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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.

Stop Procrastinating

Life can have a habit of getting in the way, as we have all seen in the past couple of years but looking inwards at the goals you set out for yourself, is it life that has stopped you from achieving them or is it barriers put up by yourself?

I have always liked to set goals for myself and work towards achieving them. Still, when life comes on top, and with a heavy workload, it is very easy to push things to the right and look to complete these goals later…….the only problem with this is whether the actual task or goal you have set yourself gets completed or gets forgone completely?

I have learned that the more you put things off, the more significant the task pile can become, and you can quite literally make a mountain out of a molehill where in the end, you accomplish nothing.

Cyber Security Fundamentals – Deepfakes and Impersonation

Luckily when you make the pickup, you confirm with them. They’re surprised at the request as they don’t recall calling, and so you don’t make the route change.

Later investigation reveals that the call was made from a spoofed phone, using a real-time generated video and audio stream of the principal mapped to the live movements of some unknown adversary.

Knowing When to Quit

With time no longer on his side he begins to bounce from one team to another, often going from being the star to the second unit, maybe begins playing a different position, begins making errors on routine plays, getting fewer at bats, doesn’t carry the ball as often, not called upon when the score is tight. Many former stars “hang around one season too long.” Everyone but the athlete sees what he doesn’t, namely that it’s time to retire!

How to survive a course you hate

This article is give you some tips for how to survive this course (basically, attend, do any associated coursework, and get your tick in the box without hurling yourself off a cliff). Sounds impossible? Probably, but I’m going to try anyway.

How To Stay Present On Task

To be present means to be pre-sent, to already be there when it happens. Since the nature of the mind is to wander, it must somehow be coaxed into the current moment, tamed specifically for protective work.

Protective Tactics for Attending High-Risk Meetings

Arranging and attending high-risk meetings is an easy way to set someone up for kidnapping, assassination, sexual assault or robbery. Because of this, meetings in high-risk situations can be extremely dangerous and should always be treated with caution whether you are attending for personal business reasons or with a client.

Protecting Politicians

Since the killing of British MP, Jo Cox, less than two years ago, we have heard much in the media …

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Hostile Surveillance Detection

Minimizing Kidnap Risk Hostile surveillance detection is one of the few security techniques …

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Hypothermia

You are on a ski trip with a VIP, a 45 year old male, when he falls and breaks his leg. He …

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Are you an accidental arms dealer?

In May 2003, the UK Government changed the rules on the supply of military kit, and many operators …

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Suited for Duty

When it comes to a wardrobe fit for duty rule number one, you don’t buy it, you acquire it over time. In most cases, unless you have unlimited resources this will be a slow build for most agents. To help you in developing a detail ready wardrobe I offer the …

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Ways to See the Threat Before it Happens

For those who have been reading a while, you may know that this is the sixth article in this series which I originally planned to give a year’s worth of topics. I hope you have found these articles interesting, relevant, and useful (if you have, please let …

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Shifting the Paradigm

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.” The trouble is if we continue to do the same thing in the same way we’re in danger of missing opportunities to improve, and surely that’s what we all want to do, become better, more efficient and smarter at what we do.

That’s undoubtedly the maxim I’ve always tried to apply to communications. We embraced digital radio enthusiastically when it first came on the scene 15+ years ago, even though doing so was detrimental to us in the short term, it paid off in the long-run. Many saw it as ‘revolution’ rather than ‘evolution,’ but eventually, it eclipsed its analogue forbear, and those naysayers had no choice but to evolve.

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 […]

Mexico Risk Factors

A Personal Account Mexico is one of the worlds most violent countries with one of the highest murder rates in the world; 12,903 narcotics-related homicides in the first nine months of 2011 alone. While most of those killed in narcotics-related violence have …

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Journalists Behaving Irresponsibly

Embed from Getty Images Over the past few weeks, our TV screens have been filled with images of journalists behaving like irresponsible children foolishly "braving" the raw elements while a handful of very responsible ones reported from hard-cover …

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Tactical Firearms Revolvers

These days many shooters and those in the armed security business shy away from revolvers. I have heard quite a few people brush them off as being old-fashioned, obviously not tacticool enough to post on their social media. But in the real world of …

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Fire Safety in Executive Protection

Are you neglecting the planning for a serious threat? As I was pondering what would be the subject of my next article, I browsed through past issues of circuit magazine. What I found to my surprise was that there were no articles on fire safety matters. In my …

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Women in Maritime Security – An exclusive interview with Ruth Tiik

A female’s perspective of being a Maritime Security Operative in the HRA. I first met Ruth Tiik floating on a platform in the Red Sea where we and many others were stuck for several days waiting for our next task. I was then fortunate enough to sail with …

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Cyber-Security Offshore

The New Virtual Battlefield? Our reliance on Information & Communications Technology (ICT) is stemmed deep in our everyday lives in the modern world and the Maritime and Offshore Oil & Gas industries are no different at all. Whether it’s the internet …

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COVID-19 Is it Just another threat?

I’ve had the privilege of protecting my HNW principal and his family for some time now, but the recent global COVID-19 crisis has thrown up a new security challenge, or has it? Is it not just another type of threat that the modern bodyguard must adapt to, or …

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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? You may think that you are constitutionally stronger than most people and so you …

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