EP Industry

If you spend too much time on YouTube, or worse, believe the constant stream of tactical PSD fantasy being pushed, you might think Executive Protection (EP) is all about skinny-jeans-wearing operators toting M4s while glaring menacingly from behind aviator...

Spotting and Preventing Air Rage: Proactive Strategies for Pilots & Flight Attendants for Handling Unruly Passenger Behavior By Alan Saquella, CPP and Joe Frary  The Rising Threat at 35,000 Feet  Unruly passenger behavior has become an increasingly common challenge for airline crews. According...

The last thing on your mind when traveling for business is the prospect of being arrested. Nonetheless, the U.S. government reports that more than 2,500 American citizens find themselves detained by foreign law enforcement every year. While a relatively...

By Oron Ben Simon Twelve days. That’s how long the war lasted between Israel and Iran—twelve days of relentless pressure, around-the-clock operations, and complete mobilization of every SCS unit on the ground. It began, as so many things in our...

If we've learned anything during our 15 years of experience training drivers of all styles and professions, it's that the average principal values comfort even more than safety.  To choose the best security vehicle, several factors must be considered: first,...

Introduction to HIPAA A federal law in the United States called the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was created to protect the confidentiality and integrity of people's protected health information (PHI). Healthcare clearinghouses, health plans, healthcare...

By David Lloyd When I left the British Army in 2012, I didn’t have a clear roadmap—just a strong sense that I wanted to remain in an environment where risk, leadership, and operational clarity mattered. What followed has been over...

By Thomas L., CPP In today's evolving landscape of executive protection (EP) and corporate security, understanding how adversaries exploit vulnerabilities is not just important… It's paramount. At S³AFE SKILLS, we've seen a growing need to expand the tactical capabilities of EP...

There has been a lot of discussion in Executive Protection circles about the responsible use and application of Artificial Intelligence (AI).  Recently, at the Board of Executive Protection Professionals’ Executive Security Operations Conference in Orlando, Florida,  I had the...

Female executive protection (EP) professionals operating internationally already understand that the demands of their role extend far beyond standard security protocols. They recognise the necessity of exceptional fitness, unwavering mental resilience, and constant vigilance, particularly important given the physical...