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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.

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.

Industry News April-May 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.

Industry News At A Glance March 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.

Industry News January 2020

Industry News January 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.

Industry News At A Glance

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

Celebrity Protection and Touring

An Introduction to Celebrity Protection and Touring, is a new book by Circuit Editor, Elijah Shaw and regular contributor, Dale June. The book offers a peek behind the scenes of the close protection industry, more commonly known as the bodyguard business.

End-to-End Travel Risk Management

Drum Cussac, the global risk and security consultancy, and Collinson, experts in global traveller assistance, have partnered to deliver a fully-integrated, end-to-end travel risk management solution

Minority Groups Protest in Tel Aviv over Nation-State Law

Israel’s controversial Nation-State law, declaring Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, has angered many and led to a mass protest in Tel Aviv, in Rabin Square, August 2018.

Turtlegate Barriers – Providing Portable Crowd Control Solutions

Crowd control solutions should provide quick deployment with minimum hassle. Enter Turtlegate Barriers, fast emerging as one of the UK’s top barrier solutions for easy, efficient crowd control.

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.”

French medics need bodyguards for 300 metre commute after spike in violent attacks

The capital’s iconic station is just 300 meters from the hospital, yet employees do not feel safe enough to make the journey on foot alone between the hours of 6pm and 10pm.

UK Cybersecurity Industry Experiences Rapid Growth

The number of active cybersecurity firms in the UK has increased 44% – up from 846 in 2017 to over 1,200 at year-end 2019. This growth is the equivalent to a new cybersecurity business being set up in the UK every week

Keeping Your Edge – Protectors & The Recording Process

An excerpt from the best-selling book, An Introduction to Celebrity Protection & Touring by Elijah Shaw & Dale June. To get the full book, order at Amazon, Barnes & Nobles or Ebooks.com. Limited Signed Editions available at www.ArmsLengthAway.com

Almost without question, if you are a musician, the recording process is the part you love. This is where they get to be creative; it’s where they take an abstract concept and make it a sonic work of art, one that hopefully will generate revenue. While it can be hard work for the artists, for most it’s a labor of love. They have the ability to get paid and earn a living for doing what they enjoy most.

Executive Protection Realities of the Industry and the Ugly Truth

Many newcomers in the protection business have a completely different idea of what the profession is, based on what they have heard or what Hollywood tells them it is. This lack of “truth” either leaves them disappointed or leaves them vulnerable to making mistakes while on duty.

It is common in our industry to see many of our colleagues posting pictures on the internet social media sites of “selfies” taken in first-class airline seats or the client’s private jet. More selfies show them with their feet up on a suitcase claiming ‘’another flight”, or posting from 5 and 6-star hotel rooms, or fine-dining restaurants, or next to a limousine parked in front of a private jet.

How modern technology is advancing our craft

Some readers may have guessed at the participants in the above scenario or even been a part of such a detail in the past. No matter what, it’s plain to see that helicopters are an amazing tool to have at your disposal for your motorcade movements. They can advance the route in real time from a bird’s eye view, which is a great way to go from the known to the known with a good idea of the terrain you will be encountering.

However, the truth is, the simulated communications you just read were not with a helicopter, but instead were between an Executive Protection team, and it’s FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Licensed and experienced UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Pilot. Executive Protection is evolving every day, and one of the areas out front is technology. Developing are new forms of detection, tactical hearing and visual aids, vehicle security and transport, radio systems, and now UAV’S.

The (BS) numbers game

Another day and yet another set of seemingly randomly generated numbers to which we must conform. The security industry, … >>>

Vehicle Selection – Getting it Right.

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

Exit Strategy

One of the most dangerous things I have had to encounter when escorting a client is when you egress a nightclub … >>>

Russia World Cup 2018 – Threat Analysis

The Russian Federation will host the 21st FIFA World Cup this summer between 14 June and 15 July. This highly … >>>