For instance, a wealthy business client may have excellent close protection complete with burley guards, but may in actuality be under no more risk of attack than the average person on the streets. A higher risk to that individual may come from hackers compromising information that attracts media attention, yet this information is protected by little more than a reputable software Security system.
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Issue 26 – January 2015 [button link=”https://circuit-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Circuit_Mag_26.pdf”] Free Download[/button] [one_third] Contents: Effective Networking P2 One Agents Opinion How Disciplined is Your Mind? Hostile Environment Surveillance Medical: Patient Handover The Critic Countering Surveillance P4 Colombia: A Chance for Change Review: MACE Pepper Gel Presentation Skills Dress for Operational Success Tapping, but not my Feet… Client […]
Issue 27
Issue 27 – February 2015 [one_third] Contents: The World of VIP Protection The Terrorist Next Door Your Role in Hostile Termination Working Armed Abroad Medical: Hypothermia Who’s Watching Your Back? Personal Protection in the US Revision & Exam Tips Review: Cougar Team Radio Armchair Quarterback The (BS) Numbers Game Do You Know What You Are? […]
Hypothermia
You are on a ski trip with a VIP, a 45 year old male, when he falls and breaks his leg. He is unable to walk, let alone ski. He is diabetic and not particularly fit. You have been skiing in the backcountry all day and are tired and hungry. The weather is poor […]
Your Role in Hostile Terminations
At some point in our careers, those of us working in a protective capacity will likely receive a call to provide support for an individual or business during a “Hostile Termination”. For many, the immediate thought after receiving a Hostile Termination call is to think of how to best escort the potentially violent individual […]
International Bodyguards and Working Armed
When considering traveling with weapons you need to ask yourself some simple questions to first ascertain the viability of working armed in a given country. If you are traveling internationally the chances are you will not be able to take firearms with you due to the laws in the country you are visiting, which you need to check before traveling. This can be a long and difficult process and will also put yourself and your project on the radar of the country you’re visiting before you even get there.
How disciplined is your mind?
In your role as a protection specialist, you may be under chronic stress and the danger is that your nervous system gets stuck in a chronic state of sympathetic arousal. There is then a need to regularly use strategies that trigger a parasympathetic state. When it comes to high-stress environments, clinical research has consistently shown that mindfulness improves mental performance, focus and the ability to sustain attention when multi-tasking.
Issue 26
Issue 26 – January 2015 [one_third] Contents: Effective Networking P2 One Agents Opinion How Disciplined is Your Mind? Hostile Environment Surveillance Medical: Patient Handover The Critic Countering Surveillance P4 Colombia: A Chance for Change Review: MACE Pepper Gel Presentation Skills Dress for Operational Success Tapping, but not my Feet… Client relationship Building Tips + […]
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 Havana, Cuba, but they have gathered steam following the re-election of Colombia’s President Juan Manuel […]
Hostile Environment Surveillance Operations
A look at Hostile Environment Surveillance Operations As a result of the privatization of Iraq in 2003 and the dramatic growth of private security operations in politically unstable and hostile environments, close protection professionals are finding themselves working in increasingly diverse environments that require highly specialized skills and training. One of those specializations […]
Top 10 client relationship-building tips
Top 10 client relationship-building tips Clients are the lifeline of the Protective Services Industry. Without them, there is no work. How you relate to them and how they feel about you and the services you provide will determine how much and how often the work will continue. Your relationship will determine if a client […]
Review: Medipro PHMT
Course Review: Medipro Training Ltd. 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 the next level both academically and practically whilst also fitting into my rotation […]
Exmed TCCC Course – Review
The Exmed TCCC course is fully compliant with the Department of Defence’s Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) guidelines and it is the only TCCC course endorsed by the American College of Surgeons. Having received FPOSi with my CP course, I then completed MIRA with Exmed, so the next step in the first aid world is a acquire a PHTLS qualification.
Issue 25
Issue 25 – October 2014 [one_third] Contents: Effective Networking Analytics to Identify Risk Mental Body Armour EP for Green Managing Spinal Injury Why Him and Not Me Countering Surveillance How Criminals Operate Review: KEL-TEC KSG Judgement Index Essay Writing Tools of Thinking Maintaining Non Residency + Much More [/one_third] [one_third] [/one_third] [one_third_last] […]
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 one for you. There are many companies who are hiring sub-contractors to work for them […]
Mental Body Armour – Have you got your Kit on?
You wouldn’t dream of going on a job without appropriate physical protection and risk assessment – but how well do you protect yourself mentally?
Being mentally strong is the same as being physically strong – we have to work at it. We build physical strength in the gym and take pride in a healthy body. Some days you are on top form in the gym and others are harder. But would you recognise the equivalent happening in your brain?
TOOLS OF THINKING
TOOLS OF THINKING [Excerpts from an upcoming copyrighted book] Everyone Thinks! Or Thinks They can Think! But are they using all their tools? PROBABLY NOT!! Why Do We Think? To Gain Knowledge To Be Creative To Make Decisions To Understand Consequences of Decisions To Understand Others Security planning and execution requires a great […]
The Personal Security Pocket Book
Book Review: The Personal Security Pocket Book By: Rupert Godesen AUTHOR: The Personal SecurityPocket Book is written by Rupert Godesen. Rupert has been a soldier in the Reserves for over 23 years, he has served on operations in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan and travelled all over the world on exercises to teach and for […]
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Issue 23 – April 2014 [button link=”http://www.circuit-magazine.com/2014/05/11/issue-23/circuit_mag_23/”] Free Download[/button] [one_third] Contents: Insight into Somalia Surveillance Detection Tragedy on your Team Burns Management Super Ninjas How to Spot Surveillance Countering Surveillance FocusOn: Somalia The New ABnormal Performance Reviews Contractors Workout Become More Employable Personal TSCM Kit Leadership & Delegation + Much More [/one_third] [one_third] […]
