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Social Engineering: Preying on Our Humanity

I often find myself asked the same question: what is the most difficult type of attack to detect but easiest to launch? My answer is always the same: social engineering. Social engineering can be generally defined as the use of...

Matching Security to the Business Model – The Security Advisor by Adam Taylor

The following is an exclusive excerpt from the new book by Adam Taylor, “The Security Advisor,” available now. You know your client, but you also know that you’re going to have to integrate your security solutions into the client’s organization...

Physical Disabilities and Mental Health Disorders – Providing EP Services

One of the biggest misconceptions for new Executive Protection practitioners is that they have an innocent and naive belief that they will land the best client. A client who is aware of what Executive Protection is, the one who...

Your Client Knowledge is Everything – The Security Advisor by Adam Taylor

The following is an exclusive excerpt from the new book by Adam Taylor, “The Security Advisor,” available now. Your Client Knowledge is Everything Knowledge of your product and solutions is a great start but not the end goal. Many people in...

Estate Security – The Road Less Traveled

Executive protection details are indeed sought after assignments to young and transitioning security professionals due to public perception (i.e., the black suit, sunglasses, and earpieces). This combines with rubbing elbows with potential public figures and celebrities.  As most executive protection...

The Stalker – Much More Than a Physical Threat

The development of the internet in the 21st century has added another, deep layer of complexity to personal protection. Reports of online stalking and harassment are becoming more common. But how serious is the threat a stalker poses? How...

Quality in Protection – EP Wired Interview with James Hamilton

In an exclusive conversation with GDBA's very own James Hamilton, we delve deep into security assessments, quality in protection, the EP gap analysis, and many other enticing topics. For years, it has been said that the EP industry needs to...

Access Control in Executive Protection

Access control is the cornerstone of all security operations and security-related sectors. It comprises non-sterile (public area) and sterile (post-screening) areas. Simply put, suppose someone does not belong in an area or past a certain point. In that case,...

Avoiding Fear as a Motivator (But Listening to Its Wisdom)

As I was writing my book, The Protected, my goal was to educate not only those who may need personal protection. But to inform the general public on what it is and what it isn't. Moreover, I also intended...

Series on Ethics ― Relationships in EP

They say, "No man is an island," which implies that we as humans cannot exist without interpersonal relationships with other humans. We learn how to make and maintain relationships growing up ― well or poorly ― from our parents,...

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7 Bodyguards Who Have Sued Their Celebrity Clients

In executive protection, building and maintaining relationships with principals is everything. But what happens when those relationships go sour...

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