires all those who apply for a licence to be in possession of a recognised first award, currently the First Person on Scene (FPOS) Intermediate Award or the Level 3 Award in First Aid Response or equivalent. Both …

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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 of Tuna it was inevitable that …

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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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How to Become More Employable

How to become more employable by specialising in pre hospital care Many close protection operators (CPO’s) are now identifying the value of becoming specialised in other aspects that surround the role. One of these specialist areas is Pre Hospital Care …

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A Medics Experience

How the industry has changed and evolved The role of the medic working on the ground in hostile environments has evolved enormously over the last 15 years. For the purpose of this article I will use my experiences in Iraq as this is where I am at …

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First of all, plan ahead and study the industry you want to work in (CP or Marsec etc..)

What is your background? Are you former military or civilian?

What qualifications do you have and do you have the necessary qualifications to enter the CP/Marsec industry?

Study and assess your own profile. – If you have no military background do you really have enough qualifications and knowledge to target the Hostile Environment CP industry?

Keep in mind that other operators applying for HE jobs often have + 10 years military experience with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The aim is to get yourself into employment quickly, dreaming of something that isn’t going to happen will waste your time.

There are always exceptions but they are a minority and it is better sticking to realistic goals if you want to be employed fast.

Be realistic. Make sure you have the right qualifications. Most job posts give clear indications on the qualifications needed in order to apply. Sending a CV without the required qualifications is the first step towards getting a bad reputation.

Once you have realistically defined where your profile, background and qualifications can take you, you should now plan accordingly – it is much easier to search when you know what you are looking for.

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