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 By Nic Moretto, SAS-AP® | Founder & CEO, TESS GLOBAL |   Tactful Elite Security Solutions | Merritt Island, Florida  The Schedule That Isn't a Schedule  Consider two viewing points for the same launch. One is a ticketed platform inside Kennedy Space Center...

Learning how to start a close protection company and successfully run it doesn’t happen in one night or by reading one or two helpful articles. However, if you’re considering starting a business, getting every bit of insight you can...

In EP Wired's first article of the Tactical Gear Series, we are taking a look at the staples of apparel: vests, boots, gloves, pants, shirts, and belts. We will break down best uses, materials, styles, and much more. Further in the series,...

How an Executive Protection Detail Is Assembled Before the Principal Moves — Assets, Ground, Team, Rules, and the Final Check  By Nic Moretto, SAS-AP® | Founder & CEO, TESS GLOBAL | Tactful Elite Security Solutions | Merritt Island, Florida  A protective...

By Nic Moretto, SAS-AP® | Founder & CEO, TESS GLOBAL | Tactful Elite Security Solutions | Merritt Island, Florida  The principal walks out of the hotel lobby at 7:14 a.m. Two agents greet him. A driver has the vehicle running...

By Grandmaster Ralph Anthony Kemmerlin, Sr., Master Conflictologist | CON360 LLC Every system that survives across time, whether it is a bridge bearing the weight of traffic, a family navigating generational change, a business managing economic uncertainty, a nation confronting...

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...

This weekend, an individual, described by authorities as mentally unstable, attempted to breach the Secret Service security perimeter during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC, one of the most tightly controlled and high-visibility protective events in the United States.  In the immediate aftermath of incidents like this, a...

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...

This article is the continuation of: Gene Deal: The Epitome of What a Bodyguard Should Never Be - Part 1 SECTION III — THE ITM AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR PROTECTOR FAILURE How the Trichotomy Conflict Equation, Trilogy Awareness Equation, Karmic...