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Building a Comprehensive Insider Threat Defense Program

The Evolving Reality of Insider Threats Organizations today face a growing and evolving threat that often originates not from an outside hacker or criminal organization, but from within their own workforce, vendor networks, and trusted partnerships. Insider threats continue to...

Situational Awareness at Scale: How to Build and Lead an Awareness-Driven Security Team for Large Events

By Nic Moretto, SAS-AP® | Founder & CEO, Tactful Elite Security Solutions (TESS Global) Abstract Large-scale event security operations fail not from lack of staffing but from lack of systems — and no system matters more than the one that governs...

What Was Removed 

Most of what passes for situational awareness training is someone else's framework with the hard parts removed.  Daniel Kahneman's WYSIATI gets turned into "trust your gut." Col. John Boyd's OODA loop becomes "act fast." Greg Williams' work on behavioral baselines becomes a checklist someone prints and hands...

Politics or Protection: Keeping the EP Industry Apolitical 

When you work in the security and protection industry, your job is not to make political statements. Your job is to protect people, manage risk, solve problems, and remain professional under pressure. That is it. In my view, this industry should...

The Curse of Knowledge

In protective operations, experience is both our greatest asset and our quiet liability. Over time, we lean on what has worked before. This is how we did it at ABC Corporation, this is how we did it in government, and this...

 When Seconds Stretch: A Former Officer’s Take on Crisis Response and De-Escalation by Vincent Levy

There’s a moment in every high-stress call where time does something strange. It stretches. Your senses sharpen. You’re listening to the tone of a voice, the rhythm of breathing, the way someone’s hands move. You’re trying to read a...

Operators See Risk, Leaders Decide: Who Really Controls Protection? by Elisha Yakubu Balami

By Elisha Yakubu Balami. SRMP-C, SRMP-R, PCRC. I have seen risks clearly identified, well documented, and calmly ignored. Nothing happened until it almost did. That pattern defined much of 2025 in protection. Protection is often judged by outcomes rather than decisions....

Proposed ANSI Standard for Providing Executive Protection Heads into 60-Day Public Review

Editorial Note: This article was submitted by Kevin Dye and James Cameron. The views and opinions presented are solely those of the authors. As an independent publication, we are committed to presenting a wide range of industry perspectives and publishing...

Quiet Professionals in a Loud Industry

by A. Perry You can tell a lot about our industry by what shows up in your feed. Jet pics. Red carpet shots. Rifles and plate carriers laid out on hotel beds. “Another day at the office” under a photo of...

The Rise of Human-Centric Leadership in the Security Industry: Why It Matters For Executive Protection with Lee Oughton

By Lee Oughton In an increasingly complex and volatile world, the security industry is undergoing a profound transformation. Traditional models of command and control leadership, which were once perceived as the gold standard, are no longer enough to meet the...

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Building a Comprehensive Insider Threat Defense Program

The Evolving Reality of Insider Threats Organizations today face a growing and evolving threat that often originates not from an...

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